Pocket Gems seeks to build the greatest mobile games and most compelling interactive entertainment in the world. That’s the mission our founders began with, in an apartment above a pizza shop back in 2009, and it continues to inspire us today. Since then, we’ve grown to over 200 people headquartered in San Francisco, and with $155 million in backing from Sequoia Capital and Tencent, we’re constantly breaking new ground in mobile entertainment.

Our products have been downloaded over 500 million times by players around the world and have grossed over $1 billion in revenue. We continue to release brand new content for Episode, a mobile storytelling network and platform, and War Dragons, a visually stunning 3D real-time strategy game.

As our community of players continues to grow, we’re committed to building diverse and inclusive environments across our teams, and in our games.

As a Creative Marketing Director at Pocket Gems, you'll help define all of our outward facing creative work and play a huge part in building the visual identity of our games. You’ll lead our creative marketing team, which is a combination of internal artists and art managers, external vendors, and contractors, and you’ll partner closely with performance and product marketing, as well as our game teams. In doing this, you’ll create unforgettable moments that connect players with great Pocket Gems’ games they’ll love.

What You’ll Do:

Lead Pocket Gems’ creative marketing team, inspiring and guiding our internal team and external vendors
Partner with performance marketing to assess the performance of ads and other assets, using that information to refine future ads and improve that performance
Develop a deep understanding of the audiences of each of our games
Work with performance and product marketing as well as our game teams to define our game brands and creative strategies
Lead concept brainstorming and other creative ideation to generate unforgettable ad concepts and other ways to reach perspective players
Lead creation and production of high-quality marketing ads and other assets using a combination of internal team members and external vendors and contractors

What You’ll Bring to the Marketing Team:

10+ years of professional experience in creative marketing
3+ years creative leadership experience in a management position, leading a collaborative team environment & mentoring other artists
Experience using ad campaign data to assess the performance of creatives
Expert knowledge of Photoshop and Adobe Creative Suite
Strong understanding of graphic design principles and sensibilities
Ability to communicate ideas and concepts using shape and silhouette
Experience with task management and scheduling for major creative projects, including managing multiple different creative pipelines at the same time
Experience managing multiple external vendors and creative studios
Able to work within multiple art styles and themes
BFA, MFA, art degree, or equivalent experience as a professional artist
Comfortable manipulating and resizing finished mobile ads
Portfolio demonstrating:
- expert graphic design portfolio, exercising strong compositional skills
- excellent typography treatment examples
- examples showing work in a variety of different graphic styles - showcasing palette, subject matter, and layout
- Entertainment-specific ads - mobile/web/social media

Extra Gems For:

Experience in a performance-focused marketing of mobile games
Passion for games
Deep understanding of best practices in mobile marketing
Brand style guide construction and development

At Pocket Gems, we're building teams that value originality, inclusivity, and accountability -- and we hope to engage with talent based on these and other core values. We also offer competitive perks, such as flexible vacation, 401k matching, and a generous benefits package,

Pocket Gems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.