Director, Creative

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About the role

  • Executive Creative Director at KOHO defining the creative vision and leading a multidisciplinary team across campaigns and storytelling. Focus on integrating creative excellence with business impact.

Responsibilities

  • Define and champion KOHO's multichannel creative vision across campaigns, product storytelling, content, events, and social and be accountable for business outcomes
  • Concept and create key pieces yourself when the work demands it, you are a "player/coach"
  • Lead and develop a multidisciplinary creative team, including art directors, designers, copywriters, and producers
  • Set the creative standard for all work, providing clear direction and feedback across both art direction and copy
  • Work with product marketing to translate briefs into powerful creative ideas
  • Oversee photo and video shoots alongside the Studios team and freelance production crews
  • Brief and manage freelance talent and agency partners during campaign surges
  • Help establish creative processes, review cadences, and quality standards as the department scales
  • Present concepts and creative work to senior stakeholders with clarity and conviction
  • Build the systems, processes, and review structures that enable high-quality creative output at scale
  • Oversee external agencies, freelancers, production partners, and photo/video shoots as needed
  • Set art direction and copy direction for campaigns, brand, web, product, video, events, and social

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience leading creative teams and organizations in ambitious, fast-paced environments with significant time at agencies or in-house teams that think like agencies
  • A portfolio that shows conceptual range across both copy and art direction; big ideas that work across mediums
  • Experience working across the marketing stack, with a solid understanding of the overall marketing department’s objectives (not just creative)
  • Ability to collaborate with product design to ensure consistency and design cohesiveness
  • Experience directing video and motion work, not just static and copy
  • Someone who is actively utilizing AI in their creative process today
  • Proven ability to direct and elevate writers, art directors and designers
  • Deep expertise across copywriting, advertising, campaigns, content, and production
  • Strong creative instincts with a portfolio demonstrating conceptual excellence across multiple channels and mediums
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, developing talent, and creating environments where creatives can do their best work
  • Strong organizational and operational skills, with the ability to structure teams, allocate resources, and establish effective ways of working
  • Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Experience directing video, motion, digital, and integrated campaign work
  • A strong point of view on culture, storytelling, and brand building

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation & equity
  • Generous vacation + Wellness days + Flex Days + holiday closure
  • Remote-first environment + coworking support + yearly all hands retreat
  • Access to coaching & growth programs
  • Parental top-up & leave policies
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Power-up budgets for books, home office setup, phone & internet, AI tools, and professional development

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$200,000 - CA$240,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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