Creative and design director jobs in California
52 open roles for creative and design directors in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Monks, Mercury, Nubank, Roblox and Twitch have the most. 4 are remote and the median advertised salary is $227K.
My jobs then shows how many are new each time you come back. No account, no email.
Skills asked for in creative and design director roles in California
Bars show the share of these 52 roles; one role can count in several rows.
- Brand Creative DirectorE2b · 🇺🇸San Francisco$170K - $230KLead and aboveAWS
- Creative DirectorDoctronic · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$225K - $300KHybridLead and above
- Executive Creative DirectorIDMe · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States$201K - $292KLead and above
- Head of Design, ConsumerOwner · 🇺🇸Hybrid- San Francisco—HybridLead and aboveHubSpotShopifyDesign systems
- Creative Director, Brand ExperienceFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$235K - $317KLead and above
- Brand Design Manager, GrowthBrex · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$248K - $311KFigmaBrand designTypography
- Head of Design, Product DesignBitGo · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California, United States$210K - $250KLead and aboveFigmaDesign systemsStaking
- Director, DesignPlenful · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$234K - $332KHybridLead and above
- Creative Director, Performance MarketingOwner · 🇺🇸San Francisco$190K - $200KLead and aboveHubSpotShopifyBrand design
- Executive Creative DirectorSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$200K - $240KHybridLead and aboveFigmaAgileGenerative AI
- Creative DirectorCantina · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$250K - $350KHybridLead and above
- Games Creative/Design DirectorRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$288K - $336KLead and aboveAgile
- Head of DesignFuse · 🇺🇸San Leandro, California$180K - $230KLead and aboveBrand designControl systems
- Senior Product Design Manager - Business Banking & InvestmentsMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$229K - $286KRemoteSeniorVisual designInteraction designTypography
- Associate Creative DirectorBillionToOne · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA$223K - $245KLead and above
- Head of DesignEmbedding Vc · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area—Lead and aboveTypeScriptReactNext.js
- Creative DirectorMotive · 🇺🇸United States - San Francisco, California$207K - $285KLead and aboveFigma
- Head of DesignSageOx · 🇺🇸San Francisco, WA—Lead and aboveDesign systemsBrand designEvent marketing
- Creative DirectorDarkroom · 🇺🇸USA | California$160K - $220KLead and aboveFigma
- Group Creative Director - Brand NarrativeMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$211K - $293KRemoteLead and aboveBrand designCopywriting
- Design DirectorMonks · 🇺🇸San Francisco$130K - $150KLead and above
- Creative Director, Video & DesignKikoff · 🇺🇸San Francisco$163K - $225KLead and above
- Creative DirectorCheckr · 🇺🇸Denver, Colorado, United States; San Francisco, Californi…$197K - $274KLead and aboveBrand design
- Creative DirectorProfluent · 🇺🇸Emeryville, California, United States; Hybrid (2-3 days o…$157K - $207KRemoteLead and aboveFigma
- Creative Director, Social, Brand & CultureMonks · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$150K - $190KLead and above
- Director, Design ManagementCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Franc…$198K - $264KLead and abovePMPNetwork engineeringData centers
- Product Design ManagerMaintainx · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $236KHybrid
- Creative Director, DesignKettle · 🇺🇸San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland OR, Austin TX$200K - $240KLead and above
- Associate Creative Director, DesignKettle · 🇺🇸San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland OR, Austin TX$160K - $190KLead and above
- Associate Director, Creative TechnologyCalifornia Academy of Sciences · 🇺🇸California Academy of Sciences$150K - $165KLead and abovePythonC++Computer Vision
- Director, Head of CreativeTwitch · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA · +1 more location$184K - $275KLead and aboveBrand design
- Creative DirectorRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$231K - $270KLead and aboveFigmaAdobe Creative Cloud
- Sr. Director, Creative Direction - TFTRiot Games · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, USA—Lead and above
- Head of Design & TasteBuild Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$150K - $250KLead and above.NETFigmaHTML
- Head of Design, Digital AssetsNubank · 🇺🇸Palo Alto—HybridLead and aboveSolanaEthereumCryptography
- Associate Creative Director, Brand & DesignVast · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$151K - $256KLead and aboveBrand design
- Head of Design, AI Private BankerNubank · 🇺🇸Palo Alto—HybridLead and aboveAIRecommender systemsDesign systems
- Creative DirectorOn Board Experiential · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA or San Francisco, CA$140K - $220KLead and abovemacOSAdobe Creative CloudPowerPoint
- Senior Product Design ManagerFivetran · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States, AMER; USA - New York$202K - $252KSeniordbtData governanceDesign systems
- Group Creative DirectorMonks · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$170K - $200KLead and above
- Builder - Head of Creative & BrandReevo · 🇺🇸San Francisco or Santa Clara—Lead and above
- Creative DirectorPeregrine Technologies · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$250K - $275KLead and above
- VP of DesignOn Board Experiential · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, New York, NY—Lead and aboveAgileUnreal EngineAdobe Creative Cloud
- Creative Director (Social)Known · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA—Lead and above
- Head of Brand DesignIntro · 🇺🇸Venice Beach, CA$165K - $210KHybridLead and aboveFigmaBrand designTypography
- Product Design ManagerEverlaw · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States$209K - $293KGenerative AIVisual designLitigation
- Creative Director, Performance AdvertisingCreatify · 🇺🇸Mountain View—Lead and aboveHubSpot
- Creative Director, Interactive Digital ExperiencesMonks · 🇺🇸San Francisco · +1 more location$160K - $190KLead and aboveFigma
- Senior Product Design Manager, PayrollGusto · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco…—RemoteSeniorPayroll
- Head of DesignPadlet · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $300KLead and above
Who is hiring for creative and design director roles in California
Where creative and design director roles in California are
- 🇺🇸United States52
- 🇺🇸California52
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area38
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA12
- 🇺🇸New York, NY7
- 🇺🇸Portland, OR4
- 🇨🇦Canada3
- 🇺🇸Denver, CO2
- 🇺🇸Austin, TX2
- 🇺🇸Texas2
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about creative and design director jobs in California
- How many creative and design director jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 52 open creative and design director jobs in California at 41 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 5 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most creative and design director jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Monks (5), Owner (2), Roblox (2), Mercury (2) and Kettle (2). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote creative and design director jobs in California?
- 4 of the 52 open creative and design director jobs in California (8%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do creative and design director jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $227K, based on 41 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $190K and $250K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the creative and design director jobs in California?
- 0 of the 52 open creative and design director jobs in California (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 25 postings that state experience, the median asks for 8 years. 41 companies are hiring and 5 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing creative and design director jobs in California?
- 2 of the 52 open creative and design director jobs in California (4%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Computer Vision, AI. Employers still list 52 such roles today at 41 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do creative and design director jobs in California ask for?
- Most often Figma (21%), Brand design (21%), Design systems (12%), Adobe Creative Cloud (10%), HubSpot (6%) of the 52 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in creative and design director jobs in California?
- Creative Director (18), Head of Design (8), Director (4), Senior Product Design Manager (3), Associate Creative Director (3): the most common titles among the 52 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are creative and design director jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 52 creative and design director jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 41 companies, 0.0% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 5 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $227K. 4 (8%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for creative and design director jobs in California?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.