Creative Director (remote US)
HarperCollins Publishers
- Location
- United States (Remote)
- Posted
- July 6, 2026
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Role overview
The Creative Director will be responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the Direct-to-Consumer creative team, including managing both internal and external resources. They will also be responsible for executing all creative for HarperCollins US DTC marketing channels. This role will work closely and collaboratively with Brand, Platform and Publishing teams to create visual communications to support and grow our DTC businesses.
The Creative Director will lead the creative development process, providing direction and constructive feedback to internal and external design resources to deliver consistent, high-performing creative for the business. This role requires a leader who can balance creative vision with business objectives and priorities, working closely with Brand and Platform teams to develop and interpret a clear creative vision. They will attend meetings, handle cross-team interaction, pitch concepts compellingly, and communicate and monitor project progress. Staying up-to-date with new innovations and industry trends is crucial, as is training and supporting team members in developing their technical skills and contributing to organizational learnings and process improvement. The Creative Director will lead with passion, guiding and coaching the team on career direction, development, growth, and performance.
Responsibilities
- Leads creative function for Direct-to-Consumer brands and channels, working as both an individual contributor and a manager of internal and external resources.
- Ensures a high standard and quality of work, delivering on consistency in brand look, feel, and experience, regardless of assigned resource; provides creative quality control over concepts and execution.
- Assigns requested work to the appropriate resource based on project needs, and inspires excellence in outcome by providing direction and constructive feedback, while meeting the needs of the requesting partners.
- Leads the creation, execution, and continual evolution of brand guidelines.
- Identifies opportunities to improve creative output and process, and provides recommendations to develop the creative team to meet future demands.
- Helps the team balance creative vision with business objectives and priorities.
- Works closely with the Brand and Platform teams to develop and interpret a clear creative vision.
- Attends meetings, handles cross-team interaction, pitches concepts in a compelling manner; communicates and monitors project progress.
- Stays up to date with new innovations and industry trends.
- Trains and supports team members in developing and deepening their technical skills.
- Contributes to organizational learnings and process improvement.
- Leads with passion, guides & coaches the team on career direction, development, growth and performance.
Qualifications
- Portfolio demonstrating performance-driven digital and e-commerce creative required.
- 8+ years of experience in graphic design and/or interactive design with at least 3 years of experience working with a focus on an e-commerce and/or performance marketing design.
- 3+ years of experience managing both internal and external resources to hit quality, budget, and timeline requirements.
- Expertise with Adobe and Canva’s full suite of creative tools (or similar).
- Expertise with (and enthusiasm for) leveraging AI creative tools (e.g., Sora, Nano Banana) for concepting and refining designs.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders and align creative strategy with business goals.
- Understanding best practices for performance-focused digital marketing creative.
- Staying up on industry trends around best UI and UX practices and what drives design performance (e.g., CTR, CVR, ROAS) in a direct-to-consumer environment.
- Empathy for our end consumer, always thinking about design as a visual medium for communication.
- Ability to both create and evaluate design and copy.
- Solutions-oriented and collaborative approach.
Application Information
- Cover letters are strongly preferred.
Compensation and Benefits
- The salary range for this position is $120,000-160,000.
- Offers will be tailored within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other relevant factors.
- In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.