Senior Director Global Creative, Shark Beauty

SharkNinja•Needham, MA

About The Position

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market, and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 3,600+ associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. The Senior Director, Global Creative – Shark Beauty is responsible for defining and leading the global creative vision for the Shark Beauty portfolio, translating cutting-edge beauty technology into culturally relevant, emotionally resonant, and performance-driven storytelling across all consumer touchpoints. This role ensures Shark Beauty’s creative expression is distinctive, premium, and consistent globally—while driving commercial impact in a highly competitive beauty landscape. As a senior creative leader, this role oversees multidisciplinary global creative teams and agency partners, working in close partnership with Brand, Product Development, Engineering, Marketing, Media, and Commercial teams. The Senior Director will deliver breakthrough creative that fuels growth, builds brand desirability, and reinforces Shark Beauty’s position as a leader in high-performance beauty innovation. The ideal candidate blends bold creative ambition with operational excellence and thrives in a fast-paced, innovation-led environment.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive experience in creative leadership, brand, or integrated marketing roles
Proven experience leading global, multi-disciplinary creative organizations
Strong background in beauty, consumer lifestyle, consumer technology, or performance-driven brands
Demonstrated success delivering global product launch creative and commercialization
Ability to translate technical performance and innovation into emotionally compelling, beauty-led consumer stories
Executive presence with strong cross-functional influence and storytelling capability
Track record of building, mentoring, and retaining top creative talent

Nice To Haves

Experience operating within in-house creative teams while managing best-in-class agency ecosystems
Exposure to DTC, eCommerce, social-first, influencer, and retail-led creative models
Global market experience across North America, EMEA, and APAC
Experience partnering closely with engineering-, R&D-, or innovation-led organizations

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the global creative vision for Shark Beauty, ensuring bold, elevated, and consumer-relevant brand expression across regions and categories
Lead end-to-end creative strategy for global product launches, integrated campaigns, and in-market optimization across owned, earned, and paid channels
Build, lead, and develop high-performing global creative teams spanning art direction, design, copy, production, and creative operations
Partner closely with Brand, Product Development, Engineering, Consumer Insights, Media, and Sales to translate technical performance, styling benefits, and innovation into compelling beauty-forward narratives
Own creative excellence across packaging, advertising, digital commerce, retail, PR, video, experiential, social, influencer, and long-form brand storytelling
Establish creative standards, frameworks, and workflows that enable speed, quality, and scalability across global markets
Lead and manage agency and production partners, ensuring creative output aligns with Shark Beauty’s premium positioning and business objectives
Champion a consumer- and culture-first mindset, leveraging insights, testing, trends, and performance data to continuously improve creative effectiveness
Present creative strategy, work, and results to executive leadership, influencing brand direction, investment, and long-term growth decisions
Balance strategic leadership with hands-on creative engagement to unlock big ideas, elevate craft, and solve complex brand and business challenges