Creative Director, Design & Animation

• Lead and mentor the design and animation teams to develop high-quality visual and motion work that meets brand and marketing goals across Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile
• Provide actionable feedback through quarterly reviews and ongoing coaching to strengthen craft, career growth, and creative range for designers and animators
• Manage team dynamics and performance to keep a productive, collaborative, innovative environment for the team to do its best work
• Maintain a consistently high standard of design, animation, and visual storytelling across both brands while evolving aesthetics as business needs change
• Partner with the Creative Director, Copy as a dynamic duo to deliver breakthrough integrated creative across promotional campaigns, social, experiential/brand activations, and customer communications
• Collaborate with marketing partners, Creative Account Management, and external partners to plan and execute creative projects against shared deadlines
• Translate briefs (and more often, conversations) into ideas and visual concepts that drive action
• Present creative concepts, rationale, and a persuasive creative vision to senior leadership and stakeholders to secure alignment and buy-in
• Also responsible for other duties/projects as assigned by business management as needed

• Bachelor's Degree and 7 years of related work experience OR a combination of education and experience deemed equivalent (Required)
• Acceptable areas of study include Design, Animation, Fine Arts, Creative, Advertising, Film or related field (Preferred)
• 8+ years directing design and animation for national or global brands as a creative director or like creative leader (Preferred)
• You've worked with leading brands and led design/animation teams to produce award-winning work (Preferred)
• D2C brand experience a strong plus (Preferred)
• Mastery of design and animation software including Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and motion tools (Preferred)
• Leadership: A track record of leading design and animation teams and partnering with marketing and production to produce high-quality motion graphics, video, animation, and graphic design across channels (Required)
• Creative Direction: Customers aren't thinking about 'marketing teams' when they interact with our brands. You have a vision for how every customer touchpoint is evolving visually (from a piece of social to a checkout flow) and can steer the work that direction. We want passionate creative thinkers who are also seasoned enough to know when to push back, when to take feedback, and when to move on (Required)
• Presentations: Confidently and persuasively presenting creative concepts to secure buy-in (Required)
• You work independently and proactively. You can take a brief (or more often, a conversation) and turn it into a visual idea. You know when to get others involved and how to work with peers inside and outside Creative (Required)
• Problem Solving: Identify problems and provide solutions, or resolve with a sense of urgency, in a high-volume, fast-turnaround environment (Required)
• Love storytelling: Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile have grown by crafting motivational stories around people and purpose through design and animation. We create work that speaks with, not at, our customers. You should be able to design, art-direct, and steer work against this mission (Required)
• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

D2C brand experience a strong plus (Preferred)

• competitive base salary and compensation package
• annual stock grant
• employee stock purchase plan
• 401(k)
• access to free, year-round money coaches
• medical, dental and vision insurance
• flexible spending account
• paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays
• paid parental and family leave
• family building benefits
• back-up care
• enhanced family support
• childcare subsidy
• tuition assistance
• college coaching
• short- and long-term disability
• voluntary AD&D coverage
• voluntary accident coverage
• voluntary life insurance
• voluntary disability insurance
• voluntary long-term care insurance
• mobile service & home internet discounts
• pet insurance
• access to commuter and transit programs