Red Antler
Creative Director, Digital
RemoteUnited States only
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- Design
- Experience
- Lead
- Employment
- Full-time
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Creative director for a digital design team, with 10+ years in digital design and 3+ years in leadership. Needs strong UX, UI/visual design, digital strategy, product design instincts, and experience in agency/studio/in-house creative teams. Front-end knowledge and AI-powered creative workflows are a plus/required signal respectively.
Core skills
UX designUI designProduct design
Required skills
Prototyping tools
Optional skills
CSSJavaScriptHTMLFigma AIGenerative image platformsGenerative video platformsRapid prototyping
At Red Antler, we launch and grow brands. From startups seeking to bring new ideas to life to established companies aiming to retain their category leadership, we help businesses tell the story of why they matter to put them at the center of every tomorrow. We’re looking for a Creative Director to lead our digital team, including UX and Visual Design, and partner with our strategists, brand designers, and art directors to guide and shape our next wave of digital launches for companies looking to change the way we eat, shop, explore, and live.
As a Creative Director on our digital team, you'll use your experience and creative intuition to push our work to new places and bring our clients’ ideas to life. You have a passion for bringing new products to market and know what it takes to get the next big thing off the ground. You want to see your work in the world.
Who you are:
- You have 10+ years of digital design experience working at a creative agency, design studio or in house creative teams. In addition, you’ve spent 3+ years in previous leadership roles and can effectively oversee the quality and efficacy of our digital team’s work.
- You have a killer design aesthetic and an excellent handle on user experience and digital strategy. You know how to push creative teams to imagine new ways to bring digital experiences to life through interaction and content.
- You want to partner with interdisciplinary leads to build a vision for something that hasn’t yet been defined; working with copywriters, brand designers, art directors, and developers to build something new across every customer touchpoint.
- You can build trust and guide clients through our creative process. You have the ability to define and establish digital processes that align with both client and internal needs.
- You’ll be an arbiter of our digital vision and will find opportunities to foster this vision within the team and agency. You’ll help us push digital design to tell evocative brand stories that create emotional connections with consumers.
- You will collaborate with our business development team and help advise on digital opportunities with potential clients that express our distinct digital POV. You can effectively scope projects and during the planning stages, consult on deliverables and project team casting that will optimize success.
- You have a solid understanding of UX design principles and prototyping tools, and an equally polished portfolio showcasing your UI/visual design capabilities. A strong grasp of CSS, Javascript, HTML5, and front-end development trends is a plus.
- You are fluent in emerging AI-powered creative workflows and understand how tools like Figma AI, generative image/video platforms, and rapid prototyping can accelerate ideation, design systems, and production—without compromising craft or strategic thinking.
- You bring strong product design instincts, with experience designing user-centered digital experiences across web, apps, and digital products. You know how to balance brand expression with usability, leveraging user insights, testing, and iterative design to create experiences that drive engagement and business outcomes.
- You are a mentor and a leader and are excited to manage and grow our team of digital designers.
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What you'll do
- Lead the digital team, including UX and Visual Design.
- Partner with strategists, brand designers, and art directors to guide and shape digital launches.
- Push creative work to new places and bring clients’ ideas to life.
- Bring new products to market.
- Oversee the quality and efficacy of the digital team’s work.
- Push creative teams to imagine new ways to bring digital experiences to life through interaction and content.
- Partner with interdisciplinary leads to build a vision for undefined new work.
- Work with copywriters, brand designers, art directors, and developers to build new experiences across every customer touchpoint.
- Build trust and guide clients through the creative process.
- Define and establish digital processes that align with client and internal needs.
- Act as an arbiter of the agency’s digital vision.
- Find opportunities to foster the digital vision within the team and agency.
- Push digital design to tell evocative brand stories that create emotional connections with consumers.
- Collaborate with the business development team.
- Advise on digital opportunities with potential clients that express the agency’s digital point of view.
- Scope projects and consult on deliverables and project team casting during planning stages.
- Manage and grow the team of digital designers.
What they require
- 10+ years of digital design experience working at a creative agency, design studio, or in-house creative teams.
- 3+ years in previous leadership roles.
- Ability to effectively oversee the quality and efficacy of a digital team’s work.
- Strong design aesthetic.
- Excellent handle on user experience and digital strategy.
- Ability to push creative teams to imagine new ways to bring digital experiences to life through interaction and content.
- Ability to partner with interdisciplinary leads to build a vision for undefined new work.
- Ability to work with copywriters, brand designers, art directors, and developers across every customer touchpoint.
- Ability to build trust and guide clients through the creative process.
- Ability to define and establish digital processes that align with client and internal needs.
- Understanding of UX design principles and prototyping tools.
- Polished portfolio showcasing UI/visual design capabilities.
- Preferred: Strong grasp of CSS, JavaScript, HTML5, and front-end development trends.
- Fluency in emerging AI-powered creative workflows.
- Understanding of how tools like Figma AI, generative image/video platforms, and rapid prototyping can accelerate ideation, design systems, and production without compromising craft or strategic thinking.
- Strong product design instincts.
- Experience designing user-centered digital experiences across web, apps, and digital products.
- Ability to balance brand expression with usability, leveraging user insights, testing, and iterative design to create experiences that drive engagement and business outcomes.
- Mentor and leader excited to manage and grow a team of digital designers.
Red Antler launches and grows brands, helping startups and established companies tell their story and build category leadership.
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