Senior Advertising Creative Designer, Commercialization & Activation

Netflix, Inc.•Los Gatos, CA

51d

About The Position

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time. The Role The Netflix Advertising XD team is seeking an Ads Creative Designer to be a critical strategic partner to our Ads Commercialization and Product Strategy teams. This role is not just about creative execution; it's about visual problem-solving at a business level. You will be responsible for navigating complex Ads use cases and developing high-craft, high-impact design artifacts (custom illustrations, conceptual renderings, system diagrams, animations, executive-level presentations) that bring our ad product strategy to life. Your work will be essential in aligning internal senior leadership and enabling our go-to-market teams to secure strategic spend. Sitting at the intersection of communication design, business strategy, and product innovation, the ideal candidate has a strong executive presence, is fluent in advertising nomenclature, and thrives on translating complex systems into clear, compelling, and persuasive visual narratives.

Requirements

5-7+ years of experience in a strategic design, communication design, or brand design role, preferably within the advertising, media, or tech industry.
A portfolio that showcases your ability to distill complex business problems into simple, elegant, and persuasive design solutions. We must see examples of strategy decks, system diagrams, conceptual illustrations, and data visualizations you have personally designed.
Mastery of Craft & Tools: Demonstrable expertise in visual storytelling and communication design (layout, typography, color) with expert proficiency in modern design and presentation tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Slides, Keynote).
Executive Presence & Ad Fluency: Deep familiarity with the advertising ecosystem (nomenclature, business models, key players) combined with proven experience and strong executive presence for influencing senior leaders.
Collaborative & Driven: Exceptional cross-functional collaboration, project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills. You are feedback-driven and comfortable navigating ambiguity.
Innovation Mindset: An innovation mindset, with proficiency or strong interest in leveraging Generative AI tools to accelerate and enhance creative ideation and production.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in motion design (e.g., After Effects) or 3D rendering.
Experience working directly with product management and engineering teams on product-driven experiences.

Responsibilities

Strategic & Narrative Partnership: Collaborate regularly with leaders in Ads Product Strategy, Commercialization, and Sales to understand business goals, shape the strategic narrative, and translate complex Ads systems into clear and compelling visual stories.
Design Strategic Artifacts & Toolkits: Conceptualize, design, and produce a wide range of high-craft artifacts (visualizations, conceptual mockups, ecosystem diagrams, executive-level presentations) and scalable toolkits that equip global go-to-market teams.
Communicate with Leaders: Confidently present and communicate design concepts and strategic narratives to senior-level stakeholders and executive leadership, both internally and externally.
Mentor & Guide: Provide guidance, art direction, and mentorship to help grow designers also focused on Ads Creative Design for Commercialization & Activation.
Act as a Creative-Technical Bridge: Serve as a key design partner who is fluent in both creative language and technical constraints, helping to translate creative vision into concepts that product and engineering teams can understand and operationalize.

Benefits

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits.
We also offer paid leave of absence programs.
Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off.
Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.

Stand Out From the Crowd

Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.

Upload and Match Resume