New Relic

Creative Director, Visual Design

New Relic$162K — $202K *
Media
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of creative experience, with at least 5 in a leadership role
  • Strong portfolio showcasing design in digital and print mediums
  • Curiosity about developer culture and AI technologies
  • Proven ability to innovate within B2B marketing frameworks
  • Experience managing creative workflows with tools like Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills for executive engagement

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and evolve New Relic's global visual identity and brand guidelines
  • Manage and mentor a multi-disciplinary creative team
  • Concept and execute end-to-end creative strategies for campaigns
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate technical products into clear creative assets
  • Balance hands-on mentorship with high-level stakeholder management
  • Integrate data-driven insights and AI tools to enhance marketing performance
  • Manage and direct external agency partnerships for large initiatives

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
  • Parental leave and planning support
  • Mental health benefits
  • 401(k) plan with match
  • Flexible time-off and 11 paid holidays
  • Volunteer time-off to support community engagement
Full Job Description
The Opportunity

As the Creative Director, you will lead the visual and conceptual identity of New Relic across all brand touchpoints-from global enterprise marketing campaigns, digital experiences, and AI product launches to our signature corporate events and executive briefs.

You will manage and mentor a talented internal team of designers, copywriters, and multimedia creators, while partnering closely with Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, and Executive Leadership. Your mission is to push the boundaries of B2B tech branding, making the concept of "observability" as visually compelling as it is technically revolutionary.

What You'll Do
  • Shape the Brand Vision: Oversee, evolve, and enforce New Relic's global visual identity, voice, and brand guidelines across all digital, print, and experiential mediums.
  • Lead & Mentor: Manage a multi-disciplinary team of creatives, fostering a highly collaborative environment that encourages experimentation, technical curiosity, and excellence.
  • Shape Campaign Creative Strategy: Concept and mock up end-to-end creative directions that support multi-channel initiatives, including major product launches, global events, paid media, and digital experiences.
  • Collaborate as One Team: Partner cross-functionally with Product, Demand Gen, and corporate communications to translate deeply technical product capabilities into clear, high-conversion creative assets.
  • Executive Presence & Team Advocacy: Balance hands-on creative mentorship with high-level stakeholder management. Easily pivot from brainstorming in the weeds with designers to pitching creative vision to CXOs, while skillfully managing up and building consensus across a matrixed organization.
  • Balance Art, Analytics & AI: Blend creative intuition with data-driven insights and AI tools to optimize marketing performance. Use user metrics to iteratively improve creative assets, while proactively leveraging AI to scale enterprise production, automate workflows, and improve funnel velocity.
  • Manage External Partners: Source and direct external agencies, production houses, and freelance talent when scaling production for major initiatives.

We are looking for:
  • Experience: 12+ years of creative experience with 5+ years in a leadership or managerial role, ideally within a high-growth SaaS, developer-tooling, or deeply technical B2B enterprise company.
  • Portfolio Excellence: A diverse, world-class portfolio demonstrating a strong grasp of typography, digital and print design, corporate storytelling, video production, and integrated marketing campaigns.
  • The Challenger Mindset: An innate curiosity about developer culture, AI, and observability infrastructure, with the ability to turn complex tech concepts into accessible, engaging visuals.
  • Innovation within Enterprise Framework: Deliver highly creative solutions within the structural bounds of B2B marketing. We need a "blank page" creator who brings bold ideas to the table, but is also a low-ego collaborator who can quickly pivot, take constructive feedback, and scale high-volume production without letting creative pride get in the way.
  • Operational Savvy: Strong project management instincts, with experience structuring creative workflows using tools like Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Asana.
  • Communication Skills: Exceptional presentation skills; able to pitch bold creative directions clearly to executive leadership and advocate for design excellence across the organization.


Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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The pay range below represents a reasonable estimate of the salary for the listed position. This role is eligible for a corporate bonus plan. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant's skills, qualifications, and experience.

New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flex time-off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time-off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.

Estimated Base Pay Range

$162,000-$202,000 USD

We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.

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About New Relic

New Relic is a software analytics company that provides real-time insights into application performance. The company's cloud-based platform collects and analyzes data from software applications and infrastructure, allowing customers to optimize their digital experiences. New Relic's products are used by a wide range of customers, including e-commerce companies, financial services firms, and government agencies. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Learn more about New Relic
Size
2,217 employees
Market Cap
$3.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$158.8 million
Founded
2008
5 Year Trend
+24.4%
Revenue
$654.6 million
NASDAQ

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