Creative Strategy Director
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About Us
SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of 5star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact peoples lives in homes around the world. the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham Massachusetts with more than 3300 associates the companys products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.
About SharkNinja
At SharkNinja we deliver products that positively impact peoples lives every day in every home around the world. Our relentless focus on consumerdriven innovation and incredible design has led to a global portfolio of disruptive products across categories from kitchen to home and beauty.
The Role
Were looking for a visionary Creative Strategy Director to join the Shark Home team. This role is pivotal in shaping the creative strategy across our full Shark Home portfolio including Fans Air Purifiers Cordless Vacuums Robot Vacuums Corded Vacuums and Hard Floor/Deep Carpet Cleaning categories.
As a strategic partner to the Creative Lead Product Development CI and Marketing this role works upstream at the earliest stages of innovation to define product positioning craft compelling creative briefs and guide creative work throughout the entire gotomarket funnel.
What Youll Do
- Collaborate with the Creative Lead Product Development & Engineering upstream during the early stages of advanced design & product development to align and elevate the vision and consumer insight ensuring consistency and clarity across categories.
- Define the product whitespace and ways to differentiate in the category by defining the Shark home point of view/reason for being.
- The work serves as a brief for the creative teams (in Needham) to create assets for testing and validation of packaging claims messaging and more.
- Develop and socialize creative briefs that inspire breakthrough ideas across content packaging digital retail and experiential.
- Own and evolve the strategic articulation of the Shark brand across the Home category ensuring each product tells a cohesive compelling story. Be a key voice for stakeholders and the Executive Leadership Team in elevating our Home category.
- Serve as a creative strategic SWAT partner embedding with crossfunctional teams to bring sharp consumer insights brand strategy and storytelling to early product ideation and positioning.
- Act as the strategic filter and thought partner throughout the creative process from concept reviews to inmarket execution providing constructive feedback that elevates the work.
- Translate data driven business and consumer insights into actionable emotionally resonant creative strategies that move the needle.
- Stay ahead of industry trends emerging technologies and cultural shifts to inform and inspire creative strategies and executions.
- Explore new creative opportunities platforms and mediums to keep the SharkNinja brand at the forefront of innovation.
- Foster a culture of creativity and innovation within the team encouraging experimentation and outofthebox thinking.
- Help balance speed and agility with strategic depth in a fastpaced innovation pipeline.
Within 30 Days
Youll dive right in meeting partners from across the org. Youll quickly get up to speed on the many innovative products in the Shark Home portfolio and the exciting innovations were launching next. In these early days your focus will be on listening and learning while immediately adding value by acting as the voice of the consumer in meetings ensuring what were building is exciting to them and solving their problems.
Within 6 Months
Youll build deep relationships with crossfunctional partners establishing yourself as a key teammate to turn to for truth and insights. Youll keep the team focused on what matters most (our specific & differentiated position) and establish new ways to speed the process of getting from concept to story. Youll lead the way towards an internal brand vision the team can use as a solid foundation for all their work.
Within a Year
Youll have found multiple ways to innovate how we do things that have increased our speed our efficacy and our creativity. Youll have launched several products to great success. People from across the company will go out of their way to make sure youre in their meetings because your perspective is valued by all. Youll be well on your way to becoming one of the industrys game changers.
Who You Are
- 10 years of experience in brand strategy or creative strategy ideally within consumer products or designled companies.
- Proven track record of partnering with Creative Product and Marketing to define and launch innovative products and campaigns.
- Strong writer / storyteller who can distill complex ideas into simple powerful narratives.
- Speedy and scrappy without losing quality. We move fast here.
- Highly collaborative with the confidence to challenge thinking and elevate outcomes across disciplines.
- Fluent in design thinking and customercentric innovation processes.
- Passionate about home innovation and obsessed with how strategy can amplify creativity.
What Makes This Role Exciting
- Partner directly with the teams creating Sharks nextgeneration products.
- Define the creative foundation for breakthrough launches across multiple categories.
- Be a strategic driver of design excellence and consumer resonance.
- Join a passionate fastmoving creative organization that values bold ideas and crossfunctional collaboration.
This is an on site role from our Needham MA HQ 3x a week no remote available
Our Culture
At SharkNinja we dont just raise the barwe push past it every single day. Our Outrageously Extraordinary mindset drives us to tackle the impossible push boundaries and deliver results that others only dream of. If you thrive on breaking out of your swim lane youll be right at home.
What We Offer
We offer competitive health insurance retirement plans paid time off employee stock purchase options wellness programs SharkNinja product discounts and more.We empower your personal and professional growth with high impact Learning Programs featuring bold voices redefining whats possible. When you join youre not just part of a companyyoure part of an outrageously extraordinary community. Together we wont just launch productswell disrupt entire markets.
At SharkNinja Diversity Equity and Inclusion are vital to our global success. Valuing each unique voice and blending all of our diverse skills strengthens SharkNinjas innovation every day. We support ALL associates in bringing their authentic selves to work making an impact and having the opportunity for career acceleration. With help from our leadership associates and our community we aim to have equity be a key component of the SharkNinja DNA.
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Life At SharkNinja
Outrageously Extraordinary
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
