About the Role
Kanahoma is seeking an innovative and strategic Vice President, Creative to serve as our senior creative leader and executive owner of our Creative Services product. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will define the agency’s creative vision, leading a high-performing, multidisciplinary team of 10+ professionals across copy, design, and video to deliver exceptional brand experiences and measurable performance marketing results.
This is a high-impact leadership role designed for an individual who thrives at the intersection of big-picture strategy and operational excellence. You will partner directly with college and university presidents, CMOs, and executive boards to shape integrated brand campaigns and digital experiences that define the future of higher education marketing. As a champion of emerging technology, you will also lead the thoughtful integration of AI and creative innovation to maintain Kanahoma's competitive edge in an evolving market.
Key Responsibilities- Product Ownership: Serve as the executive owner of the Creative Services product, defining its long-term strategy, developing new frameworks, and ensuring the agency remains ahead of market trends in AI and performance marketing.
- Organizational Leadership: Recruit, mentor, and retain top-tier talent, fostering a culture of accountability and curiosity while building scalable systems and workflows that maintain craftsmanship at speed.
- Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with executive leadership on agency growth, partner with Sales on new business development, and work with Account Services on resource planning and profitable project delivery.
- Omnichannel Strategy: Lead creative strategy across all channels, including brand campaigns, paid social, search, web experiences, and organic content, ensuring all decisions are informed by data and audience insights.
- Production Oversight: Provide executive creative direction for Kanahoma Productions, leading six-figure commercial shoots and overseeing the agency's bespoke casting deliverables and partner presentations.
- Future-Proofing: Maintain a strong point of view on emerging trends in creative technology and implement AI applications that elevate creative thinking and strengthen partner outcomes.
- Experience: 10+ years of progressive creative leadership experience, with significant time spent in a fast-paced agency environment.
- Team Management: Proven track record of managing and developing creative leaders (ACDs and Leads) across diverse disciplines including copy, design, and video.
- Strategic Depth: Demonstrated success leading integrated marketing campaigns that balance high-level brand storytelling with complex, full-funnel performance marketing goals.
- Production Expertise: Meaningful experience providing on-set creative leadership for large-scale commercial productions and digital experience initiatives.
- Technical Literacy: A deep understanding of paid media creative, conversion rate optimization (CRO), and a passion for leveraging AI to enhance workflows and creative output.
- Communication: Exceptional presence and confidence when presenting creative strategy to executive-level stakeholders, including university presidents and boards of trustees.
- Industry Knowledge: Experience in higher education marketing or other highly competitive industries with complex customer journeys is strongly preferred.
- Portfolio: A professional portfolio demonstrating a history of high-impact, strategic creative work is required for consideration.
- Remote-First Culture: Enjoy the flexibility and autonomy of a professional remote work environment.
- Mission-Driven Work: Partner with organizations that are building a better world across the education and nonprofit sectors.
- Growth Opportunity: Lead a growing organization and help shape the future direction of a premier performance marketing agency.
- Core Values Alignment: Join a team of 'A-Players' dedicated to self, team, business, and partner advocacy.