Creative Director

About the company

• Mercury is looking for a Creative Director to build and lead Brand Narrative, a new team within Brand Creative.

Responsibilities

• Originate and lead big creative ideas for highest-priority launches, campaigns, and brand moments
• Partner with Product Marketing and Brand Marketing on briefs and turn them into original creative concepts
• Bring ambitious concepts to life with Brand Design and Writing leads and the full studio
• Build audience and distribution thinking into the idea across film, social, out-of-home, digital, experiences, and partnerships
• Lead concept development and critique, using rough scripts, prototypes, and AI tools to test ideas quickly
• Develop proactive ideas and cultural opportunities
• Partner with Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, Product Design, Comms, and Insights to prioritize creative investment
• Build and lead Brand Narrative: define purpose, priorities, creative standards, and ways of working; hire and develop the team
• Create a culture where the best idea wins
• Establish practices from insight and brief to concept and execution

Requirements

• Strong creative foundation in art direction, design, or copywriting with a portfolio of ambitious, well-crafted work
• Deep film experience: concept through production, with instincts for story, scripts, performance, pacing, and sound
• Track record of deep creative collaboration

Conditions

• Remote within Canada or United States; offices in SF, NY, Portland