Block Creative Director at Tidal responsible for setting the vision and quality bar across product and brand ecosystem. Lead project teams and drive complex initiatives from concept to ship while influencing cross-functional strategy.
Responsibilities
Tidal is a small, nimble design team building at the intersection of music, technology, and culture—shipping across uploads, streaming, AI-powered creative tools, and financial services that connect artists directly with their audiences in 60+ countries. We're looking for a Creative Director to help set the vision and quality bar across Tidal's product and brand ecosystem. This is a rare opportunity to be a foundational creative voice on a small team where your work will have outsized impact—shaping not just pixels but the future of how artists build careers. You'll drive complex initiatives from concept to ship, influence cross-functional strategy, and directly elevate the craft of everyone around you.
This is an individual contributor role. You'll lead project teams and set the creative standard.
Originate brand platforms and campaign-level ideas, and own them from concept through 360 activation
Reposition, reshape the brand and bring a tapped in culture and keep the platform coherent across brand and product surfaces
Hold the idea intact from first cut to final placement
Shape the brief alongside an embedded creative-strategy team
Design and when needed direct designers, writers, and production partners on the work
Work with marketing, product, and partnerships leadership to get campaigns made
Qualification
Experience working in agenciesWe believe in being fairApplication Guidelines
Required
A portfolio of work you led as a creative director: brand platforms, repositionings, campaigns, activations
An art direction background and the visual judgment to lead the idea in any medium
A track record setting creative vision and quality standards for a brand, while staying hands-on with the work
Credibility with cross-functional leadership as a peer
A history of catching cultural shifts early and putting them in the work
Experience carrying brand thinking across multiple products or business lines
Experience working in agencies, in-house, or both
Please submit your application along with a link to your portfolio. If your portfolio is password-protected, include the password in your application.
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Application Guidelines
Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period. Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.
