Creative and Brand Lead

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded in 2015 by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg to harness the power of technology to pursue some of society’s most ambitious goals — from curing or preventing all disease to transforming how students learn.

At CZI, you’ll join a deeply collaborative, mission-driven community where your work helps drive breakthroughs across our flagship nonprofit organizations, Biohub and Learning Commons. Whether enabling scientific breakthroughs via open science and AI‑powered biology or strengthening the tools teachers and students rely on every day, your contributions help turn bold ideas into real‑world impact.

Our teams operate at the intersection of innovation and scale, building the infrastructure, partnerships, and capabilities that allow scientists, educators, and innovators to tackle some of the most complex challenges of our time — and to do so with urgency, integrity, and optimism.

The Team
The Operations team is a key partner in enabling Biohub’s pioneering work to combine frontier AI with frontier biology to solve disease and Learning Commons’ mission to build AI infrastructure that aligns how students learn with the tools that shape their learning experiences.

Operations includes our Central Tech, Finance, Marketing & Communications, People, and Real Estate / Workplace / Events / Facilities / Security (REWFS) teams. Together, these teams create the systems, programs, and experiences that empower our partners and colleagues across Biohub and Learning Commons to drive impact.

This work requires strategic and operational rigor, creativity, and deep collaboration. Whether designing world‑class employee experiences, safeguarding data and infrastructure, or shaping how we communicate our impact, Operations plays a critical role in helping deliver meaningful change at scale.

The Opportunity
We’re looking for a Creative & Brand Lead to help scale and steward Biohub’s creative output. This role reports to the VP of Marketing & Operations within the Marketing & Communications organization and will work closely with the social media and product UX teams.

This role sits at the intersection of brand, content, and execution. You will guide creative work across internal teams and external partners, ensuring everything we produce is clear, high‑quality, and aligned to our mission, while managing a small team of full‑time and contract creatives.

This is not a pure concepting role. It is a role for someone who brings strong taste, exercises influence, and knows how to get great work out of agencies and collaborators working on complex, technical subject matter.

What You'll Do
Creative & Content Leadership

Guide the development of creative across key workstreams, including:

Technical / launch creative (in partnership with product UX and agencies)

Evergreen storytelling, including brand and campaigns

Ensure all output meets a high bar for clarity, quality, and consistency

Translate complex scientific and technical work into accessible creative direction

Brand Stewardship

Uphold and evolve brand standards across channels and partners

Provide clear, actionable feedback to ensure alignment with brand and voice

Identify gaps and inconsistencies in how the brand shows up

Agency & Partner Management

Lead day‑to‑day relationships with external creative and production agencies

Set direction, review work, and ensure high‑quality deliveryManage timelines, scopes, and expectations across multiple partners

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

Partner with teams across product, social, communication

Navigate complex stakeholder environments with clarity and influence

Align creative output with broader organizational priorities

Execution & Operations

Drive work forward across multiple parallel initiatives

Manage a small team of creatives

Support a mix of agency‑led and internally driven projects

Help manage contractors and external contributors as needed

What You’ll Bring

8+ years of experience in brand/creative roles, preferably at a tech company, start‑up or agency

3+ years of management experience

Strong experience working with and managing creative agencies

Proven ability to guide and elevate creative work

High creative standards and strong visual judgment

Experience working with complex or technical subject matter

Ability to operate in a cross‑functional, stakeholder‑heavy environment

Comfort balancing strategy with hands‑on execution

Strong communication and feedback skills

Compensation
The Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire in this role is $171,000 - $214,000. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job‑related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process.

This position may be eligible to participate in our discretionary annual performance bonus program. Bonus eligibility and targets are determined in accordance with our total rewards philosophy and may vary by role.

Better Together
As we grow, we’re excited to strengthen in‑person connections and cultivate a collaborative, team‑oriented environment. This role is a hybrid position requiring you to be onsite for at least 60% of the working month, approximately 3 days a week, with specific in‑office days determined by the team’s manager. The exact schedule will be at the hiring manager's discretion and communicated during the interview process.

Benefits For The Whole You

Provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.

Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.

Funding for select family‑forming benefits.

Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving

If you’re interested in a role but your previous experience doesn’t perfectly align with each qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role.

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