Snowflake Computing

Director, Creative Operations

Snowflake Computing$130K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of marketing or creative operations experience, preferably in B2B tech or fast-paced environments.
  • Proven project management expertise, adept at handling multiple high-volume projects using tools like Wrike.
  • Strategic mindset with experience developing frameworks and processes to enhance brand experiences.
  • Solid understanding of creative production across print and digital mediums.
  • Exceptional communication and negotiation skills to influence and collaborate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Scale the creative operations function to meet enterprise-level business needs.
  • Evaluate and modify SLAs for creative delivery, ensuring timely project execution.
  • Own project management systems, maintaining data accuracy and status tracking.
  • Collaborate on file-naming conventions and optimize storage solutions for working files.
  • Manage the core toolstack for the design team, including evaluating new tools and subscriptions.
  • Lead daily stand-up meetings and track action items for accountability.
  • Cultivate relationships with external agencies, managing contracts and aligning project timelines.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule with three days in the Menlo Park office.
  • Opportunity to influence marketing planning cycles and project prioritization.
  • Access to cutting-edge AI tools and resources for operational efficiency.
  • Join a dynamic team focused on innovation and brand growth.
Full Job Description
This position requires a hybrid work schedule with 3 days per week attendance at our Menlo Park office.
WHO YOU ARE

We are looking for an experienced

to join our Brand Design team. In this role, you will lead our creative producers and traffic manager while serving as "mission control" for all workstreams flowing into the department. As a champion for the design team, you will review and prioritize requests, manage timelines, allocate resources, oversee agency onboarding and management, and streamline communications across cross-functional teams and external partners.

You are a natural problem solver who thrives on building workflow efficiency and process documentation. You excel at tackling ambitious projects in a fast-paced, collaborative, and deadline-driven environment. You are deeply organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable juggling competing priorities.

This role reports to the Senior Director of Brand Design, which sits within the larger Brand Marketing function which also includes Brand Content, Brand Video, Brand Management, Customer Marketing, and Web Experience.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Process and Project Management
  • Strategic Scaling: Scale the creative operations function to support enterprise-level, high-velocity business needs; influence marketing planning cycles and champion cross-functional project prioritization.
  • Workflow Optimization: Evaluate and modify department SLAs for creative delivery; build workback schedules and lead your team in driving projects to the schedule; publish guidelines and "How to Engage" documentation to the broader marketing organization to manage expectations.
  • System Ownership: Own the team's project management system (Wrike), ensuring meticulous data accuracy, robust status tracking, and clear timelines across multiple workstreams.
  • Asset Management: Collaborate with the design team to evaluate file-naming conventions and optimize backend storage for working files (both internal and external agency files).
  • Tools and Systems Management: Own the Design team's core toolstack (including Wrike and Canva); evaluate, procure, and onboard net-new plugins, AI tools, and subscriptions to continuously optimize team capabilities.
  • AI-Native Processes: Using Snowflake agentic AI products (CoCo, CoWork) conceptualize and build improvements and innovations within our toolstack, from intake to delivery and everything in between.
Collaboration and Communication
  • Team Leadership: Plan and lead daily stand-up meetings, ensuring clear documentation, action-item tracking, and accountability.
  • Cross-Functional Liaison: Act as the bridge between creative and internal stakeholder teams to gather missing requirements, align feedback, and secure project inputs.
  • Stakeholder Updates: Provide proactive, timely updates to stakeholders and extended team members to keep all projects tracking smoothly.
  • Performance Metrics: Define, track, and report on quarterly performance metrics to optimize department strategy, planning, and resourcing.
  • Agency Partnership: Cultivate strong, collaborative relationships with external agency partners while managing contracts, budgets, and project timelines to ensure high-quality delivery.
  • AI Adoption & Evangelism: Champion AI tool adoption across the creative operations function, building hands-on proficiency and developing workflows, automations, and templates that drive repeatable efficiency at scale.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
  • 8+ years of marketing or creative operations experience, preferably within the B2B technology sector or a hyper-growth environment.
  • Essential Expertise:
    • Proven project management expertise with a strong track record of managing high-volume project pipelines in parallel using tools like Wrike.
    • Strategic mindset with the ability to develop framework toolkits, guidelines, and processes that enable world-class brand experiences at scale.
    • Comprehensive knowledge of creative production, including solid understanding of production requirements for both print and digital delivery.
    • Exceptional communication and negotiation skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, listen actively, and build consensus.
    • Leadership and resilience, comfortable rolling up your sleeves to dive into the work while leading calmly under tight deadlines and pressure.
  • Core Skills:
    • Leadership: Proven people management skills and the ability to lead and collaborate effectively across teams
    • Project Management: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks and consistently meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
    • Problem-Solving: Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EDUCATION
  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, design, communications, or related field.
  • Experience working within or directly alongside creative organizations (agency or in-house brand team) with firsthand understanding of how brand and creative production operates
  • Strong familiarity with graphic design, print production, motion graphics, web, and video workflows.
  • Experience with Wrike (or similar), Google Office Suite, Slack, Figma and agentic AI tools
LET'S DO THIS!

The Snowflake Brand Marketing team is a dynamic group of creators and makers shaping the future of the Snowflake brand. We're scaling fast to accelerate our growth and are looking for people who share our values, challenge conventional thinking, and push the boundaries of innovation. If you want to play a defining role in building a global, iconic brand while growing your career, we want to hear from you.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

About Snowflake Computing

Snowflake is a cloud-based data-warehousing company that was founded in 2012. The company provides a data platform that allows customers to store and analyze data using cloud-based infrastructure. Snowflake's platform is designed to be highly scalable and flexible, allowing customers to easily add or remove computing resources as needed. The company's customers include a wide range of businesses, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Snowflake has received significant funding from investors and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.
Learn more about Snowflake Computing
Size
2,037 employees
Market Cap
$44.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$539.1 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$592 million
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