Sobre este puesto de Executive Creative Director en Explodingkittens
The Executive Creative Director helps shape and execute on the Exploding Kittens’ distinct brand identity across games and new product lines. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to develop new products and ensure all output from Art & Design and Game Development is irreverent, bold and unmistakably on-brand.
Operating as a hands-on leader with a strong CPG background who can mentor and shape a team to create innovative and commercially viable work (from game design, packaging and product components) that resonate across a wide variety of audiences. They embrace the start-up-mentality and are comfortable building processes and systems as needed.
The Executive Creative Director understands the mass market, respects the brand EK has built over the past decade and takes it into the next. They are responsible for the integrity of our tone of voice and visual standards while evolving our creative identity with fresh ideas, decisiveness and proactivity.
Humble, hungry, and people-smart, they put the team's success first. They bring a growth mindset and a commitment to continually developing their craft and evolving as a leader.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Set the creative vision for each new product, inspiring and guiding the creative team (product designers, illustrators, and game designers) fostering a high-performing, experimental and collaborative team culture.
Drive constant innovation and games category disruption by staying ahead of trends in design, humor, and entertainment.
Own and evolve our voice and brand identity across all creative.
Establish creative team workflows and address creative resource gaps to improve and scale the lean and scrappy process.
Advocate for the Creative Strategy and collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Product Management, Production and Sales to ensure brand integrity and commercial viability at every stage of the process.
WHAT YOU'll BRING
Strong portfolio and proven creative leadership overseeing product development for high-growth CPG brands that are built with the consumer in mind
Experience in refreshing and evolving brands - navigating growth, maturity, and category expansion while protecting core identity.
Demonstrable ability to translate strategic direction into bold and original creative execution.
Deep understanding of consumer behavior and cultural trends with the ability to adapt creative direction to various audience tastes and interests.
Inspiring leader and exceptional communicator; comfortable in fast-paced, collaborative, iterative environments.
10+ years overseeing creative teams in a leadership and people management role.
Based in Los Angeles, CA.
