Chief Creative Director @ Design Agency
Are you a creative powerhouse open to relocating to beautiful Puerto Rico in the Caribbean for an opportunity to 2-10x your take-home income?
We are design agency looking to hire a Chief Creative Officer or Executive Creative Director here in the Caribbean to oversee our entire creative team and client processes.
This role would have substantial ownership upside in the business for the opportunity to make 7-figures if goals are hit and have a base salary in the 6-figure range.
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ABOUT US:
We are a world-class branding & performance design agency that has worked with 250+ brands in eCommerce, tech, and beyond – including Nike, Royal Caribbean, Lime, AngelList, Miracle Brand, Cann, Northbeam, and the United Nations and many others.
Our founder & CEO recently relocated from California to Puerto Rico, where the role is based, while the rest of the team is remote and distributed all over the world. As Chief Creative Officer you would have the opportunity to work from home or from a co-working space so you would have a lot of autonomy over your time.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
We are looking for a chief creative officer or executive creative director to lead the creative side of our design agency. You need to have a strong history of directing creative projects and managing creative teams in order to oversee all client projects and ensure they are delivered on time and at great quality.
You will serve as the final stop for ALL creative approvals and for building and scaling the creative team as the agency grows. You will interface with clients and manage the creative teams. You will not be responsible for drumbing up new business – though you are welcome to bring on clients and would be rewarded for doing so but it is not a requirement of the job.
You oversee creative execution, your counterpart will handle sales.
CORE REQUIREMENTS:
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5+ years experience managing creative teams and delivering top-tier creative work, in-house at a brand or within an agency with a very strong design background (ideally you were once a stellar designer yourself)
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Strong understanding of how to recruit, scale, and build creative teams and processes
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You are great at communicating with clients. You will be responsible for checking in with clients on a daily basis to ensure their needs are being met and communicating any customer needs with our design team
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Must be able to translate customer needs into actionable design briefs for designers and copywriters to work off of.
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Must be experienced working with web development teams to help provide feedback on the implementation of designs into pixel-perfect and functioning website
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Proficient in the full suite of creative tools including Figma, Sketch, and Photoshop
Ideally, you personally have a strong background in design, branding, or CRO
NOTES REGARDING APPLICATION:
“Design Thinkers” lacking strong visual design sense need not apply. Design is in our DNA.
Please share at least 3 pieces of work you’ve creative directed or personally designed that you think represent top-tier design. Send these via link or attachment.
COMPENSATION:
$100k to $180k base (depending on experience)
Rev Share Performance Bonus: The role comes with shared upside that brings total comp in the multi-6-figure to mid-6-figure range if goals are hit and an opportunity to make north of 7-figures in 2-4 years time.
** IMPORTANT: Role requires relocation to Puerto Rico for at least 9 months of the year. The weather and island here is beautiful, it is part of the US, you can save up to 30-40% on taxes thanks to Act 60, the are many ambitious entrepreneurs that have relocated because of Act 20/22 and there are many short direct flights to the mainland (MIA, NYC, TX, CO, etc..).
