Senior Creative Director, M-Claw Americas

Monster Energy•Corona, CA

6h•$123,750 - $165,000

About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Creative Director for the Amercias who leads with both vision and craft for the M-Claw portfolio. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends big-picture brand thinking with direct oversight of a cross-functional design team. If you are someone who can set a high creative bar, build a strong team culture, and take personal ownership of how our brand shows up across every touchpoint, then apply now!

Requirements

10+ years of design experience, with 5 or more years in a leadership role managing multi-level teams.
Deep expertise in brand identity systems and the ability to build, apply and evolve a brand ecosystem across diverse print and static channels.
A portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking and polished execution across print production, large-format design, retail, experiential environments, and broader campaign channels including media and events.
Proven ability to lead and inspire teams across multiple workstreams simultaneously, with clear communication and creative vision.
Collaborative cross-functional approach. Creative problem solver that comes to the table with ideas and solutions in an environment with many changes and roadblocks.
Expert in Adobe Creative Suite; experience with print production workflows and file specs across a range of media formats.
Strong bias for action and ability to prioritize.
Solid understanding of lifestyle brands.
Highly motivated self-starter with a strong sense of urgency.
Ability to travel 10%+ of the time.

Nice To Haves

Passion for action sports, motorsports and cultural trends is a plus.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end creative output across retail execution, events/field, media, and programs, setting the standard for quality, consistency and brand integrity across every deliverable that leaves the team.
Define how the M Claw brands come to life in these markets while maintaining cohesion with the global standards. Global guidelines are provided; this role owns their regional expression and application.
Directly manage and mentor a team of Art Directors (Retail Execution, Events/Field, Media) and their respective design teams, including Senior Designers and Production Artists.
Review and approve all print and static creative work before it goes to market, holding the team to a high creative and production quality bar.
Champion a culture of curiosity, raising the collective design ability of the team through feedback, clear creative briefs and ongoing creative development.
Serve as a consultant to video and motion production teams.
Ensuring the visual brand ecosystem translates coherently into motion and video contexts by reviewing animated concepts and treatments for alignment across visual identity, color, typography, tone, and look-and-feel.
Providing directional feedback at key creative milestones (brief, concept, pre-production), not production ownership or final delivery accountability.