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Global Creative Director

Visa
Los Angeles, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2025

Were looking for a Visionary Global Creative Director to join and lead us in our continued mission to build a bestinclass global creative studio for the iconic brand of VISA.

You must have a passion and a portfolio to prove how your creative campaigns have been used to influence culture and be a part of cultural conversation. Fresh unique thinking in this space is a must. You must be strategic in your thinking and have an ability to articulate and execute global strategy through the creative output. You must be ahead of all trends and ensure that the brands that you touch are current innovative and always looking forward.

You must have the ability to build hire and mentor a talented team that consistently produces innovative and cohesive creative across the full spectrum of the media mix. You need to be able to thrive in a global environment and must be comfortable guiding internal creative teams agencies and production partners but also willing to roll up your sleeves to do the work when necessary.

Effortless collaboration is a must as this role will work closely with regions across the world to ensure best in class creative is implemented. You must have a genuine appetite for building for building and motivating people for building a culture that fosters creativity for building teams and for building new capabilities. Reporting to the VP Global Brand Creative you will be responsible to lead a team of creatives and work closely with all external agency partners who we see as an extension of our team.

In addition the ideal candidate will have come from a writing background as well as have a strategic mindset with a proven track record of leading highly successful campaigns and teams either within advertising agencies or at brandside internal creative studios. You should have experience running and supporting award winning advertising campaigns (on a global scale is a plus) with a deep understanding of creative that works throughout the funnel.

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Essential Functions :

Build a Center of Creative Excellence

  • Be a part of the Creative Studio leadership team who will support in strategically shaping and building upon the vision and operating model for the Global Creative Studio.
  • Lead by example by putting the craft into concepting creating rolling up your sleeves to do the work when necessary and inspiring others with clear guidance in the craft.
  • Build and maintain key relationships with senior Marketing executives by demonstrating a deep understanding of the global design needs and a commitment to driving a cohesive brand across all touchpoints.
  • Ensure the Global Creative Studio is delivering bestinclass capabilities and partnership across all regions instilling a culture of collaboration
  • Consistently deliver best in class creative campaigns for the VISA brand on a global scale.
  • Consistently innovating and staying ahead of advertising trends and capabilities to ensure VISA is always a future forward brand.
  • Influence and inspire teams across the globe with beautifully crafted and strategic creative campaigns.
  • Maintain and own the voice of VISA and become the trusted lead on the written and spoken word for the brand.

Build relationships

  • Help lead inspire and manage both internal and external agency partners in creative brand campaign ideation execution and production.
  • Provide thought partnership to business partners both regional and global and regularly make recommendations on directions to improve area under scope
  • Build a culture that fosters remarkable creativit y

  • Contribute to an environment that fosters remarkable creativity by providing inspiration thought leadership and mentorship for the creative studio.
  • Maintain a culture where people love to work (and want to come and work) feel they can flourish and are proud of what they contribute
  • Support the development of remarkable ideas across a variety of marketing touchpoints that resonate with our audiences earn an outsized share of cultural conversation and create competitive advantage.
  • Influence and achieve consensus on direction priority and decision making of area under scope
  • Ensure quality output in all creative output.
  • This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 3 set days a week.

    Qualifications : Basic Qualifications

  • 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters / MBA / JD / MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 810 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or 6 years of work experience with a PhD
  • Deep agencyside or brand side experience working with or at global brands.
  • Thought leader of highly successful creative brand development and multichannel marketing campaigns.
  • Experience leading campaigns that have driven outsized business results and won recognition in the industry.
  • Experience working and living in multiple countries as well as managing teams across geographies to have an informed marketfirst view to global marketing.
  • Excellent people leader with proven ability to manage teams the work and influence outcomes in highly matrixed organizations with multiple stakeholders.
  • Role models and influences aspirational behaviors of leading courageously obsessing about customers collaborating as one Visa and executing with excellence.
  • Strong executive presence with highly effective written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present with impact.
  • Strong planning organizational and problemsolving skills.
  • Resourcefulness with strong sense of accountability and resultsoriented drive.
  • Ability to initiate and drive opportunities independently across multiple complex projects that have strategic implications for the brand and company while operating in an environment that changes quickly.
  • Additional Information :

    Work Hours : Varies upon the needs of the department.

    Travel Requirements : This position requires travel 510% of the time.

    Mental / Physical Requirements : This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk communicate in person and by telephone frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.

    Visa is an EEO Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status.  Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

    Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

    U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY : The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 152200 to 245400 USD per year which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on jobrelated factors which may include knowledge skills experience and location. In addition this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical Dental Vision 401 (k) FSA / HSA Life Insurance Paid Time Off and Wellness Program.

    Remote Work : Employment Type :

    Fulltime

    Key Skills

    Marketing,Logo Design,Trello,Adobe Creative Suite,Martech,Adobe Photoshop,Social Media Management,Adobe Illustrator,Copywriting,Customer relationship management,Experience Design,Adobe Indesign

    Vacancy : 1

    Salary : $152,200 - $245,400

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