Zumper is on a mission to make renting an apartment as easy as booking a hotel. With 80 million annual users across two brands (Zumper and PadMapper), we’ve generated support from top-tier investors and recently raised $60m in Series D funding (of $140m total). We’re searching for passionate, hardworking people to build extraordinary products and redefine the rental industry. Jump aboard our rocket ship!

We are looking for a boundary-pushing, inspiring, and strategy-led Creative Director to join our Marketing team. Reporting to the CMO, you'll be spearheading the evolution of our brand from functional to purpose-led brand powerhouse and directing a team of designers and copywriters to produce their best creative work!

The ideal candidate has helped define and grow breakthrough brands and has experience across TV, digital campaigns, social media, OOH, video, and email. Your main task will be to make our audience (renters, landlords, multifamily) ultimately love our brand. Is this you?

What You Will Do

• Lead, inspire, and form a phenomenal creative team
• Source new agencies covering brand, advertising, digital and social
• Lead a full Brand refresh
• Produce innovative work that is purpose-led and cements Zumper at the center of cultural zeitgeist
• Strategically pushes campaigns to cement Zumper as a brand leader, while meeting the business objectives
• Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, Growth, Product, Product Design and others within the business to ensure the output is highly innovative, effective, and makes a difference
• Provide concept, creative, and copy direction for TV, digital, video, out of home, radio, podcasts, email, social media, advertising, merchandising, etc.
• Ensure the brand identity is aligned and cohesive across all customer touchpoints, internally and externally

Who You Are

• 10+ years as a creative leader, with both in-house and agency experience desirable
• A creative visionary, with a brave portfolio of work, who is inspiring and knows how to tell breakthrough stories well to multiple audiences
• Deep leadership experience with clear ability to set goals, delegate responsibilities, hold teams accountable, and provide thoughtful feedback
• Has sourced new agencies and can get the best out of them
• Uses data, research, and insights to inform decision making and measure impact of the work
• Organized, keen eye for detail, and can manage multiple projects at once
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• High EQ
• Ability to influence others without authority to get things done

What We Offer

• Great medical, dental, vision insurance options with 90-100% employee premium coverage
• 401k plan + 3% company match
• Stock options
• Flexible vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
• Mass transit/rideshare stipend
• Health & wellness reimbursements
• Catered meals and stocked kitchen with coffee, snacks and beverages
• Team adventures and outings
• Weekly insight into all major company metrics
• Up to 12-weeks of paid parental leave

Life at Zumper

Zumper HQ is located in the heart of downtown San Francisco, next door to the iconic Transamerica Building. We have offices in Chicago, New York, Providence, and Scottsdale and are lucky to have 200+ team mates across the US.

We care deeply about diversity. We are fostering an environment that celebrates authenticity and enables you to be your best self. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome all applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, or race. We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other employee benefits (Please contact us to request accommodations.)

We are proud to have won awards from Inc. Magazine (2019 Best Places to Work) and SF Business Times (2020 Best Places to Work and 2019 Bay Area Workplace Wellness Award). 

Please note

Zumper does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing vendors, recruitment agencies and/or search firms. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other company location. Any submittals without a prior signed agreement will become property of Zumper.