Executive Creative Director
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Job Location:
Santa Monica, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 175000 - 235000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Join us in inspiring everyone to express their unique beauty.
IPSY is the beauty industrys most powerful platform uniting brands creators and hyper-engaged consumers with unprecedented access to each other through the ultimate beauty membership. Home to sample-size subscription IPSY Original full-size subscription IPSY Extra and quarterly limited-edition collection IPSY Ultimate we curate beauty for millions of members so they can play explore and express their unique beauty every day.
We think self-discovery self-expression and confidence are beautiful. Agree Then join us! Explore careers and learn more about our values culture and benefits across all our brands: IPSY Careers.
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About the Role:
IPSY is seeking an Executive Creative Director to serve as the creative strategy and vision lead for the company owning how IPSY shows up visually emotionally and culturally across every touchpoint.
This role is responsible for setting the creative vision and leading the creative strategy while also managing and inspiring IPSYs in-house creative team which encompasses photography graphic design and creative strategy.
The Executive Creative Director will be a trusted partner to executive leadership including the CEO helping to elevate the brand and cut through the noise in the beauty landscape.
The ideal candidate is a strong people manager and leader first and foremostsomeone who knows how to build high-performing creative teams nurture talent and create clarity momentum and accountability while delivering exceptional creative output.
This Executive Creative Director reports to the Chief Marketing Officer and is preferably based inLos Angeles with a hybrid schedule of 2 days per week in our Santa Monica office.
What Youll Be Doing:
- Lead Creative Strategy & Vision: Own and articulate IPSYs creative vision and strategic direction ensuring all creative work ladders up to a clear inspiring and differentiated brand POV.
- Manage & Inspire the Creative Team: Directly lead a multidisciplinary in-house team across photography graphic design and creative strategy fostering a culture of collaboration excellence and innovation.
- Serve as Brand Steward: Oversee IPSYs brand identity and ensure cohesive visual and tonal expression across all channels including social video packaging site influencer content and lifecycle marketing.
- Unify Brand Expression Across Plans: Create a consistent brand system while developing distinct creative personalities for IPSYs Original Extra and Ultimate plans under a single brand umbrella.
- Modernize Storytelling: Drive the development of thumb-stopping community-driven creative that authentically reflects Gen Z and Millennial beauty culture.
- Partner Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Marketing Growth Product Merchandising and Brand Partnerships to ensure creative strategy supports business objectives including acquisition engagement and retention.
- Elevate Creative Operations: Implement strong processes for briefing feedback and execution that enable the team to deliver world-class work efficiently and at scale.
- Champion Innovation: Thoughtfully adopt new tools workflows and emerging technologies to enhance creative quality speed and impactwithout losing the human creative spark.
- Build Executive Trust: Act as a key creative partner to the CMO CEO and executive leadership team clearly communicating creative strategy rationale and results.
What We Are Looking For:
- Creative Visionary & Strategist: A senior creative leader with a proven ability to define and lead creative strategy for a complex consumer-facing brand.
- Exceptional People Manager: Demonstrated success managing mentoring and scaling multidisciplinary creative teams; known for developing talent and building strong healthy team cultures.
- Hands-On Creative Leader: Comfortable setting direction while empowering teams across photography and graphic design to execute at the highest level.
- Brand Identity Expert: Deep experience in brand stewardship visual systems and maintaining consistency across multiple platforms and consumer touchpoints.
- Digital-First Mindset: A digital native who understands social content performance and modern storytelling formats.
- Cross-Functional Leader: Strong collaborator who works seamlessly with marketing product growth and executive stakeholders.
- Innovative & Curious: Energized by change and open to experimentation new ideas and evolving creative tools.
- Industry Experience (Nice to Have): Background in beauty wellness fashion or lifestyle brands is a plus but not required.
- Executive Presence: Confident communicator with the ability to influence and build strong relationships at the executive level.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary & equity grants
- Annual bonus program (paid out quarterly)
- Medical dental & vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Paid Time Off
- Work from home flexibility
- Free Glambag subscription
- Learning & development programs
EEO Statement: We celebrate diversity and are an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status disability status or any other protected characteristic.
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Pay is based on several non-discriminatory factors such as experience education skills and location. IPSY offers a bonus and competitive benefits. Final compensation is determined by experience and skills.
Salary Range:
$175000 - $235000 USD
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Marketing
- Logo Design
- Trello
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Martech
- Adobe Photoshop
- Social Media Management
- Adobe Illustrator
- Copywriting
- Customer relationship management
- Experience Design
- Adobe Indesign
