Creative Director - Brand Narrative

What you’ll do

• Originate and lead big creative ideas.
• Partner with Product Marketing and Brand Marketing on the brief, then turn the agreed audience, opportunity, and product proof into original creative concepts.
• Develop ideas that can take distinctive forms across film, social, out-of-home, digital, experiences, and partnerships.
• Bring ambitious concepts to life with your creative peers and the full studio.
• Work side by side with the Brand Design and Writing leads and their teams from the earliest explorations through delivery.
• Stay hands-on, contribute through your own craft, and partner closely with Motion and Production throughout.
• Build audience and distribution thinking into the idea.
• Shape concepts around how people will discover, watch, and share the work.
• Lead thoughtful concept development and critique.
• Find opportunities before a brief arrives.
• Partner early with Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, Product Design, Comms, and Insights.
• Build and lead Brand Narrative.
• Define the team’s purpose, priorities, creative standards, and ways of working.

What you’ll bring

• A strong creative foundation in art direction, design, or copywriting.
• Deep film experience.
• A track record of deep creative collaboration with design and writing peers.
• Strong taste, cultural awareness, and product curiosity.
• Experience developing creative people and shaping how a team works.
• Clear communication and sound judgment.

Total Rewards

• The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits.
• Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:
• US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $189,400 — $236,700 USD
• US employees outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $170,400 — $213,000 USD
• Canadian employees (any location): $179,000 — $223,700 CAD.