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Risepoint is hiring a Senior Director, Creative to lead a multidisciplinary creative team responsible for delivering strategic, high-impact design and video content that drives student enrollment for regional university partners. The role involves unifying brand expression, collaborating across departments, and overseeing the creative vision to ensure alignment with business objectives and partner goals.

Highlights

Lead and mentor a team of designers, video producers, and content creators.
Develop campaign concepts and creative platforms that scale across the marketing funnel.
Collaborate with Content Strategy, Brand Strategy, and AI Enablement teams to drive creative innovation.
Manage creative resources and workflows to deliver high-quality work at scale.
Partner with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Paid Media, Digital Experience, Brand, and Partner teams to ensure creative alignment.
Require proficiency in Workfront, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and familiarity with emerging technologies including AI.
Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Advertising, Marketing, Media Arts, or related fields required; Master’s degree in Creative Direction, Brand Strategy, or Design Leadership preferred.
Minimum 10 years of creative experience with 3-5 years in senior creative leadership roles.
Strong portfolio showcasing campaign development, full-funnel creative, and teamwork in design and video.
Comprehensive benefits include PTO, medical, dental, vision, retirement with company match, parental leave, wellness programs, and tuition reimbursement.

Senior Director, Creative Full Description

Senior Director, Creative

US - Remote

Full time

Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint's mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners.

Department Summary

The Partner Brand & Creative team at Risepoint is a multidisciplinary group of project managers, writers, editors, designers, and video producers.

We partner closely with teams across marketing, student success, and university partnerships to build meaningful, high-impact, full-funnel creative that helps universities to grow by moving students to enroll.

Our goal is that every deliverable is driven by strategy and business goals, ; grounded in insight, powered by collaboration, and built to inspire action.

Job Summary
Reporting to the VP, Partner Brand and Creative, the Senior Creative Director is a strategic and conceptual leadership role responsible for direct oversight of a team of designers, video producers and content creators. You will serve as a central force in translating brand and content strategy, as well as market research and insights, into breakthrough creative that performs across the full funnel, ensuring a unified creative vision that advances partner goals.

You’ll play a key role in unifying and elevating partner brand expression across every touchpoint — enhancing creative quality, increasing output, and driving greater differentiation — while leading the team to deliver strategic, high-impact work that fuels student engagement and partner growth.

You will collaborate closely with our Content Strategy, Brand Strategy, and AI Enablement leaders to push creative boundaries while staying grounded in business objectives, partner brand identity,
and audience insights.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Creative Direction & Oversight

Uphold the creative vision across design and video (with a dotted line to copy), ensuring consistency across channels and campaigns
Provide strong, strategic feedback and elevate the creative standard through critiques, mentorship, and hands-on guidance
Lead the development of campaign concepts, partner-facing creative platforms, and modular systems that scale across the funnel

Collaboration & Integration

Collaborate with the Senior Director of Content Strategy to bring narratives and messaging frameworks to life visually and emotionally
Partner with the Senior Director of Brand Strategy to ensure creative outputs align with partner brand platforms and differentiated positioning
Work closely with the AI Enablement Lead to test and implement creative tooling that enhances efficiency, personalization, and scalability
Work closely with the Senior Director of Creative Operations and Project
Managers to ensure creative resources are aligned effectively, workflows run
smoothly, and the team is set up to deliver high-quality work at scale
Foster a culture of accountability, clear communication, and cross-functional
transparency across all levels of the creative process
Bring a solutions-oriented mindset to creative challenges, balancing strategic goals with practical execution to keep work moving forward
Creative Leadership in a Shared Services Model
Lead a centralized creative team supporting multiple university partners across full-funnel campaigns, launches, and evergreen assets
Adapt creative strategy and execution for partner-specific brand guidelines
Act as a senior creative voice in cross-functional planning — helping prioritize, scope, and align resources to business goals
Champion compelling storytelling across formats and channels — ensuring every creative asset contributes to a cohesive, student-centered narrative
Manage relationships with cross-functional stakeholders across Marketing, Paid Media, Digital Experience, Brand, Content, and Partner teams — ensuring creative alignment, clarity of expectations, and timely feedback loops

Team Development & Culture

Manage and mentor a team of visual/motion designers and video producers/editors
Foster a collaborative, feedback-rich culture grounded in craft, accountability, and learning
Guide hiring, career growth, and capability development for the creative
Perform in accordance with Risepoint Policies
Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS
Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Advertising, Marketing, Media Arts, or a related field required
Master’s Degree Creative Direction, Brand Strategy, or Design Leadership

Experience Level

Champion compelling storytelling across formats and channels — ensuring every creative asset contributes to a cohesive, student-centered narrativ
Manage relationships with cross-functional stakeholders across Marketing, Paid Media, Digital Experience, Brand, Content, and Partner teams — ensuring creative alignment, clarity of expectations, and timely feedback loops

Team Development & Culture

Manage and mentor a team of visual/motion designers and video producers/editors
Foster a collaborative, feedback-rich culture grounded in craft, accountability, and learning
Guide hiring, career growth, and capability development for the creative team

QUALIFICATIONS

Educational Level

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Advertising, Marketing, Media Arts, or a related field required.
Master's Degree Creative Director, Brand Strategy or Design Leadership

Years of Experience

Minimum of 10 years of experience in creative roles, including 3–5 years in a senior creative leadership capacity.
Strong portfolio demonstrating campaign thinking, full-funnel creative, and team-based execution across design and video.
Excellent ability to give clear, strategic feedback and lead team-wide critique and refinement.
Comfortable balancing concept development with high-volume production workflows.
Experienced working in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
Deep understanding of performance marketing, digital channels, and visual storytelling best practices.
Familiar with creative ops processes (briefing, intake, review cycles) and tools like Workfront, Figma, and Adobe Creative Suite and emerging technology, including AI.
Risepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an equitable environment for all employees.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national

Risepoint offers the following comprehensive benefits:

18 days PTO + Winter Shutdown
12 designated holidays + 1 floating holiday
Medical – four options
Dental
Vision
Life & Disability (company paid)
Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account
Retirement plan with company match
Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave (company paid)
Volunteer Time Off

Supplemental Benefits:

Wellness program
Alternative medicine options
Pet discounts
Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity

Personal and Professional Development:

Continuous Professional and Leadership Development Programs
Tuition Reimbursement for employees and their dependents
Rewards & Recognition programs

Risepoint is an equal-opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Original Job Description

Senior Director, Creative

US - Remote

Full time

Department Summary

The Partner Brand & Creative team at Risepoint is a multidisciplinary group of project managers, writers, editors, designers, and video producers.

Our goal is that every deliverable is driven by strategy and business goals, ; grounded in insight, powered by collaboration, and built to inspire action.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Creative Direction & Oversight

Uphold the creative vision across design and video (with a dotted line to copy), ensuring consistency across channels and campaigns
Provide strong, strategic feedback and elevate the creative standard through critiques, mentorship, and hands-on guidance
Lead the development of campaign concepts, partner-facing creative platforms, and modular systems that scale across the funnel

Collaboration & Integration

Collaborate with the Senior Director of Content Strategy to bring narratives and messaging frameworks to life visually and emotionally
Partner with the Senior Director of Brand Strategy to ensure creative outputs align with partner brand platforms and differentiated positioning
Work closely with the AI Enablement Lead to test and implement creative tooling that enhances efficiency, personalization, and scalability
Work closely with the Senior Director of Creative Operations and Project
Managers to ensure creative resources are aligned effectively, workflows run
smoothly, and the team is set up to deliver high-quality work at scale
Foster a culture of accountability, clear communication, and cross-functional
transparency across all levels of the creative process
Bring a solutions-oriented mindset to creative challenges, balancing strategic goals with practical execution to keep work moving forward
Creative Leadership in a Shared Services Model
Lead a centralized creative team supporting multiple university partners across full-funnel campaigns, launches, and evergreen assets
Adapt creative strategy and execution for partner-specific brand guidelines
Act as a senior creative voice in cross-functional planning — helping prioritize, scope, and align resources to business goals
Champion compelling storytelling across formats and channels — ensuring every creative asset contributes to a cohesive, student-centered narrative
Manage relationships with cross-functional stakeholders across Marketing, Paid Media, Digital Experience, Brand, Content, and Partner teams — ensuring creative alignment, clarity of expectations, and timely feedback loops

Team Development & Culture

Manage and mentor a team of visual/motion designers and video producers/editors
Foster a collaborative, feedback-rich culture grounded in craft, accountability, and learning
Guide hiring, career growth, and capability development for the creative
Perform in accordance with Risepoint Policies
Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS
Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Advertising, Marketing, Media Arts, or a related field required
Master’s Degree Creative Direction, Brand Strategy, or Design Leadership

Experience Level

Champion compelling storytelling across formats and channels — ensuring every creative asset contributes to a cohesive, student-centered narrativ
Manage relationships with cross-functional stakeholders across Marketing, Paid Media, Digital Experience, Brand, Content, and Partner teams — ensuring creative alignment, clarity of expectations, and timely feedback loops

Team Development & Culture

Manage and mentor a team of visual/motion designers and video producers/editors
Foster a collaborative, feedback-rich culture grounded in craft, accountability, and learning
Guide hiring, career growth, and capability development for the creative team

QUALIFICATIONS

Educational Level

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Advertising, Marketing, Media Arts, or a related field required.
Master's Degree Creative Director, Brand Strategy or Design Leadership

Years of Experience

Minimum of 10 years of experience in creative roles, including 3–5 years in a senior creative leadership capacity.
Strong portfolio demonstrating campaign thinking, full-funnel creative, and team-based execution across design and video.
Excellent ability to give clear, strategic feedback and lead team-wide critique and refinement.
Comfortable balancing concept development with high-volume production workflows.
Experienced working in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
Deep understanding of performance marketing, digital channels, and visual storytelling best practices.
Familiar with creative ops processes (briefing, intake, review cycles) and tools like Workfront, Figma, and Adobe Creative Suite and emerging technology, including AI.
Risepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an equitable environment for all employees.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national

Risepoint offers the following comprehensive benefits:

18 days PTO + Winter Shutdown
12 designated holidays + 1 floating holiday
Medical – four options
Dental
Vision
Life & Disability (company paid)
Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account
Retirement plan with company match
Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave (company paid)
Volunteer Time Off

Supplemental Benefits:

Wellness program
Alternative medicine options
Pet discounts
Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity

Personal and Professional Development:

Continuous Professional and Leadership Development Programs
Tuition Reimbursement for employees and their dependents
Rewards & Recognition programs

Risepoint is an equal-opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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