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Director, Brand and Creative Operations

Chime

USonsite$201k-$279k/yrPosted Mar 25, 2026

At a glance

Highlights

  • Competitive salary
  • Competitive equity
  • Generous vacation
  • Parental leave

Heads up

  • Four days in office required

Why this role might suit you

The position enables leadership of a high-impact creative operations team at a fast-growing fintech, offers competitive compensation and equity, and provides influence over cross-functional strategy and budgeting.

Skills

creative-operationsproduction-managementresource-planningbudget-managementworkflow-optimizationtool-optimizationdata-reportingstakeholder-managementagency-managementprocess-scaling

About the role

About the role

We are hiring for a Director of Creative Operations and Production to lead how our in-house creative team operates and scales. In this role, you’ll build the systems, processes, and resourcing models that enable our creatives to do their best work—while ensuring we deliver high-quality output efficiently across all marketing channels. You’ll sit at the center of Creative and Marketing, helping us move faster, stay organized, and bring our brand to life in a consistent, impactful way.

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $201,000.00 and up to $279,000.00. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

In this role, you can expect to

Implement and scale an end-to-end creative operations model with clear visibility into utilization, capacity, and velocity

Establish and optimize tools, platforms, and workflows to improve efficiency and reduce bottlenecks

Lead quarterly creative resourcing planning with senior leadership to align output with business priorities

Develop data-driven reporting and visualization frameworks that clearly communicate team capacity, resource allocation, cost efficiency, and value creation to senior stakeholders

Orchestrate internal and external creative resources, ensuring seamless workflows from intake to delivery

Streamline complex processes to enable high-velocity, high-quality creative production

Manage and optimize the brand OPEX budget to ensure effective allocation of resources

Oversee external agency partnerships to deliver work on time and within budget

Lead and develop a high-performing Creative Ops & Production team, driving prioritization and execution excellence

To thrive in this role, you have

10+ years of experience in creative operations, production, or similar within a fast-paced tech company and/or agency

7+ years of experience leading and managing high-performing teams

Proven experience building and scaling creative operations processes (in-house or agency)

Strong experience managing large production budgets and resource planning

Demonstrated ability to drive operational rigor across creative workflows, tools, and systems

Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels

Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex challenges into actionable solutions

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A little about us

At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank—on the premise that core banking services should be helpful, easy, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.

We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.

We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress.

We know that to achieve our mission, we must earn and keep people's trust—so we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in everything we do. These aren't just words on a wall—our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential.

Because if we don't—who will?

Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC.

What we offer for our full-time, regular employees

🏢 Our in-office work policy is designed to keep you connected - with four days a week in the office and Fridays from home for those near one of our offices, plus team and company-wide events depending on location. Whether you’re coming in regularly or are part of our fully remote program, you’ll stay engaged with your work and teammates.

💻 In-office perks including backup child, elder, and/or pet care, plus a subsidized commuter benefit to support your regular commute

💰 Competitive salary based on experience

✨ 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits

🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, bonus company-wide paid days off

🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice

👟 Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses

👶 Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents

👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.

🎉 In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!

💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

To learn more about how Chime collects and uses your personal information during the application process, please see the Chime Applicant Privacy Notice.

Compensation

This Marketing role pays $201k-$279k/yr. Within typical range for marketing roles in United States.

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