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Nen Creative

Creative Director, Brand

New York City

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Role family
Design
Seniority
Director
Country
US
Work mode
Remote-friendly
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1 Sept 2026

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About Nen Creative

Nen Creative partners with tech startups to launch bold ideas into the world, creating the brands and stories that fuel their growth.

Since 2022, we've partnered with some of the world's top founders and institutions, including Amazon, Andreessen Horowitz, Cursor, Mercor, Listen Labs, Tech Week, Cartesia, and many more.

We're growing quickly and looking for a creative leader to help lead our brand practice and shape the next chapter of Nen.

About the Role

We're looking for a Creative Director, Brand to lead our brand strategy, identity, and creative work. You'll work directly with founders and clients to shape the strategy and story, and turn bold ideas into compelling brands and creative ideas. You'll work with our team of designers, strategists, writers, and other creatives to bring those ideas to life.

You'll also help us expand into larger integrated campaigns, helping clients think more broadly about launches and marketing initiatives across film, social, digital, experiential, paid, and more.

This is a role for someone with exceptional creative taste, strong strategic instincts, and the ability to sell and market an idea. You should know what great creative looks like and how to lead a team to get there.

What You'll Do

Lead brand strategy, positioning, messaging, identity, and creative direction

Lead projects from early discovery and concept development through final delivery

Develop strong narratives, creative platforms, campaign ideas, and copy

Direct multidisciplinary creative teams

Lead client presentations, workshops, and key creative conversations

Own creative thinking for brand pitches and support new business

Identify opportunities to turn individual projects into larger creative campaigns

Develop integrated ideas across film, social, web, experiential, paid, and other channels

Partner with video leadership to bring larger campaign ideas to life

Help grow the quality, capabilities, and commercial potential of our brand practice

What We're Looking For

Strong experience in brand strategy, creative strategy, or creative leadership at a branding studio or creative agency

Exceptional creative judgment and a strong eye for design

Strong writing, storytelling, positioning, and messaging skills

Experience leading brand strategy and identity engagements

Experience developing campaigns or creative work across multiple channels

Ability to turn business and audience insights into compelling creative ideas

Excellent client presence and confidence presenting and selling creative work

Experience leading and mentoring multidisciplinary creative teams

Commercial instincts and an interest in growing client relationships

Ambitious, entrepreneurial, and excited to help build something

Bonus Points

Hands-on design or art direction experience

Experience across both brand strategy and integrated marketing campaigns

Experience working with startups or technology companies

Experience collaborating with film, motion, production, or experiential teams

Experience pitching and winning new business

Why Join Us

Lead and shape the brand practice of a fast-growing independent creative studio

Work directly with ambitious founders and technology companies

Help evolve Nen from individual brand and video engagements into larger creative campaigns

Have meaningful influence over both the work and how the studio grows

Collaborate with strong teams across brand, design, film, motion, and production

Remote-friendly, flexible, and entrepreneurial environment

Healthcare coverage, PTO, and company holidays

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