The Creative Director is an equally creative + strategic leader who works closely with our team of designers, copywriters, marketing managers, and product teams to drive engagement and elevate our brand. He/she is part of an insanely fast-paced marketing team that values new ideas, experimentation, and taking risks. The Director is an engaged design leader with proven experience, who interfaces with senior leadership throughout the company.

Essential Responsibilities (includes, but is not limited to):

• Engages, motivates, mentors, and provides creative direction to a team of copywriters, designers, and marketing managers
• Leads cross-functional relationship building to ensure alignment on creative direction and brand standards
• Upholds and ensures brand consistency in voice, tone, look, and feel
• Leads creative briefs - providing clarity around objectives, timelines, and deliverables
• Leads creative brainstorms with copywriters, designers, and social media team to develop and deliver engaging campaign content/creative
• Cultivates a design culture that attracts and retains top design talent

Ideal Skills, Experience, and Competencies:

• At least five (5) years of significant experience in a similar role within an advertising agency, entertainment, or technology company, including three (3) years of management experience
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach
• Experience leading and creating high-quality, integrated campaigns
• Extensive experience and confidence working within a fast moving and cross-functional focused environment
• Understanding of today’s media landscape and creative trends in digital marketing, culture, and design sensibilities that extend across content genres
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), as well as excellent presentation skills
• Extensive experience in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator/Photoshop)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite
• Ability to present portfolio of previous work product

Required Education & Certifications:

• B.S./B.A. degree or equivalent work experience; B.S./B.A. in art, graphic design, marketing, or communication design is preferred

Pax8 is the leading value-added cloud-based SaaS distributor, simplifying the cloud journey for our partners by integrating technology, business intelligence and proactive service to deliver an unparalleled experience. Serving over 6,000 partners through the indirect sales channel, our mission is to be the world’s favorite place to buy cloud products. We are a fast-growing, dynamic and high-energy startup organization, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business. Culture is important to us, and at Pax8, it’s business, and it IS personal. We are passionate, creative and humorously offbeat. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best. We Elev8 each other. We Advoc8 for our partners. We Innov8 continuously. We Celebr8 life. 

Pax8 not only wins numerous awards in our field but we have time and again been voted among the best places to work in Denver. We are committed to our goal of being the #1 employer of choice!

Pax8 is an EEOC Employer.