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O'Reilly Media is hiring a Creative Director to lead the strategic execution of design updates for learning products, marketing campaigns, and brand experiences. The role involves defining the creative vision, mentoring cross-functional teams, and collaborating with product and marketing departments to align creative direction with business goals.

Highlights

Lead strategic creative vision for brand, web interfaces, marketing assets, and brand experiences
Mentor and manage a team of designers, video editors, and content creators
Collaborate closely with Product Design, Product, Content, Engineering, and Marketing teams
Develop and maintain consistent brand identity and guidelines
Oversee multimedia learning asset production including video, motion graphics, and interactive content
Push creative boundaries while ensuring accessibility and inclusivity
Manage external creative partners, agencies, and freelancers
Required expertise in tools like Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, including AI design experimentation
Minimum 8 years of creative leadership experience, preferably in EdTech or digital media
Salary range: $135,000-$155,000

Creative Director Full Description

Creative Director

Marketing Design Remote, United States

Description

About O’Reilly Media

O’Reilly’s mission is to change the world by sharing the knowledge of innovators. For over 45 years, we’ve inspired companies and individuals to do new things—and do things better—by providing them with the skills and understanding that’s necessary for success.

At the heart of our business is a unique network of experts and innovators who share their knowledge through us. O’Reilly Learning offers exclusive live training, interactive learning, a certification experience, books, videos, and more, making it easier for our customers to develop the expertise they need to get ahead. And our books have been heralded for decades as the definitive place to learn about the technologies that are shaping the future. Everything we do is to help professionals from a variety of fields learn best practices and discover emerging trends that will shape the future of the tech industry.

Our customers are hungry to build the innovations that propel the world forward. And we help you do just that.

Learn more: https://www.oreilly.com/about/

Diversity

At O’Reilly, we believe that true innovation depends on hearing from, and listening to, people with a variety of perspectives. We want our whole organization to recognize, include, and encourage people of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, abilities, religions, sexual orientations, and professional roles.

Learn more: https://www.oreilly.com/diversity

About the Team

The Creative Design team at O'Reilly is part of our larger Product organization, which supports the strategic execution of our business goals. We design experiences that fulfill our mission to "change the world by sharing the knowledge of innovators." The team is currently on a mission to elevate our design practice and define standards for what design can accomplish across all touchpoints in partnership with Product Design.

About the Role

The Creative Director will lead the strategic execution of design updates across our learning products, marketing campaigns, and brand experiences. This role requires a balance of big-picture creativity, strong leadership, and hands-on execution. The ideal candidate is passionate about education and has a deep understanding of digital design and storytelling. You thrive in guiding teams to translate complex ideas into inspiring and impactful experiences.

What You’ll Do

Define and drive the overall creative vision for the brand, web interfaces, marketing assets, and brand experiences.
Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of designers, video editors, and content creators.
Work closely with the Director of Product Design to ensure brand and experience consistency across all touchpoints.
Collaborate with Product, Content, Engineering, and Marketing teams to align creative direction with business goals.
Develop and maintain a consistent brand identity and reflect clarity in brand guidelines for other teams to leverage.
Oversee the design and production of multimedia learning assets (video, motion graphics, interactive content).
Push creative boundaries while ensuring designs are accessible, inclusive, and effective for diverse learners.
Manage external creative partners, agencies, and freelancers as needed.Monitor design trends, emerging technologies, and learner engagement data to inform creative strategy.

What You’ll Have

Required:

8+ years of creative leadership experience, ideally in EdTech, digital media, or education-related industries.
Strong portfolio showcasing expertise in creative strategy, visual direction, digital design, and brand storytelling.
Proficiency in design and prototyping tools, familiarity with AI design tools and experimentation (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.).
Experience creating content for digital learning platforms or products is highly desirable.
Proven ability to lead teams, provide constructive feedback, and foster professional growth.
Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.
Passion for education, technology, and learner-centered design.

Include the following with your application:

A link to your portfolio demonstrating your problem-solving process, real-world impact, and visual examples.

Additional Information:

Salary Range: $135,000-$155,000
At this time, O'Reilly Media Inc. is not able to provide visa sponsorship or provide any immigration support (i.e. H-1B, STEM, OPT, CPT, EAD and Permanent Residency process)

Original Job Description

Creative Director

Marketing Design Remote, United States

Description

About O’Reilly Media

Our customers are hungry to build the innovations that propel the world forward. And we help you do just that.

Learn more: https://www.oreilly.com/about/

Diversity

Learn more: https://www.oreilly.com/diversity

About the Team

About the Role

What You’ll Do

Define and drive the overall creative vision for the brand, web interfaces, marketing assets, and brand experiences.
Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of designers, video editors, and content creators.
Work closely with the Director of Product Design to ensure brand and experience consistency across all touchpoints.
Collaborate with Product, Content, Engineering, and Marketing teams to align creative direction with business goals.
Develop and maintain a consistent brand identity and reflect clarity in brand guidelines for other teams to leverage.
Oversee the design and production of multimedia learning assets (video, motion graphics, interactive content).
Push creative boundaries while ensuring designs are accessible, inclusive, and effective for diverse learners.
Manage external creative partners, agencies, and freelancers as needed.Monitor design trends, emerging technologies, and learner engagement data to inform creative strategy.

What You’ll Have

Required:

8+ years of creative leadership experience, ideally in EdTech, digital media, or education-related industries.
Strong portfolio showcasing expertise in creative strategy, visual direction, digital design, and brand storytelling.
Proficiency in design and prototyping tools, familiarity with AI design tools and experimentation (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.).
Experience creating content for digital learning platforms or products is highly desirable.
Proven ability to lead teams, provide constructive feedback, and foster professional growth.
Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.
Passion for education, technology, and learner-centered design.

Include the following with your application:

A link to your portfolio demonstrating your problem-solving process, real-world impact, and visual examples.

Additional Information:

Salary Range: $135,000-$155,000
At this time, O'Reilly Media Inc. is not able to provide visa sponsorship or provide any immigration support (i.e. H-1B, STEM, OPT, CPT, EAD and Permanent Residency process)

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