Profluent - Creative Director
Requirements
• 10-12 years in brand and creative roles • A track record of leading creative as a Creative Director or equivalent, spanning both making and directing content across various mediums • A portfolio demonstrating creative leadership and includes motion and video, editorial, digital, environmental/event design, and physical merch The ability to translate dense technical material into clear, human, non-hype work • A background in bio, AI, or deep tech • Fluency in modern design tools including Figma, Descript/a video editor of your choice, Webflow, Adobe suite as well as the verve and ability to learn new design tools and techniques as needs arise • Fluency in project management software including Slack, Google Workspace, Notion, and Airtable • Experience owning a budget and managing people or external teams • A bias toward shipping: the ideal candidate ensures the work is published, not just handed off • Taste, judgment, and the confidence to set direction and hold a point of view with founders and scientists in the room • Preferences • Has worked at the intersection of hard science, design, and culture • Has worked in high-growth startups • Experience in service-based industries
Responsibilities
• Translate Profluent's frontier science into a brand and public presence that establishes us as the frontier AI lab for biology • Own the creative process across every brand surface, including driving projects from concept to finished work, balancing tradeoffs, and making final decisions with the Head of Comms & Brand and the CEO • Own and evolve Profluent's visual identity system including typography, color, imagery, motion, and other visual design standards to cement our brand as a frontier AI lab • Own the creative budget within the Comms & Brand function and help build the creative function over time, hiring and leading designers, producers, and contractors as the team grows • Manage vendors and contractors (videographers, designers, agencies) as extensions of the team • Art direct and produce imagery including photography and illustrations and video including podcast episodes, videos for model/capability releases, social clips, videos for major announcements, and more • Design decks, white papers, and launch assets that hold up in front of a technical audience • Lead Profluent’s website through both cosmetic and structural changes, working with design and dev contractors as well as making edits to the website directly • Create content for social channels as well as executive comms, shipping quickly while maintaining high quality • Define and shape our presence at conferences (e.g. NeurIPS, ICML, JPM, BIO) and Profluent-owned events • Build and expand Profluent’s brand and design systems (e.g. templates, asset libraries, SOPs) that let our small team punch well above its weight
Benefits
• High-growth opportunity with meaningful impact on the future of protein design • Competitive compensation package with equity participation • 401(k) with a strong employer match • Comprehensive benefits including health/dental/vision insurance • Generous PTO policy and commitment to work-life balance • Professional development opportunities in a cutting-edge field at the intersection of AI and biology • $157,000—$207,000 USD • NOTICE TO STAFFING AND SEARCH FIRMS: Profluent does not accept unsolicited candidate submissions. We ask that agencies refrain from sending resumes to our careers inbox, hiring managers, or any Profluent employee. Any resume submitted without a signed agreement and an active search request from our Talent team will be treated as the property of Profluent, and no placement fee will be owed. • NOTICE TO STAFFING AND SEARCH FIRMS:
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