Senior Director, Brand Studio

Summary

Join HashiCorp as the Senior Director, Brand Studio, reporting directly to the VP of Corporate Marketing. This high-impact role involves driving brand and creative work, overseeing Brand Design, Event and Experiential Design, and Brand Marketing teams. You will foster relationships across the Marketing organization, developing a shared strategy and delivering world-class experiences. Responsibilities include managing the Brand Studio, mentoring team members, and leading creative strategy. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in design and art direction, with a proven track record of managing teams and delivering high-quality creative work for enterprise software businesses. This role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to shape HashiCorp's brand evolution.

Requirements

• A conceptual mind and passion for a variety of storytelling mediums, with excellence in clarifying and communicating
• The ability to run multiple distinct but collaborative teams supporting the brand
• A proven track record to handle the managerial aspects of running the group, as well as the creative direction for the brand. Will need to make and lead important prioritization and resourcing decisions for the team
• Ability to provide mentorship for the existing “player/coach” managers and the individual designers on the team
• A proven ability to create and direct high-quality campaign and content creative
• Experience delivering big ideas for cloud-based enterprise software businesses, built through input and collaboration around what we’ve built so far
• A track record for managing a high volume of creative and campaign types in parallel
• 10+ years of relevant design or art direction experience for technical and product-driven companies, including 5 years of management experience with increasing responsibility
• Experience working with a distributed team and the necessary processes and tools (Slack, Zoom, Asana, or similar)
• Experience with enterprise, cloud, and/or SaaS brands

Responsibilities

• Hire, grow, coach, and mentor the Brand Studio team to foster growth and a positive work environment
• Maintain momentum around creative concepts and ensure the Brand Studio team's responsibility for bringing them into the world
• Shoulder the responsibility for quality and completion of all work delivered by the Brand Studio team
• Lead studio and creative strategy, while encouraging participation from the various voices on the team. Your perspective and voice will help give shape to our brand and our ever-evolving studio culture
• Serve as a strategic connection related to our brand and creative work between the extended Marketing and Brand Studio teams, as well as some select other teams, including the People team
• Ensure designs and content reflect consistently and positively the brand image and company principles
• When needed, find and develop working relationships with creative and production vendors, strengthen partnerships with current vendors, and conceive/execute creative
• Play an active role in the brand transition over the next few years as part of IBM

Preferred Qualifications

• An impressive conceptual outlook, and an ability to produce original ideas
• High-level creative thinking and the confidence to use it
• Knowledge of how to develop brand identities through multi-channel marketing
• Motivation and the desire to execute to the highest standard
• A drive to mentor and grow the Brand Studio team members
• The ability to deliver campaigns, event experiences, and brand implementations that generate results
• The confidence to share and present ideas internally and externally
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

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