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With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money.\nWe're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.\nWhy Kikoff:\nThis is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.\nAbout the Role\nWe’re looking for a Creative Director to lead our video and visual design teams and shape the next chapter of Kikoff’s creative, bringing exceptional creative judgment and a strong understanding of what makes performance advertising effective. You’ll help define our visual identity and lead evergreen performance creative across TV, paid social, and other marketing channels, making our brands more recognizable and driving efficient acquisition.\nYou bring exceptional taste, strong advertising instincts, and a clear point of view on what makes creative effective. You can see the potential in an idea and give specific direction that makes it stronger. You’re equally invested in developing people, helping creatives build their judgment, sharpen their craft, and take on greater ownership.\nPlease include a portfolio featuring TV and paid social advertising, measurable results, and examples of a visual identity you helped define or evolve.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead creative direction for evergreen performance advertising across video and visual design. Turn consumer needs and product benefits into clear, compelling creative that drives acquisition and conversion.\nPartner with Brand leadership to define and evolve Kikoff’s visual identity. Translate brand strategy into a distinctive, practical system of design, imagery, and motion that makes our creative more consistent and recognizable.\nOversee creative across multiple brands and products, giving each a distinct expression while maintaining appropriate connections across the portfolio.\nManage and coach the internal video and visual design teams. Build on individual strengths, develop creative judgment, and support growth through clear expectations, regular feedback, and thoughtful delegation.\nSet creative standards across internal teams, freelance and contract resources, and our editing agency. Align priorities and capacity with business needs to deliver a high volume of effective work.\nGive specific, strategic feedback that strengthens both the idea and the execution. Help the team connect choices in messaging, design, and storytelling to the audience, consumer benefit, and desired action.\nGuide design across paid social, digital marketing, and other brand touchpoints, strengthening layout, typography, and visual hierarchy to make product benefits clear and drive action.\nHelp shape the creative vision for TV and video shoots in partnership with brand and production leads.\nGuide post-production across our internal editors and editing agency, with clear direction on narrative, pacing, motion, sound, and finishing to strengthen creative quality and effectiveness.\nPartner closely with Growth Marketing to understand priorities and apply the performance learnings they bring, continuously improving creative across concepts, messaging, and formats.\nCollaborate with Creative Strategy, Copy, and Product Marketing to translate insights into effective advertising, and with Legal and Compliance to keep creative clear, accurate, and compliant.\nWhat We’re Looking For\n10+ years in advertising, design, or creative roles, including 5+ years managing and developing creative teams.\nExceptional taste and strong art direction skills across video and visual design.\nExperience defining or significantly evolving a brand’s visual identity and applying it consistently across channels.\nDeep expertise in evergreen performance creative, especially paid social, with a track record of driving measurable business results.\nTV advertising experience and a strong portfolio spanning TV and paid social, with clear examples of your role and impact.\nStrong post-production experience, including directing editors and giving actionable feedback on edits, motion, sound, and finishing.\nA strategic approach that connects creative choices to consumer needs, product benefits, and business objectives.\nProven ability to coach talent at different career stages and give specific feedback that develops both craft and judgment.\nExperience overseeing high-volume creative across multiple brands or products and a mix of internal and external resources.\nAbility to translate performance insights into stronger creative and collaborate effectively with the Growth Marketing team.\nPractical experience using AI tools to improve creative exploration or workflows.\nNice to have\nFamiliarity with video production and experience collaborating with producers and production teams.\nExperience with UGC and creator-led advertising.\nExperience in consumer fintech or other regulated categories.\nBase Range\n$163,000—$225,000 USD\nA note on applying: We know great candidates sometimes hold back if they don’t meet every qualification listed. 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