Creative Director, Design

Realtor.com Careers•Austin, TX

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

Realtor.com® is seeking a Creative Director, Design to lead visual storytelling for one of the most consequential brands in American life. The Brand Bureau, our in-house brand and creative organization, is looking for a leader to set the creative vision for the brand's visual expression and the team's craft trajectory. This role involves leading design and art direction across 15+ integrated campaigns annually, spanning consumer (B2C) and client (B2B) audiences across various channels. The position also involves being a senior creative voice on the flagship celebrity platform and setting the visual standard for everyday brand work. The brand has a strong foundation with recent successes like the 'Nearly Home with Reba McEntire' campaign and the 'Mission Zero' purpose platform. The team has expanded its remit to cover both consumer and client brands under one creative roof, with dedicated strategy roles and operational support. This is an opportunity for a creative leader to elevate the brand's visual craft to new heights.

Requirements

10+ years of design and art direction experience across agency and in-house creative teams.
5+ years leading and managing creative teams, including senior individual contributors and Associate Creative Directors.
A portfolio of big idea platforms that hold up across TV, digital, OOH, and social, with craft excellence and business impact.
A problem-solver's instinct: making ambiguous briefs clearer, broken processes smoother, and hard creative calls easier for the team to land.
Mastery of the fundamentals: art direction, typography, photography, visual identity, and layout.
Strong fluency in video and motion: confident shaping film concepts, directing on set, and partnering with editors and post-production.
Proven ability to lead both consumer and B2B work without sacrificing creative ambition.
Experience inspiring and coaching established teams through creative evolution, bringing energy and structure without disrupting what's already working.
A point of view on AI in creative practice: what it's good for, what it isn't, and how to make a team better with it.
Clear creative taste, strong opinions held loosely, and a generous instinct for mentorship.
Experience working with external agency partners, directors, and production houses as creative peers.

Responsibilities

Lead design and art direction across 15+ integrated campaigns a year, including consumer brand, client brand, product marketing, CRM, social, and corporate communication.
Serve as a senior creative voice, leading the visual craft across the surfaces the team owns.
Champion big idea platforms that earn cultural attention and move the business.
Hold a high bar on briefs, production, and the visual language that carries the brand across every touchpoint.
Lead a talented and proud team, inspiring, listening, and acting on feedback.
Give feedback that makes the work better and the maker stronger.
Invest in structured development for the team.
Cast people to briefs that match their strengths and stretch their range.
Earn trust through consistency, candor, and follow-through.
Build a collaborative, generous, craft-obsessed creative culture.
Be the visual steward of a national brand in motion.
Partner with internal and external collaborators (agencies, directors, production houses, influencers) as creative peers.
Hold consistency across consumer and client work without flattening creative ambition.
Balance breakthrough campaign moments with the daily craft that builds brand equity.
Treat AI as a creative leadership responsibility, setting the vision for how tools like Gemini, Claude, and Figma MCP are woven into the team's daily practice.
Partner with leadership to identify where AI multiplies craft and where it doesn't belong.
Empower Associate Creative Directors to push AI practices forward.
Operate as a peer to the Creative Director, Copy, co-leading the creative function and transformation.
Work with Consumer and Client Brand Strategists to translate insight into platforms.
Partner with Brand Operations and Program Managers to make ambitious work deliverable.
Collaborate with Marketing, Product, Customer, and Communications leaders across the company.
Lead a design team including Art Directors, on-staff designers, a Principal Motion Designer, contract designers, and a video editor.
Oversee the full spectrum of in-house production: social video, display and digital takeovers, print, OOH, B2B campaigns, and CRM.
Bring in collaborators and expand the ecosystem of partners.