Creative Director

Northwood Space is seeking a Creative Director to establish and lead the company’s visual presence from the ground up. In this onsite role in Los Angeles, you will partner with senior leadership to build a clear, scalable visual identity, direct major external touch points, and turn complex technical systems into visual narratives that diverse audiences can understand.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and continuously evolve Northwood’s visual identity to reflect the vision, ambition, and clarity of the systems the company builds.
• Concept and art direct major external touch points, including investor materials and announcements, customer-facing collateral, recruiting assets, and web presence.
• Translate complex technical systems into visual narratives that are clear and compelling for customers, partners, regulators, and talent.
• Partner closely with the Head of Communications to bring Northwood’s narrative to life visually, ensuring alignment between messaging and visual execution.
• Direct photo, video, and design production, collaborating with external creatives such as photographers, filmmakers, illustrators, and agencies to deliver work at a high level of quality.
• Determine when to build in-house versus using external partners, and lead external engagements as the creative authority through direction, feedback, and quality control.
• Develop repeatable visual systems and frameworks that support scalable output while maintaining coherence and quality.
• Serve as a creative partner to leadership, shaping company communication in high-stakes moments where clarity and credibility matter.
• Set and uphold a high bar for craft across all outputs, from smaller artifacts to flagship moments.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in visual design, brand, or art direction, with a portfolio demonstrating a high bar for quality across multiple mediums.
• Experience defining and evolving visual identity systems, not only executing within existing frameworks.
• Strong conceptual thinking with the ability to carry ideas through to high-quality execution across formats such as presentations, web, print, photo, and video.
• Hands-on proficiency in design tools and workflows, including comfort with producing work personally when needed.
• Experience directing external partners (agencies, photographers, filmmakers, and others) while maintaining creative control through production.
• Ability to translate complex or technical concepts into clear, credible visual narratives for sophisticated audiences.
• Strong creative judgment and confidence to make decisions with incomplete information, particularly in high-stakes or ambiguous situations.
• Experience collaborating with senior leadership or founders, including understanding how to shape company-level communication and perception.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• On-site availability 5 days per week.

Location and Compensation

• Location: Los Angeles, CA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 150,000 - 200,000 per year

Additional Information

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