Creative Director - Small Business

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
146K-261K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Cloud • Digital Media • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Industrial
Autodesk is a global leader in design and make technology that helps innovators everywhere solve today's challenges.
The Role
Lead and define Flow Studio's creative voice across campaigns, product marketing, and social. Own VFX-driven product storytelling, translate AI features into human stories, mentor cross-discipline teams, and build systems for high-quality, fast output. Partner with marketing and product to ensure creative is product-grounded, culturally relevant, and technically credible.
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Job Requisition ID #

26WD98289

Creative Director, Flow Studio 

Autodesk builds the tools behind the world around us. From the buildings we live in to the products we use, our customers design and make what’s next, and we power that work. 
 
We’re evolving into a Design and Make platform, connecting the full lifecycle from idea to reality. It’s a shift from standalone tools to a more connected, intelligent system, and it’s changing how things get made. 
 
Within Autodesk, Flow Studio is building a new category at the intersection of AI, creativity, and storytelling. 

Why this role exists 

Flow Studio sits at the intersection of product and culture. We need a Creative Director who can define how the product shows up in the world, not just through campaigns, but through everything we make. 
 
This role requires a builder mindset. Someone who can create a distinct creative voice, operate at speed, and bring a level of craft that stands out in a crowded AI and creative tools landscape. 

What you’ll do 

  • Define the creative standard for all content—ensuring it is both visually compelling and technically credible  

  • Establish a clear point of view on what “great” looks like for VFX-driven product storytelling  

  • Push the team beyond expected formats into more distinctive, category-defining work 

  • Lead creative direction across campaigns, product marketing, and always-on social content 

  • Develop a distinct visual and storytelling language for Flow Studio 

  • Translate product features, especially AI-driven capabilities, into compelling, human stories 

  • Partner deeply with marketing and product to ensure creative is grounded in real use cases 

  • Guide collaboration between:  

  • Technical artists / VFX  

  • Design and motion  

  • Editorial and copy  

  • Ensure work feels integrated, not handed off between silos  

  • Bring a strong point of view on film, storytelling, and content formats across platforms 

  • Build systems that allow us to produce high-quality work at speed 
    Continuously push the work to feel modern, relevant, and culturally aware 

  • Provide clear creative direction and actionable feedback  

  • Mentor across disciplines (design, VFX, storytelling)  

  • Build a culture of:  

  • curiosity  

  • ownership  

  • high standards 

 

What great looks like 

  • Flow Studio work stands out immediately in a crowded AI and creative tools space 

  • Creative feels culturally relevant while staying rooted in the product 

  • We show, not tell. The product is visible, understood, and desirable 

  • Social content is as considered as campaign work 

  • The team delivers high-quality work at speed without losing craft 
    We consistently create work people want to watch, not skip 

What you bring 

  • Strong portfolio across brand, product, and social content 

  • Experience in media, entertainment, or film is a strong plus 

  • Background in fast-moving, content-driven environments 

  • Ability to concept and execute, not just direct 

  • High taste level with attention to detail and storytelling craft 

  • Understanding of how AI is shaping creative workflows and output 

  • Comfort working across formats including film, social, digital, and product storytelling 

  • Collaborative mindset with a bias toward making 

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About the team 

We’re building a fully integrated marketing and creative team designed for how modern products grow. High taste, high velocity, and a clear focus on impact. We believe the best creative comes from teams that care deeply about the product and move fast enough to keep up with it. 

Learn More

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $146,000 and $261,360. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.


Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging

Are you an existing contractor or consultant with Autodesk?

Please search for open jobs and apply internally (not on this external site).

Skills Required

  • Strong portfolio across brand, product, and social content
  • Background in fast-moving, content-driven environments
  • Ability to concept and execute, not just direct
  • High taste level with attention to detail and storytelling craft
  • Understanding of how AI is shaping creative workflows and output
  • Comfort working across formats including film, social, digital, and product storytelling
  • Collaborative mindset with a bias toward making
  • Mentor across disciplines (design, VFX, storytelling)
  • Experience in media, entertainment, or film

Autodesk Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Autodesk and has not been reviewed or approved by Autodesk.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time away is considered expansive, combining discretionary time off for salaried roles, company holidays/Autodays, and a periodic paid sabbatical. These options provide flexibility beyond standard accrual-based PTO.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Total rewards prominently include RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback, alongside annual bonus or commission programs. These elements are available to eligible employees and can materially augment base pay.
  • Parental & Family Support Family-building support includes reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, IVF/co‑maternity, and fertility benefits, plus dedicated coaching and Cleo resources for parenting and caregiving. These services extend support before, during, and after leave.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
13,285 Employees
Year Founded: 1982

What We Do

Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. Over 100 million people use Autodesk software like AutoCAD, Revit, Maya, 3ds Max, Fusion 360, SketchBook, and more to unlock their creativity and solve important design, business and environmental challenges. Our software runs on both personal computers and mobile devices and taps the infinite computing power of the cloud to help teams around the world collaborate, design, simulate and fabricate their ideas in 3D. We provide exceptional compensation/benefit packages and we’d love for you to join us. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, veteran status or other protected category. To see our culture in action, check out #AutodeskLife. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

Why Work With Us

Our work is impactful. Our people are innovative. And our culture is inclusive. As our software shapes new solutions to the world’s biggest challenges, you shape your career path. With us, you lead the way in achieving sustainability, resilient communities, and an equitable workforce. Discover #AutodeskLife. 

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