Job Description

About the role

We are seeking an exceptional Executive Creative Director to lead the creative vision and output of Anthropic. As the creative leader of the brand, you will set the creative direction that defines how Anthropic communicates with the worldfrom breakthrough brand campaigns to innovative product communications. You'll be responsible for ensuring every piece of creative work reflects our position as a leader in AI safety and capability, translating complex technical concepts into compelling, culturally resonant creative that advances our mission.

This is a foundational creative leadership role where you'll establish the creative standards and strategic direction that will define Anthropic's voice in the market. You'll build and lead a team of worldclass creative talent, collaborate with senior leadership to champion bold creative ideas, and ensure our creative output sets new standards for how AI companies communicate.

Responsibilities

• Establish and champion the creative vision for Anthropic across all touchpoints, from breakthrough brand campaigns to product launches to everyday communications
• Lead creative strategy development, translating business objectives and complex AI concepts into compelling ideas and executions
• Direct and mentor a team of creative directors, designers, writers, art directors, and other creative talent, fostering an environment where exceptional work thrives
• Present creative work to senior executives and stakeholders, articulating strategic rationale and defending creative decisions with confidence
• Partner with marketing, communications, product, research, policy, and gotomarket teams to ensure creative excellence across all customer touchpoints
• Set and maintain creative quality standards that reflect Anthropic's leadership position in AI
• Build and leverage relationships with toptier creative agencies, production partners, and creative talent
• Guide the creative development process from concept through execution, ensuring work is strategically sound, creatively distinctive, and flawlessly executed
• Champion innovative approaches to storytelling and design that help audiences understand the transformative potential and importance of safe AI
• Balance creative ambition with business needs, ensuring work delivers on both creative excellence and strategic objectives
• Stay ahead of creative and cultural trends, bringing fresh perspectives and innovative approaches to the team

You may be a good fit if you

• Have 15+ years of creative leadership experience, with a proven track record of creating culturally defining work that drives business results
• Possess an exceptional creative portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking, conceptual innovation, and craft excellence across multiple mediums (brand, product, web, content, experiential)
• Have experience translating complex technical or scientific concepts into compelling, accessible creative work
• Can articulate creative strategy with clarity and conviction to C-level executives and crossfunctional partners
• Have led creative teams at toptier agencies or inhouse studios, with experience recruiting, developing, and retaining worldclass creative talent
• Demonstrate creative recognition through industry awards (D&AD, One Show, Cannes Lions, etc.)
• Are equally comfortable directing largescale brand campaigns and ensuring excellence in highvolume creative work
• Have exceptional presentation skills and the gravitas to champion bold creative ideas with senior leadership
• Understand how to balance craft and speed, knowing when to push for perfection and when to prioritize momentum
• Are passionate about AI and its potential to benefit humanity, with curiosity about technical concepts and willingness to learn

Strong candidates may also have

• Have experience working with technology companies, particularly in AI, emerging tech, or other complex technical fields
• Have led creative functions through periods of rapid growth and organizational scaling
• Have experience building inhouse creative studios or hybrid models combining internal teams with agency partnerships
• Understand the unique creative challenges of creating work in highly technical or regulated industries
• Have experience with or knowledge of generative AI creative tools while maintaining a strong point of view on the role of human creativity
• Have worked on creative that has influenced public perception or shaped cultural conversations around complex topics
• Have experience creating creative work for both B2B and B2C audiences

Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

The expected base compensation for this position is below. Our total compensation package for fulltime employees includes equity, benefits, and may include incentive compensation.

$400,000 - $570,000 USD

Logistics

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Locationbased hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas. However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. We value diverse perspectives and encourage you to apply if you're interested in this work.

How we're different

We believe that the highestimpact AI research is big science, and we work as a single cohesive team on a few largescale research efforts. We value impact advancing our longterm goals of steerable, trustworthy AI and view AI research as an empirical science. We are highly collaborative and value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This continues many directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including GPT3, CircuitBased Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a collaborative office space.

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