Deputy Director, Global Brand Experience

Gates Foundation
Seattle
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 212,800 - 329,800 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 12+ yearsSkills: ["Creative judgment","Leadership","Mentorship","Organizational capability building","Strategic thinking"]

Lead the Foundation’s global brand and creative direction across campaigns, storytelling, digital experiences, exhibitions, and public activations. As a senior creative leader within the Communications Division, you’ll steward visual identity and brand governance while setting a multidisciplinary creative studio’s vision, building capabilities, and ensuring world-class craft, accessibility, and audience-centered design. Report to the Director of Content & Campaigns and advise leadership on brand strategy and evolution, using insights and experimentation to strengthen public trust and engagement.

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Gates Foundation
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Deputy Director, Global Brand Experience

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Job Summary

Lead the Foundation’s global brand and creative direction across campaigns, storytelling, digital experiences, exhibitions, and public activations. As a senior creative leader within the Communications Division, you’ll steward visual identity and brand governance while setting a multidisciplinary creative studio’s vision, building capabilities, and ensuring world-class craft, accessibility, and audience-centered design. Report to the Director of Content & Campaigns and advise leadership on brand strategy and evolution, using insights and experimentation to strengthen public trust and engagement.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Establish the global creative vision for how the Foundation’s brand is expressed across audience touchpoints and provide executive creative direction for campaigns and experiences.
  • •Lead and develop a multidisciplinary creative studio to deliver brand experiences, exhibitions, activations, and communications across the full creative lifecycle.
  • •Steward and evolve brand positioning, creative platform, audience strategy, and brand architecture; serve as principal advisor on brand strategy, governance, and evolution.
  • •Lead ongoing evolution of brand visual design systems across physical, environmental, graphic, motion, digital, and experiential applications.
  • •Lead strategy and production for integrated campaign creative and public engagement, using audience insights and performance data to guide experimentation and improve engagement.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 212,800 - 329,800 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid LeaveRetirementRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years leading brand, creative, and design in global nonprofits, media companies, agencies, technology firms, consumer brands, or mission-driven organizations.
  • •Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary creative teams across brand strategy, visual design, storytelling, creative production, experiential design, and content development.
  • •Deep expertise in brand visual systems, creative governance, and design leadership across digital, physical, environmental, and experiential applications.
  • •Experience establishing creative vision while empowering teams and partners to deliver work; ability to mentor and grow creative leaders and specialists.
  • •Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where the position is located; no immigration-related sponsorship for this role.
Experience:12+ yearsNonprofitMediaAgencyTechnologyConsumer brandsMission-driven organizations
Skills:Creative judgmentLeadershipMentorshipOrganizational capability buildingStrategic thinking

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Gates Foundation
A philanthropic organization that funds global health, development, education, and policy initiatives to reduce inequity and improve quality of life worldwide through grants, partnerships, and evidence-based programs.
Industry: Nonprofit
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Nonprofit & NGO
Funding: Grant Funded
Headquarters: Seattle, United States
Founded: 2000
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