Executive Creative Director

Beyond is looking for an ECD who’s fluent in product design and brand marketing to lead creative across NY and SF for one of the world’s biggest electronics and technology pioneers. As a core member of the senior team, you’ll guide a 25+ multidisciplinary, multi-located team to deliver results-driven, award-winning work. If you’re looking for a growing but stable agency where you can influence the creative product and the business trajectory, Beyond could be the place for you.

What you’ll do:

1. Partner with the senior management team to lead, manage, serve and grow the engagement.
2. Oversee a multidisciplinary team of 25 across studios to do exceptional brand and product work.
3. Inspire Beyonders with big-picture creative vision, and clients with results-driven strategic thinking.
4. Set clear creative standards and expectations, while empowering your team to own the work.
5. Define and evangelize the philosophies and processes that power exceptional creative.
6. Nurture brilliant talent with hiring, personal development, and training policies for creatives.

What you bring:

1. 15+ years’ experience in product design and brand marketing, and the award-winning work to prove it.
2. 10+ years as ECD or CD, leading visual designers, UX designers, and copywriters.
3. Experience leading both product design (e.g., responsive web, native app, and interactive displays) and brand marketing (e.g., campaigns, comms, and social).
4. Experience delivering integrated, omnichannel creative for global retail and tech brands.
5. Record of actively growing accounts through an exceptional creative practice.
6. Ability to build healthy client and internal partnerships across disciplines and job titles.

Who you are:

1. Creative, curious, optimistic and entrepreneurial.
2. Driven to do inspiring work that solves hard problems and makes an impact.
3. Value data’s role in creative work, and vice versa.
4. Enjoy working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
5. Prize different perspectives and smarts without ego.
6. Embrace uncertainty and change as part of the process.
7. Cultivate a work environment that’s supportive, respectful and fun.

What we offer:

Beyond is a design and technology ideas company where everyone has a voice and job titles are just a starting point. On top of a competitive salary, we offer great health benefits, matching 401K, parental leave, training funds, free snacks, various staff parties, and loads of other perks. You’ll also get 20 days of PTO your first year, a week at Christmas, and your birthday off just because.