Creative Director, Video & Design

The role

You will lead video and visual design teams to shape creative direction for evergreen performance advertising. You will define the visual identity and oversee creative across multiple brands and products.

What you will do

• Lead creative direction for evergreen performance advertising across video and visual design.
• Partner with Brand leadership to define and evolve Kikoff’s visual identity.
• Oversee creative across multiple brands and products.
• Manage and coach the internal video and visual design teams.
• Set creative standards across internal teams, freelance and contract resources, and the editing agency.
• Give strategic feedback that strengthens ideas and execution.
• Guide design across paid social, digital marketing, and other brand touchpoints.
• Help shape the creative vision for TV and video shoots.
• Guide post-production across internal editors and the editing agency.
• Partner with Growth Marketing to apply performance learnings to creative.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years in advertising, design, or creative roles.
• 5+ years managing and developing creative teams.
• Exceptional taste and strong art direction skills across video and visual design.
• Experience defining or significantly evolving a brand’s visual identity.
• Deep expertise in evergreen performance creative, especially paid social.
• Track record of driving measurable business results.
• TV advertising experience.
• Strong portfolio spanning TV and paid social.
• Strong post-production experience, including directing editors.
• Strategic approach connecting creative choices to consumer needs and business objectives.
• Ability to coach talent at different career stages.
• Experience overseeing high-volume creative across multiple brands or products and a mix of internal and external resources.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with video production and experience collaborating with producers and production teams.
• Experience with UGC and creator-led advertising.
• Experience in consumer fintech or other regulated categories.

Before you apply

• Include a portfolio featuring TV and paid social advertising, measurable results, and examples of a visual identity you helped define or evolve.

About the company

Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. They have built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money.