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Senior Creative Director Job at Alma in Cleveland

Senior Creative Director Job at Alma in Cleveland

MediabistroCleveland, OH, United States
15 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Overview

Alma is seeking a Senior Creative Director to elevate and champion the role of creative within the Alma brand. Reporting into the SVP of Brand & Marketing, this role will shape the creative expression of Alma’s brand strategy and lead a Creative team to deliver high-quality, compelling work that moves the brand and business forward. The ideal candidate is a visual innovator and compelling storyteller, comfortable with both concepting and execution, and experienced in leading small but high-performing teams.

What you’ll do

  • Guide the creative vision and strategy to evolve look and feel, shaping our voice across channels and ensuring brand consistency across owned, paid, and integrated campaigns.
  • Champion bold ideas and creative approaches to express the Alma story and connect with therapists, clients, payers, and employers.
  • Provide strategic direction and leadership to a team of designers, copywriters, and creative project managers, fostering creativity, innovation, and collaboration.
  • Partner with Creative Project Managers to oversee end-to-end creative processes, ensuring alignment with the brand vision and efficient workflows.
  • Manage relationships with external agencies, freelancers, and vendors to ensure high-quality, on-brand execution.
  • Collaborate with Product Design to maintain brand cohesion across Marketing and Product surfaces.
  • Maintain a strong understanding of target audiences, market trends, and competitor landscape to inform creative work.

Who you are

  • 8+ years in a creative leadership role, ideally in brand design within a startup environment, with a portfolio of bold, impactful work.
  • Ability to translate business objectives and brand strategy into compelling concepts that resonate with multiple audiences.
  • Ability to prioritize and perform under pressure with shifting timelines, updates, and last-minute changes.
  • Strong operational vision for the team and a deep understanding of trends and tools (including AI) that augment creative work.
  • Empathy-led leadership with a track record of developing talent across design, copy, and creative project management.
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing relationships with freelancers and external agencies.
  • Willingness to contribute hands-on with design and create directional mockups for key deliverables.
  • Expert-level proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud, with a passion for mentoring others to use these tools effectively.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills to articulate strategy and concepts to stakeholders.
  • Bold advocate for Creative at the leadership level, ensuring team needs and priorities are visible and valued.
  • Benefits

  • Remote-first company
  • Health insurance plans (medical and dental) and vision, with FSA / HSA options
  • 401K plan
  • Monthly therapy and wellness stipends
  • Monthly co-working space and work-from-home stipends
  • Financial wellness benefits
  • Pet discount program
  • Financial perks and rewards through BenefitHub
  • EAP access
  • One-time home office stipend
  • Parental leave and flexible PTO
  • Salary Band : $190,000 - $240,000

    All Alma jobs are listed on our careers page. We do not use outside applications or automated text messaging in our recruiting process. We will not ask for sensitive financial or identification information during recruitment. Any communication from our recruiting team will come from a helloalma.com email address. Learn more about Alma’s applicant data handling in Alma’s Applicant Privacy Notice.

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