At HackerRank, we help over 2,500 of the most prestigious logos across industries find, hire and upskill amazing developer talent using our SaaS-based Developer Skills Platform. We pioneered and continue to lead the developer skills market. At HackerRank, we are passionate about our mission to "Change the world to value skills over pedigree. This position is Full-Time and Remote within the United States.

We’re looking for a Creative Director who’s ready to put their skills to the test and help shape a brand that our customers love. From visual brand identity to editorial storytelling, video production to graphic design, you’ll shape the creative strategy behind everything we do — and provide the hands-on direction and support to take our creative production to the next level.

Tactically, the Creative Director will set, document, and reinforce new creative and brand standards across all marketing materials and digital assets, including sales and customer success content, website and landing pages, email and ad campaigns, internal and external decks, blogs and newsletters, thought leadership, events, and videos. And you won’t hesitate to roll up your sleeves to help create, build, and shape these materials yourself.

In addition, you’ll help conceptualize and build brand new storytelling formats, audience-building strategies, and creative programs. You’ll start out with a small but mighty in-house design team with the opportunity to grow a world-class group of creative service professionals (across design, video, art and copy) as HackerRank scales.

You will be working on:

Corporate Branding: Lead ideation, creation and rollout of a new visual brand identity
Web, Digital and Graphic Design: Own creative production and quality control of all marketing materials, from pitch decks and ads to the shiny new landing page for our next big product
Editorial Storytelling: Provide art, photo and video direction for our audience-building and engagement efforts, across our blog, newsletter, social and thought leadership
Creative Process: Design and document a well-oiled production process that scales, with clear project management workflows that account for things like SLAs and creative review
Team Lead: Coach, mentor, and manage the growth of the creative services team
Idea Generation: Articulate and pitch new creative concepts to peers and senior management
Rollin’ up Your Sleeves: Jump in to help create and elevate designs whenever the need arises, regardless of size

We are looking for:

At least 5+ years of experience building and managing creative teams
At least 5+ years of experience setting new brand and creative direction
At least 10 years of hands-on production experience in web design and development, digital media design, sales collateral creation, and/or video production
Must have experience (B2B or B2C) working in the tech industry
Exceptional creative/editorial judgment, with a bias for bold, new ideas and a strong point of view on the latest design trends
Ability to articulate and apply aesthetic choices as objective quality standards across design fundamentals like typography, color, imagery, and graphics
Expert command over all the technical tools a modern creative team needs to do their job, including the full Adobe suite, Figma, and Wordpress
Ability and excitement to spot, coach and develop talent

Nice to have:

Experience in motion graphics and animation
Experience building a video production strategy and process from scratch
Ability to understand and communicate the business impact of design decisions
Genuine passion for all things creative, and the willingness to share that philosophy with the rest of the company

Benefits & Perks:

We have a full package of competitive benefits and perks which include:

One-time home office set up stipend
Monthly Remote Work Enablement Stipend
Professional Development Reimbursement
Wellbeing Benefits (Headspace, etc)
Flexible paid time off, paid leave for new parents, and flexible work hours
Insurance for all employees (term life, personal accident, medical) along with medical insurance for their dependents
Employee stock options

About HackerRank:

HackerRank is a Y Combinator alumnus backed by tier-one Silicon Valley VCs with total funding of over $100 million. The HackerRank Developer Skills Platform is the standard for assessing developer skills for 2,500+ companies across industries and 23M+ developers worldwide. Companies like LinkedIn, Stripe, and Peloton rely on HackerRank to objectively evaluate skills against millions of developers at every hiring process, allowing teams to hire the best and reduce engineering time. Developers rely on HackerRank to turn their skills into great jobs. We’re data-driven givers who take full ownership of our work and love delighting our customers!

HackerRank is a proud equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. We provide equal opportunity to everyone for employment based on individual performance and qualification. We never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Notice to prospective HackerRank job applicants:

We’ve noticed fake accounts posing as HackerRank Recruiters on Linkedin and through text. These imposters trick you into paying them for jobs/providing credit check information.

Here’s how to spot the real deal:

Our Recruiters use @hackerrank.com email addresses.
We never ask for payment or credit check information to apply, interview, or work here.

We offer a comprehensive total rewards package, in which you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business.

Total compensation and benefits consist of salary, quarterly performance incentives, equity (stock options), medical, dental, vision, life insurance, travel insurance, monthly work-from-home stipend, learning and development reimbursements, flexible remote-first work culture, 401(K), flexible time off, generous parental leave and more. Under our flexible paid time off policy, you’ll decide how much time you need based on your circumstances.

Current base salary range: ($140,000 - $170,000 base). The exact salary may vary based on skills, experience, location, market ranges, and other compensation offered. The salary range does not include other compensation components, commission (for sales-related roles), bonuses, or benefits for which you may be eligible. Salary may be adjusted based on business needs.

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