Senior Director, Creative

Named #4 startup in Canada for 2024, Hiive is a fintech/marketplace startup connecting buyers and sellers of stock in venture-backed pre-IPO companies🚀. Thanks to our industry-leading technology and best-in-class capital markets team, we are home to the fastest-growing marketplace for the stock of “unicorns” on the planet. As a profitable and rapidly growing business backed by US venture capital investors, we are seeking to scale our high-performing team.

As a Senior Director, Creative at Hiive, you will build the creative center of our organization. First, you will transform our complex business into a cohesive visual identity that solidifies us as the leaders in our space. During this process, you will have the creative freedom to explore multiple directions for every project and work closely with our executive team to develop Hiive’s unique personality. Throughout that journey you will start to understand the creative needs for our organization and will then be able to build out the creative team that you deem is necessary for Hiive to continue to grow.  If you ever wanted to build a brand from the ground up in an organization that is growing exponentially, look no further.

In this role, your responsibilities would include:

• Translate Hiive’s various personas into a compelling, cohesive narrative that is tailored to different audiences while maintaining brand consistency.

• Methodically build, mentor, and manage a high-performing creative team to support our evolving business needs.

• Drive Hiive’s rebranding efforts, ensuring a seamless transition that strengthens our position in the market.

• Oversee and optimize the cadence of content production, ensuring high-quality, impactful creative output across all channels.

• Work closely with marketing, product, and leadership teams to align creative initiatives with business goals.

Required Skills:

• 10+ years of design, brand and/or marketing work

• Proven experience in brand leadership, creative direction, and team management.

• A track record of successfully leading brand strategy and rebranding efforts.

• Deep expertise in visual storytelling, content strategy, and creative production.

• Strong ability to translate complex ideas into clear, compelling brand narratives.

• Experience working cross-functionally to align creative initiatives with marketing, product, and business goals.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in fintech, marketplaces or another complex industry 

• Experience with unique data visualization techniques 

• Animation and/or video editing ability

Compensation, Benefits & Perks: 

• Highly competitive salary, commensurate with experience and contribution.

• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing early-stage startup through our employee stock option plan.

• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, and a health spending account.

• A dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.

• Enjoy a $20 per day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.

• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Womens’ Network events.

• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.

• Entrepreneurial culture, and a small and dynamic team.

• Sponsorship, immigration and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Hiive is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.

Hiive is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.