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Marketing Creative Director - Rocket Mortgage

As a Marketing Creative Director, you’ll be responsible for the overall strategy, vision and direction of the Design and/or Content teams. You’ll oversee the creative direction of all design, content and/or photography work, ensuring outputs align with the company’s brand identity and creative and strategic goals. You’ll maintain a cohesive visual identity across design, content, and photography, while guiding teams to execute high-quality, brand-aligned projects and marketing goals.

About the role

• Develop and set the overall vision and direction for the design department

• Lead and manage creative teams, providing direction, inspiration and feedback

• Develop and execute a cohesive visual strategy that aligns with the company’s brand

• Ensure all creative outputs support the company’s brand and marketing goals and align with broader creative strategies

• Assure collaboration is cross-functional to ensure design consistency and high-quality outcomes

• Present creative work to clients and stakeholders, incorporating feedback into final designs

About you

Minimum qualifications

• 12 years of experience in photography, design and/or content creation

• 6 years of experience in art direction

• 3 years of leadership experience

• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to inspire and manage a creative team

• Experience in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Lightroom and XD

• Expert in Figma

• Extensive portfolio showcasing creative concepts, layouts and completed design projects and a variety of photography styles and techniques

• Proven experience in leading large-scale AI-driven creative projects

• Expert ability to develop and execute a cohesive AI-enhanced visual strategy

• Mastery of visual storytelling, branding, typography and color theory

• Experience in content creation and creative direction across multiple platforms and mediums

• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience overseeing creative work across multiple projects

• Ability to effectively communicate conceptual and present ideas and technical processes to teams

• Proven experience directing and overseeing photoshoots and video shoots, ensuring creative vision and quality execution

• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with sound and music partners to enhance visual storytelling

• Extensive knowledge of the production process, from pre-production to post-production, including working with photographers, videographers, and creative teams

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in design, art, photography, marketing, communication, journalism or a related field

• Expert in scaling and communicating repeatable methodologies to internal and external teams

• Proven ability to craft content across various media platforms while adhering to brand guidelines

• Skilled in providing and implementing feedback, elevating design output, and influencing team members, peers and leadership

• Proven ability to present and advocate for conceptual ideas to individuals, teams and leadership, ensuring alignment with business strategies and creative objectives

• Proficient in managing cross-functional teams responsible for multiple projects while meeting deadlines

• Proficiency in AI tools an asset

• Experience in creative operations for business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) marketing and advertising

What you’ll get

Our team members fuel our strategy, innovation and growth, so we ensure the health and well-being of not just you, but your family, too! We go above and beyond to give you the support you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live your best life. We are proud to offer eligible team members perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: We’ve got your back. Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks.

About us

Rocket Mortgage® was founded in 1985. Today, we’re a Detroit-based, publicly traded company with a mission to Help Everyone Home. At Rocket Mortgage, we believe that home is more than the house you live in. Our wide variety of home loan options, tools and resources empower our clients to achieve their homeownership dreams. We’re known as experts in the mortgage industry, but we’re also innovators – we strive to create the best experiences for our clients from beginning to end. And we’re not your typical employer. We’re insistently different in how we look at the world and are committed to an inclusive workplace where every voice is heard. Apply today to join a team that offers career growth, amazing benefits and the chance to work with leading industry professionals.

This job description is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position and may be modified at the discretion of the company at any time. Decisions related to employment are not based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. The company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations in completing the application and/or participating in the application process should contact a member of the Human Resources team at Careers@myrocketcareer.com.

The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and does not discriminate in any hiring or employment practices. The Company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with state and federal law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation in completing the application and/or participating in the employment application process should notify a representative of the Human Resources Team, The Pulse, at Careers@myrocketcareer.com.