Fractional Creative Director

Role Overview

• Lead Creative Direction: Define and evolve the brand’s visual and verbal identity across all channels — digital, packaging, campaigns, and social.
• Guide and Strengthen the Team: Offer coaching and strategic direction to create alignment with a small team of internal designers, brand, and social staff.
• Oversee External Partners: Coordinate agencies and vendors to ensure creative consistency, quality, and operational efficiency.
• Translate Vision into Strategy: Serve as a thought partner to the CEO and leadership team, helping align creative ideas with business goals.
• Ground Creative in Data: Use analytics, performance data, and audience insights to inform decisions and evaluate creative impact.
• Build Scalable Systems: Create brand frameworks, templates, and processes that enable consistency and streamline future creative work.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in brand, creative, or marketing leadership roles — ideally in premium beauty, prestige consumer goods, or lifestyle brands.
• A strong portfolio that showcases a balance of creativity and strategy — the ability to pair storytelling and design instinct with analytical thinking.
• A proven track record guiding creative teams and managing agencies or vendors.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and executive communication skills.
• Comfort operating in a fractional or consulting capacity — building trust quickly and delivering high-impact results.