The Executive Creative Director helps shape and execute on the Exploding Kittens’ distinct brand identity across games and new product lines. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to develop new products and ensure all output from Art & Design and Game Development is irreverent, bold and unmistakably on-brand.
Operating as a hands-on leader with a strong CPG background who can mentor and shape a team to create innovative and commercially viable work (from game design, packaging and product components) that resonate across a wide variety of audiences. They embrace the start-up-mentality and are comfortable building processes and systems as needed.
The Executive Creative Director understands the mass market, respects the brand EK has built over the past decade and takes it into the next. They are responsible for the integrity of our tone of voice and visual standards while evolving our creative identity with fresh ideas, decisiveness and proactivity.
Humble, hungry, and people-smart, they put the team's success first. They bring a growth mindset and a commitment to continually developing their craft and evolving as a leader.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Set the creative vision for each new product, inspiring and guiding the creative team (product designers, illustrators, and game designers) fostering a high-performing, experimental and collaborative team culture.
Drive constant innovation and games category disruption by staying ahead of trends in design, humor, and entertainment.
Own and evolve our voice and brand identity across all creative.
Establish creative team workflows and address creative resource gaps to improve and scale the lean and scrappy process.
Advocate for the Creative Strategy and collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Product Management, Production and Sales to ensure brand integrity and commercial viability at every stage of the process.
WHAT YOU'll BRING
Strong portfolio and proven creative leadership overseeing product development for high-growth CPG brands that are built with the consumer in mind
Experience in refreshing and evolving brands - navigating growth, maturity, and category expansion while protecting core identity.
Demonstrable ability to translate strategic direction into bold and original creative execution.
Deep understanding of consumer behavior and cultural trends with the ability to adapt creative direction to various audience tastes and interests.
Inspiring leader and exceptional communicator; comfortable in fast-paced, collaborative, iterative environments.
10+ years overseeing creative teams in a leadership and people management role.
Based in Los Angeles, CA.
Skills Required
- Strong portfolio and proven creative leadership overseeing product development for high-growth consumer packaged goods brands
- Experience refreshing and evolving brands through growth, maturity, and category expansion while protecting core identity
- Ability to translate strategic direction into bold and original creative execution
- Deep understanding of consumer behavior and cultural trends, with ability to adapt creative direction to varied audiences
- Strong leadership and exceptional communication skills in fast-paced, collaborative, iterative environments
- 10+ years overseeing creative teams in leadership and people-management roles
- Based in Los Angeles, California
What We Do
Exploding Kittens is a leading game and entertainment company with a mission to inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world. After initially seeking to raise $10K through Kickstarter, the Exploding Kittens campaign raised $8.7M in 30 days from 219,000 backers. To date, Exploding Kittens is the #1 most-backed project in Kickstarter history and has sold over 20 million games. Started by former Xbox game designer Elan Lee and The Oatmeal’s founder Matthew Inman,Exploding Kittens and its family of games seek to reshape traditional game night into an entertaining person-to-person experience. Today, there are nearly 30 games available for purchase, an exclusive Exploding Kittens mobile game for Netflix subscribers, a free-to-play app, Kitty Letter, and an Exploding Kittens mobile app available iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch as well as an animated Netflix series titled ‘Exploding Kittens’ in production.
Why Work With Us
We have created a unique space where our products come to life due to the people that help make it.
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