Remitly

Creative Lead

Remitly$152K — $190K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in a creative leadership role within an in-house team or agency focused on consumer-facing digital brands
  • 4+ years of people management experience coaching senior-level talent
  • Expertise in 360° campaign execution across TV, OOH, digital platforms like TikTok and Instagram, and email
  • Ability to demonstrate ownership and initiative in identifying strategic and creative opportunities
  • Proven autonomy in managing large-scale initiatives with minimal oversight
  • Strong analytical skills for data-informed decision-making in creative processes
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills to influence executives and align teams around a creative vision
  • Capacity to thrive in ambiguous and rapidly evolving creative environments leveraging emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and empower a team of creatives, fostering a high-performance culture focused on brand and customer acquisition
  • Drive creative strategy for 360° campaigns, ensuring on-brand and optimized performance across all channels
  • Partner with Marketing, Product, and Project Management to innovate creative workflows for effective results
  • Manage external agency partners to ensure delivery meets quality standards and strategic intent
  • Scale creative output by automating and streamlining processes while leveraging emerging technologies.

Benefits

  • Flexible paid time off
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage + 401k plan with company matching
  • Paid leave for parental, medical, military, and family care
  • Mental health and family forming benefits
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Opportunities for continuing education and travel benefits
Full Job Description
About the Role

Reporting to the Creative Director, our Creative Lead will run Remitly's integrated, 360° marketing creative for the Americas region. You will oversee the end-to-end development of bold creative concepts across diverse channels, including TV, OOH, paid digital and email. You are a recognized expert in your craft who will manage a small team of creatives, ensuring that all work is conceptually cohesive, impactful, and aligned with both brand and performance objectives. This is a leadership role that requires balancing high-level strategic thinking with an ability to refine creative processes and drive executional excellence in a fast-paced environment. This is a hybrid role out of Seattle, WA, requiring 3+ days a week at our Seattle HQ.

You Will
  • Lead and empower a team of art directors and copywriters, fostering a high-performance culture focused on brand awareness and customer acquisition.
  • Drive the end-to-end creative strategy for 360° campaigns, ensuring all assets are insight-driven, on-brand, and optimized for channel-specific performance.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, and Project Management to innovate creative workflows and ensure briefs result in actionable, high-quality outcomes.
  • Manage external agency partners, overseeing delivery to ensure work meets Remitly's quality standards and strategic intent.
  • Scale creative output by implementing automation, streamlining team processes, and identifying opportunities to leverage emerging technologies.


You Have
  • 8+ years of experience in a creative leadership role within an in-house team or agency, with a focus on consumer-facing digital brands.
  • 4+ years of people management experience, with a proven track record of coaching senior-level talent and managing team performance.
  • Expertise in 360° campaign execution across TV, OOH, video, paid digital (TikTok, IG), email and landing pages
  • Demonstrate a high degree of ownership and initiative, proactively identifying strategic and creative opportunities
  • Demonstrated autonomy in managing large-scale initiatives and regional creative roadmaps with minimal senior oversight.
  • Analytical proficiency to make data-informed creative decisions, utilizing A/B testing results to iterate on and improve creative performance.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence executives and align cross-functional teams around a unified creative vision
  • The ability to thrive in ambiguity and rapidly evolving creative landscapes, leveraging emerging AI tools, data-informed decision-making, and innovative process optimization to scale high-quality creative impact efficiently without proportional team growth.


Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $152,000-$190,000. In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role.

Our Benefits:
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
  • Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
  • Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Continuing education and travel benefits


Our Connected Work Culture: Driving Innovation, Together

At Remitly, we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster. For corporate team members, we have an in-office expectation of at least 50% of the time monthly, typically achieved by coming in three days a week. This creates a consistent, meaningful overlap that supports team norms and business needs. Managers also have the flexibility to set higher expectations based on their team's specific needs. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

About Remitly

Remitly is a digital remittance company that provides international money transfers. The company's platform allows users to send money to family and friends in other countries using a mobile device or computer. Remitly's services are available in over 20 countries and support over 40 currencies. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Learn more about Remitly
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2011

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