Creative Director

At Apple University, the Creative Director helps set creative direction and ensures high-quality work is conceived, refined, and delivered across learning experiences, marketing, websites, and innovation experiments. This onsite role in Cupertino, CA partners across Apple University and the broader organization to shape creative strategy through both hands-on direction and team leadership.

Role focus

• Lead and ship creative work directly and through leadership, from strategy through final delivery.
• Strategize, shape, and deliver learning experiences for classroom settings or directly to employees.
• Shape marketing and websites that engage audiences and help people find what they need.
• Drive innovation experiments that expand Apple’s reach and impact across teams and employees.
• Partner across disciplines with Apple University faculty, producers, writers, engineers, and internal company partners to conceive and deliver world-class creative.
• Advance organizational purpose, culture, and impact through creative leadership.

What you bring

• 15+ years of experience in brand identity, communication design, or editorial art direction, with a multidisciplinary background across print, digital, motion, and/or experiential environments.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating advanced creative presentation design, web design, UI/UX design, or other visual communication materials aligned with Apple’s design philosophy.
• Web development and UI/UX understanding, focused on building user-friendly, visually appealing interfaces for learning platforms.
• Proven creative leadership, including directing, mentoring, and inspiring talent across cross-disciplinary teams.
• Proficiency with Apple native tools, especially Keynote, plus industry-standard tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong project and time management to triage competing and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality at scale.

Technologies

• Keynote
• Figma
• Sketch
• Adobe Creative Suite

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition, related to advancing your career at Apple
• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs
• Eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount through voluntary participation in the Apple Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• May be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments, as well as relocation

Preferred qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a design or creative leadership role
• Exceptional communication, storytelling, and presentation skills
• Natural collaborator and mentor who helps bring out the best in a team and close partners
• Comfort working through ambiguity and aligning diverse experts toward shared goals
• Experience designing content that helps people learn, think differently, or change behavior
• Appreciation for Apple’s values, products, and design legacy, with a desire to steward and communicate what makes Apple, Apple
• Commitment to inclusive and accessible work
• Curiosity and practical experience integrating generative AI tools into the creative process
• BA or BFA in Graphic Design or a related design discipline, or equivalent professional experience

Location: Cupertino, CA (onsite). Compensation: USD 216,500 - 325,400 per year. Experience level: 15+ years.