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Executive Creative Director

SalaryGuide, Santa Monica, California, United States, 90403

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Responsibilities

Lead Creative Strategy & Vision: Own and articulate IPSY’s 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 IPSY’s 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 IPSY’s 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 impact—without 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.

Requirements

Creative Visionary & Strategist

Exceptional People Manager

Hands‑On Creative Leader

Brand Identity Expert

Digital‑First Mindset

Cross‑Functional Leader

Innovative & Curious

Executive Presence

Preferred

Background in beauty, wellness, fashion, or lifestyle brands is a plus, but not required.

Benefits

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

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