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Creative Director (Social)

Known · Los Angeles, CA · On-site

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About Known

Known is your pocket matchmaker: a swipeless dating app that gets to know you first, makes one considered introduction at a time, and helps plan the date. Backed by Pear VC.

About the role

Known is looking for a Creative Director with a social-first expertise to join the Studios, leading and developing big idea-driven creative for clients across industries. The role demands great strategic thinking, flawless execution, bold innovation, passion, and optimism. The Creative Director will also oversee the development and execution of brand creative inclusive of social, digital, OOH, video and experiential marketing. This position knows how to tell stories through words on any platform.

What they're looking for

  • You possess a strong aptitude for storytelling across advertising mediums, with an emphasis on social, digital and DTC advertising
  • You maintain a solid understanding of how creativity can achieve business objectives while still meeting and encouraging brand standards for aesthetic and communication quality
  • You have strong analytical ability and clear and effective written, verbal, and visual communication skills
  • You regularly display optimism and excitement for your work, a love for the next big challenge, and a passion for business impact
  • You are a positive, motivating leader, able to manage and nurture an emerging team of talented creatives
  • You can collaborate with team members at all levels to ensure projects are effective and meet brand guidelines, compliance and overall project goals
More about this role

Known is a modern marketing company engineered for the unprecedented opportunities and challenges facing marketers today. We are about 200+ people strong, pairing PhD data scientists with award-winning creatives, strategists, engineers, and expert research teams to produce some of the most innovative and cutting-edge creative work in culture. We believe that when creative truly collaborates with science, strategy, and technology, amazing things can happen.

That belief has earned Known top industry recognition, including being named 2025 ADWEEK Midsize Agency of the Year . Furthermore, Ad Age touted that “Known may be the ultimate example of a full-service agency,” and honored us with top ten status on The Agency A-List for 2024 & 2025 , and as Ad Age’s Data & Insights Agency of the year for a record third year in a row . Without our incredible partnerships with our clients, spanning across the leading brands in finance, technology, entertainment, media, CPG, real estate, and many other categories, honors like this could not be possible, and also have helped us earn additional awards and recognitions over the years like: Emmys, Clios, Effies, Cannes Lions Awards, ProMax Agency of...

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