Creative Director

Origin

Origin

Design
United States · Remote
Posted on Nov 4, 2023

ABOUT ORIGIN

Origin is reimagining wealth management by making it accessible and affordable to all. Today, money is the [#1] source of stress - more than jobs, health, and relationships combined. That stress is exacerbated in the current economic environment, which is presenting people with once-in-a-generation financial challenges. Origin is tackling this problem head on by expanding access to financial planning for those who have historically been boxed out due to high barriers to entry. Our product simplifies finances for individuals making it easy to manage spend and investments, get expert advice, and take action to hit financial goals.

We are a fast-paced startup in the series B round, led by repeat founders and backed by leading VC firms like Founders Fund, Felicis, and General Catalyst.

WHAT IS THIS ROLE'S MISSION

We are looking for an experienced Creative Director to join our team to define and amplify the Origin Product and Brand. As the Creative Director at Origin, you’ll be responsible for bringing the brand to life and creating impactful experiences across digital, brand, social, content, lifecycle, and growth marketing.

The ideal candidate is excited to define and amplify the Origin brand with bar-raising creative. You have a maker mentality and are deeply passionate about shaping the vision for all brand design, marketing, and creative communications. You will be expected to direct a small team of designers, agencies, and production, motion, and media teams. You will be pivotal in advocating for our brand and driving awareness of Origin across audiences. This is the first Creative and Brand Design hire reporting directly to the VP of Marketing. This individual will educate and inspire the organization on how to best partner with Creative teams and will play a founding role in building a best-in-class marketing organization.

What you'll do

  • Create a vision for the Origin brand that translates into powerful and authentic storytelling that drives awareness/consideration;
  • Define how our brand comes to life creatively across all surfaces and channels;
  • Champion bold ideas and creative approaches to telling Origin’s stories and more deeply connecting with Origin’s members;
  • Create brand consistency, ensure that all materials support and strengthen Origin’s brand and personality;
  • Lead & partner with great external teams, creative agencies, production, etc.
  • Develop cross functional relationships with product, consumer research and marketing teams to develop strategy and consumer insights that drive compelling creative executions;
  • Lead creative development of innovative creative from concept to delivery;
  • Present creative concepts effectively to senior executives;
  • Experience managing multiple projects and the ability to meet aggressive deadlines;
  • Experience developing on digital campaigns & OOH channels;
  • Experience creating brand guidelines.

What we consider a must have

  • A deep passion for building brands;
  • A portfolio demonstrating systematic brand and identity development scaling across multiple touch points;
  • The innate ability to attract, inspire, and develop amazing diverse talent;
  • Strong writing and design skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives and adapt writing style for different audiences;
  • The willingness and know-how to deeply understand our market, consumers and competition;
  • Highly collaborative and results-oriented;
  • An "owner" personality with a bias toward action;
  • Bachelor’s Degree;
  • 7+ years of creative leadership.

WHAT WE OFFER

Compensation

  • Generous base salary
  • Meaningful equity package

Health and Wellness

  • Heath Insurance;
  • Life insurance;
  • 401K;
  • Wellness allowance;
  • Mental health;
  • Parenthood & fertility;
  • Unlimited access to Origin;
  • Coworking allowance;
  • Work setup one-time stipend;

Work-life rhythm

  • Unlimited PTO;
  • Parental leave;
  • Remote-first;
  • Flexible hours;

ABOUT ORIGINALS

Fulfilling our mission is only possible with a diverse team that breathes for excellence and is hugely committed to making money simple for everyone, everywhere.

As a team, we are obsessed with delivering the best solution possible to our members through an elegant and self-guided experience. We know that building a product of this magnitude requires from us tons of creativity, autonomy, and flexibility to move fast and embrace uncertainties with ownership. This is who we daily pursue to be!

To embrace talented people like this and provide the necessary resources to achieve their best versions, we believe in the power of a healthy environment where each person is valued for who they are and have clear goals and expectations for the future they can build within the company. Each person here is seen as a key player in our team.

Our environment is diverse, with excellent people and equal opportunities. We believe in the power of the individuality and uniqueness of each of us to make our team even more powerful.

We are building an outstanding solution, and here is an invitation for you to become an Original and join us on this journey!