[Hiring] Creative Director - Advisor @hungryminds

Role Description

We're looking for a Creative Advisor who has built exceptional consumer brands and can provide strategic guidance to our leadership team. This is not an operational or execution role. Instead, you'll act as a trusted thought partner to the Founder and leadership team, helping shape the creative vision behind our products, marketing, and brand.

• Advise the Founder and leadership team on creative strategy and long-term brand direction.
• Review major product launches, campaigns, creative concepts, and brand initiatives.
• Provide feedback on product storytelling, packaging, visual identity, and customer experience.
• Help define and maintain a consistent creative vision across books, physical products, digital experiences, and marketing.
• Mentor senior creative leaders and provide guidance on creative decision-making.
• Share industry trends, emerging creative practices, and inspiration from leading global brands.
• Participate in monthly strategy sessions and periodic creative reviews.
• Act as a strategic sounding board for high-impact creative decisions.

Qualifications

• Has led creative teams at globally recognized consumer brands.
• Has experience as a Creative Director, Executive Creative Director, VP Creative, Chief Creative Officer, or similar leadership role.
• Has built premium consumer brands across physical products, retail, publishing, technology, lifestyle, or DTC businesses.
• Has exceptional taste and a strong understanding of branding, storytelling, design, and creative strategy.
• Can challenge ideas constructively while inspiring teams to think bigger.
• Enjoys mentoring creative leaders and helping organizations elevate their creative quality.
• Has experience working with founders or executive leadership teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience with premium physical products or publishing.
• Experience with global consumer brands.
• Experience scaling creative organizations during periods of rapid growth.
• Background spanning brand, editorial, product, and marketing.

Time Commitment

• Approximately 5–10 hours per month.
• Flexible schedule.
• Monthly strategy sessions plus ad hoc reviews for key initiatives.

What Success Looks Like

• Clear and consistent creative direction across the company.
• Stronger product launches and marketing campaigns.
• Elevated brand perception and creative quality.
• Better decision-making on high-impact creative initiatives.
• Growth and development of our internal creative leadership team.

Benefits

• Help shape one of the world's fastest-growing creative publishing brands.
• Influence products enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide.
• Work directly with an ambitious founder and leadership team.
• Flexible, remote engagement with meaningful strategic impact.
• Opportunity to leave a lasting creative legacy without the demands of a full-time operational role.