Sr. Creative Director, Brand Experience, Toys & Games

Hasbro

• $157K — $236K *
Consumer Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of progressive creative leadership experience in consumer brands or creative agencies.
  • Experience leading multi-brand portfolios and building culturally relevant brands.
  • Proven track record of strategic thinking with measurable brand impact.
  • Deep expertise in brand building, creative strategy, and integrated brand systems.
  • Fluency across physical, digital, and social consumer experiences.
  • Exceptional influencing skills with senior executives and cross-functional teams.
  • Strong understanding of technology and the evolving creative landscape.

Responsibilities

  • Set the creative vision for Hasbro's toy and game portfolio.
  • Own brand creative strategy across multiple categories, ensuring differentiation.
  • Lead front-end brand development, including visual and verbal identity.
  • Establish enduring creative systems that strengthen brand equity.
  • Champion consumer insights as a catalyst for creative work.
  • Partner with teams to ensure brand vision translates across all consumer touchpoints.
  • Raise creative standards and challenge conventions in the industry.
  • Lead and develop a high-performing creative team with a collaborative culture.

Benefits

  • Health & Wellness programs
  • Paid Time Off to recharge
  • Financial well-being initiatives
  • Life & Family support resources
  • Volunteer and community initiatives
  • Opportunities for Learning & Development
  • Access to exclusive perks
Full Job Description
About the role:

We are seeking a Sr. Creative Director, Brand Experience to lead the creative vision, development and stewardship of Hasbro's iconic portfolio of toy and game brands across Action, Fashion, Preschool, Nerf, Play-Doh and Board Games. This leader will shape how our brands show up in the world; building distinctive creative platforms and identities that connect with consumers, stand out in culture and drive commercial impact.

Leading our front-end Brand Experience organization, you will set the creative vision for the portfolio and build the teams, standards and tools needed to bring that vision to life globally. You'll partner closely with Brand Marketing, Product Design & Development, Commercial, Licensing and our Global Creative Studio to connect brand strategy to execution across every consumer touchpoint. The mandate is simple: build brands that cut through the noise and move with culture.

A day in the life:
• Set the creative vision for our toys and board games portfolio. Translating business, brand and commercial strategies into distinctive creative platforms that can scale globally.
• Own brand creative strategy across Action, Fashion, Preschool, Nerf, Play-Doh and Board Games, ensuring each brand has a differentiated and culturally relevant expression.
• Lead the front-end of brand development, including brand creative strategy, creative direction, visual and verbal identity, brand guidelines and creative toolkits.
• Build brands, not just campaigns. Establish enduring creative systems that strengthen brand equity while creating the flexibility to stay relevant across audiences and channels.
• Champion consumer and cultural insight as a creative catalyst. Ensure our creative work starts with a deep understanding of the audiences we serve.
• Partner with cross-functional partners to ensure brand vision translates with excellence across packaging, retail, digital, social, licensing and entertainment.
• Raise the creative bar. Establish clear standards for creative excellence and continually challenge our teams and partners to push beyond category conventions and the expected.
• Lead, inspire and develop a high-performing brand creative team with a culture of ambition, curiosity, collaboration and accountability.
• Influence at the highest levels of the organization, advocating for creative vision with senior leaders and bringing stakeholders along through clear, persuasive storytelling.
• Shape the future of creative at Hasbro, embracing emerging technology, AI and new modes of storytelling to evolve how we build brands and connect with consumers.

What you'll bring:
• 15+ years of progressive creative leadership experience within world-class consumer brands, creative agencies or similarly complex brand environments.
• Experience leading multi-brand portfolios and building distinctive brands that live across both commerce and culture.
• A body of work that demonstrates strategic thinking and measurable brand impact, not just great execution.
• Deep expertise in brand building, creative strategy, creative direction, visual and verbal identity and integrated brand systems.
• Fluency across channels, with a strong understanding of how brand ideas translate across physical, digital, social, retail, experiential and emerging consumer experiences.
• Proven experience building, leading and developing senior creative talent and multidisciplinary teams.
• Exceptional ability to influence senior executives and cross-functional partners while protecting the integrity and ambition of the creative vision.
• The ability to balance big creative ambition with commercial reality, knowing where to push, where to simplify and how to turn strategy into action.
• A strong point of view on culture, consumers, technology and the changing creative landscape, including the opportunities presented by AI and new forms of creative expression.
• Experience in toys, games, entertainment, CPG or brands that live at the intersection of retail, fandom and culture is a major plus.
• A positive, low-ego leadership style with a bias toward action and a genuine desire to make both the work and the people around you better.

The pay transparency range for this role is listed below. The hiring range will vary based on factors such as experience, skills, location and market conditions. Additionally, employees may be eligible for annual and long-term incentives as part of their overall compensation package.

Pay Range

$157,700-$236,500 USD

Employees may be eligible for annual and long-term incentives as part of their overall compensation package, depending on role, location, and eligibility. Benefits and programs may include:
  • Health & Wellness
  • Time Off to Recharge
  • Financial Well-being
  • Life & Family Support
  • Volunteer and Community Initiatives
  • Learning & Development
  • Exclusive Perks


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