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Creative Director - Brand Narrative

Mercury

Location: Canada, USA Advertised pay: USD 170,400–236,700 / yearly Work arrangement: Region-restricted remote Employment: Full Time Posted: October 28, 2026 Freshness: Very fresh Source check: Observed in the past 3 days
Disclosure4 of 5 core facts statedReview uncertainties
Last source observationObserved in the past 3 daysObservation is not employer confirmation.
Application destinationjobicy.comReview the application route and source evidence in the full report below.

Before relying on the listing: Confirm Application closing time with the employer or source. See verification questions

Executive opportunity brief

The decision in one screen

A compact evidence-first read of compensation, flexibility, mobility and what still needs verification. No universal quality score is used.

Compensation positionAbove the current upper quartile403 current same-currency observations
Work flexibilityRegion-restricted remoteBased only on stated location/work-arrangement evidence.
Decision evidence4 of 5 core facts knownThis listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample.
Mobility evidenceSponsorship not establishedUnknown evidence is not treated as unavailable.
Current alternatives1732 current same-family rolesCurrent HPJ inventory, not the whole labor market.
Negotiation readinessNegotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.Use the private Offer & Negotiation Lab below if an offer arrives.

Fast read

Opportunity DNA

There is a useful advantage here: pay compares strongly with similar current roles. Still, location rules could change the fit could change the fit.

May appeal in aCompensation-led search
PayStrong current position

Around the 77th percentile within 403 comparable USD salary observations.

FlexibilityLocation limits visible

Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Entry pathRequirements unclear

The listing does not make the minimum education or experience threshold clear enough yet.

MobilityNot established

Sponsorship and relocation support are not clear from the current listing.

ApplicationSome process detail

Part of the application route can be assessed, but the full external process may contain additional steps.

TraceabilityCurrent source traceable

At least one recent enabled source can still renew this vacancy.

This fingerprint summarizes what is clear, constrained or still unanswered in the current listing. It is a reading aid, not an overall job score.

Decision evidence check

4 of 5 core facts stated

This checks whether the listing states the facts that commonly change an employment decision. It measures disclosure completeness, not whether the opportunity is good or bad.

Facts already stated

  • Compensation
  • Work arrangement
  • Advertised location
  • Employment type

What to verify next

  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Advertised location is not proof of work authorization, sponsorship, or legal eligibility. Unknown information is not a negative score; verify those questions separately.

Decision levers

What could make or break the fit?

Reasons to look closer

  • Pay compares strongly with similar current roles: The annualized midpoint is around the 77th percentile among 403 comparable USD salary observations.

Trade-offs to weigh

  • Location rules could change the fit: Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Questions worth asking before you invest more time

  • Confirm whether a degree is actually required, preferred, or replaceable with equivalent experience.
  • Confirm the actual minimum experience requirement rather than assuming preferred background is mandatory.
  • Ask whether visa sponsorship is available before investing significant time in the application.

These questions come from details the listing leaves open. An unanswered point is not treated as a disadvantage.

Opportunity neighborhood

Keep your options open

These live roles sit close enough to this opportunity to make useful comparison points. Look across several employers before deciding what pay, flexibility or access trade-offs you are willing to accept.

Director, Internal AI Operations

LaunchDarkly · USA

USD 229,000–370,480 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work arrangement

About 47% higher advertised midpoint

Group Account Director, B2B

Wpromote · USA

USD 140,000–165,000 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work arrangement

About 25% lower advertised midpoint

Director of Affiliates

CrossFit · USA

Salary not disclosed Region-restricted remote 3/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work arrangement

Director, Talent Management

GiveDirectly · Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Türkiye, UK, USA

USD 134,400–134,400 / year Region-restricted remote 4/5 core facts

Why it is nearby: Same seniority band · Similar work arrangement · Same employment type

About 34% lower advertised midpoint

Different angle: Different country

This neighborhood is drawn from current inventory in the same broad occupation. Similarity is based on explicit listing facts; missing details do not count against a job.

Role market context

How much current choice is visible around this kind of work?

This compares the vacancy with current High Paid Job inventory in the broad Executive leadership roles family. It describes visible choice and disclosure, not future demand or career quality.

Current visible roles1,732

200 most recent current roles sampled for the disclosure measures below.

Employers represented150

Distinct employers in the bounded current sample, not an estimate of all employers hiring in the market.

Decision-ready disclosure21%

Current sampled roles stating at least four of the five Core Decision Facts.

Compensation stated40%

Requires a numeric amount, explicit ISO currency and supported pay period.

Work arrangement stated77%

Listings with explicit enough remote, hybrid or on-site evidence to classify.

Stated closing time35%

Missing deadline evidence remains unknown and is not interpreted as an open-ended application window.

Disclosure comparison: This listing states more core decision facts than the median role in the current sample. This listing: 4/5 · sample median: 3.0/5.

Currencies with explicit pay evidence in the sample: USD (70) · EUR (6) · GBP (3). Raw amounts across different currencies are not compared.

This describes current visible High Paid Job inventory in the same broad occupation family. Percentages use a bounded recent sample and are not a forecast, a complete labor-market census or an employer-quality measure.

Constraint opportunity lab

What changes the size of the current opportunity pool?

Each line applies one stricter evidence-based constraint to the same bounded current role-family sample. It helps you see the trade-off in visible choice without deciding which trade-off is right for you.

Require explicit sponsorship or relocation support 0 / 200 0%

Counts only affirmative or possible sponsorship evidence, or relocation explicitly offered. Unknown is not treated as no.

Require worldwide remote evidence 22 / 200 11%

A much stricter subset: only listings with explicit worldwide-remote evidence remain.

Require at least four Core Decision Facts 42 / 200 21%

Shows the subset with enough stated evidence for a more informed first comparison.

Keep this advertised salary floor in the same currency 17 / 70 24%

Only same-currency opportunities with usable annualized pay enter this comparison. Other currencies are not converted or treated as lower.

Require a remote-listed arrangement 61 / 200 31%

Counts roles explicitly classified as worldwide remote, region-restricted remote or remote with restrictions still unclear.

Require usable compensation disclosure 79 / 200 40%

Requires amount, explicit ISO currency and a supported pay period. Missing pay evidence remains unknown.

Stay in the same stated country 61 / 95 64%

Uses only roles where a country is known. Roles without country evidence are excluded from this denominator.

Keep the same employment type 96 / 97 99%

Uses only roles with a stated employment type.

These are counterfactual filters over a bounded sample of current HPJ inventory in the same broad occupation family. They show how visible choice changes when one evidence-based constraint is applied; they do not tell you which constraint you should choose or predict hiring outcomes. The calculation uses the 200 most recent current roles from 1732 visible roles in this broad family.

Salary transparency context

Is pay disclosure typical for this kind of role?

This listing states usable structured compensation. About 40% of the bounded current role sample does the same.

This listingUsable pay stated

Compensation counts only when amount, ISO currency and supported pay period are all known.

Current same-role sample40%

Pay disclosure is limited in the current role sample.

Current employer pattern53%

This employer’s current pay-disclosure rate is broadly similar to the current same-role sample.

This compares salary-disclosure behavior in current visible listings. It does not compare raw salary amounts across currencies, infer undisclosed pay as zero, or rate employer quality.

Private offer & negotiation lab

Turn an offer into evidence, not guesswork

Enter an annual base offer and, if you want, your own target. HPJ compares only within one explicit currency and never chooses a target for you.

Advertised annualized payUSD 170,400–236,700 / yearListing evidence only.
Current comparable medianUSD 165,50368 current sampled roles
Current upper quartileUSD 189,831Current HPJ inventory context, not a salary recommendation.

Negotiation evidence available: advertised pay range, current same-currency market context, strong decision evidence.

Enter an annual base offer to compare it with explicit same-currency evidence. HPJ will not suggest a target for you.

Review the full package · 10 terms

Mark what is confirmed, what needs clarification and what you want to prioritize. These choices and notes stay in this browser.

Base payKnown

Usable advertised compensation is available.

Bonus / commissionVerify

Variable compensation is mentioned; verify amount, formula, target and eligibility.

Equity / long-term incentivesMentioned

Equity or long-term incentive language is mentioned; verify grant type, vesting and valuation basis.

Retirement / pensionVerify

Retirement or pension benefits are mentioned; verify employer contribution and vesting.

Health benefitsVerify

Health-benefit language is mentioned; verify coverage, dependants and employee cost.

Paid leaveVerify

Paid-leave language is mentioned; verify the exact entitlement and carry-over rules.

Work arrangementKnown

A work-arrangement signal is available; verify schedule details before relying on it.

RelocationVerify

Relocation support not established

Visa / work authorizationVerify

Sponsorship not established

Review timingVerify

A review cycle is mentioned; verify timing and whether compensation can change at that review.

Questions worth taking into the offer conversation

  • Is there a bonus, commission or other variable-pay component, and how is it calculated?
  • What retirement or pension contribution does the employer provide?
  • What health coverage is included and what costs remain with the employee?
  • How much paid leave is provided and what are the carry-over or blackout rules?
  • If relocation is relevant, what expenses, timing and repayment conditions are covered?
  • What exact sponsorship or work-authorization conditions apply to this role?
  • When is the first performance and compensation review after joining?
  • Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?

Occupation intelligence

What broader career references connect to this role?

HPJ uses broad comparison families for current-market analysis. External taxonomy results are reference candidates for that broad family, not a declaration that this vacancy has been authoritatively classified into a specific occupation.

HPJ comparison familyExecutive leadership roles

European occupation references

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

U.S. occupation references

This site incorporates information from O*NET Web Services by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

Career reference research

Skills worth investigating

Official occupational context, paired with exact phrases visible in this vacancy. It is not a skills test or an applicant-fit score.

ESCO · European occupation

chief operating officer

Usually essential in this ESCO occupation
  • conclude business agreements
  • financial statements
  • ensure lawful business operations
  • company policies
  • plan medium to long term objectives
  • collaborate in company's daily operations
  • operations management
Context-dependent ESCO skills
  • financial management
  • develop organisational policies
  • develop revenue generation strategies
  • integrate shareholders' interests in business plans
  • manage budgets

O*NET · U.S. occupation

Chief Executives

O*NET occupation skills
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Coordination
  • Management of Financial Resources
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Speaking
  • Systems Evaluation
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conclude business agreementsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
financial statementsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
ensure lawful business operationsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
company policiesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
plan medium to long term objectivesESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
collaborate in company's daily operationsESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
operations managementESCO · Essential · Listing mention unknown
financial managementESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
develop organisational policiesESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
develop revenue generation strategiesESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
integrate shareholders' interests in business plansESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
manage budgetsESCO · Optional · Listing mention unknown
Judgment and Decision MakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Complex Problem SolvingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Critical ThinkingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
CoordinationO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Management of Financial ResourcesO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Management of Personnel ResourcesO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
SpeakingO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown
Systems EvaluationO*NET · Skills · Listing mention unknown

Private to this browser. Up to 20 reference skills; not a qualification assessment or hiring prediction.

Useful next question: Which of these occupational reference skills does the hiring manager actually expect for this specific role, and what evidence would demonstrate them?

These skills belong to one reference occupation selected for HPJ’s broad career family, not a verified classification of this vacancy. Text overlap only means a phrase appears in the available listing text; it does not establish an employer requirement, your proficiency, or a qualification gap. A missing mention is unknown, not a deficit.

Skill bridge

What does this role connect to?

The available listing text does not contain enough recognized skill language for a useful skill bridge yet.

Application edge

  • The listing mentions extra application steps. Review those requirements before starting so you can prepare the requested material in one pass.

Skill signals come from explicit text mentions. A mention is not automatically a requirement, and absence from the current top-skill list does not make a skill rare or unimportant. The current career comparison draws on 120 sampled listings; 69 contain a recognized skill signal.

Application Decision Lab

Turn the listing into a preparation plan

Separate what the listing actually states from what you still need to prepare or verify. Your selections and short notes stay in this browser and are never submitted to High Paid Job.

Application step

Prepare for a stated application step

A portfolio or work sample is explicitly mentioned.

Questions worth resolving before you rely on the opportunity

  • Application closing time: Is there a firm application deadline, a rolling review window or no stated closing date?
  • Work authorization / sponsorship: If sponsorship or work authorization matters to you, what exact immigration or employer-sponsorship conditions apply to this role?

Decision analysis

What the listing really tells you

Useful decision context

A closer look at Creative Director - Brand Narrative at Mercury points most strongly to the advertised pay can be placed in context, the location rules are clear enough to judge, and the application route gives a few useful clues. Those signals shape the practical upside and the questions still worth asking.

The advertised pay can be placed in context

The annualized midpoint sits near the 77th percentile within 403 comparable USD salary observations. Treat that as current advertised-pay context rather than a forecast of take-home or total compensation.

The location rules are clear enough to judge

The work-location pattern is “Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions”, with Remote Freedom at 62/100. One practical limit to notice is geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region..

The application route gives a few useful clues

Provider-mediated application path · 1 visible process step. The external application may contain additional steps that are not visible from the listing itself.

The listing can be traced to a current source

1 recent enabled source can currently renew this vacancy across 1 source classes. That improves traceability, although it does not verify the employer itself.

How this analysis is assembled

This read combines the structured details currently available for pay, flexibility, qualifications, mobility, application effort and source continuity. Missing facts are left open for you to verify.

Analysis evidence coverage

How much analysis can the current evidence support?

100%Strong analysis evidence coverage
100%
Current-sample pay position77 / 100

Uses the explainable High Pay Score within the job’s current occupation/seniority/currency comparison sample.

Remote Freedom evidence62 / 100

Measures observable location flexibility and explicit restrictions; it does not determine whether remote work is personally desirable.

Salary evidence qualityHigh confidence · Focused salary range

The configured source supplied structured salary fields, a usable currency and a focused comparison value.

Listing freshnessVery fresh

The listing was posted about 3 days ago.

Source provenance evidenceEstablished source evidence

At least one enabled source recently observed the vacancy. The source chain is traceable, but this is not independent employer verification.

There is no universal opportunity score because pay, flexibility and access matter differently to different people. Compare Jobs lets you weight the evidence around your own priorities.

Decision checklist

What is supported, uncertain or worth checking?

This checklist separates supported strengths, visible cautions and missing evidence. It is not an overall recommendation or guarantee that the job is suitable for you.

Supported strengths

  • Advertised pay is above much of the current comparable disclosed-salary sample.

Visible cautions

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.
  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.

Still unknown

  • Visa sponsorship is not established by the available listing data.

Qualifications & access

What qualifications are explicitly stated?

Entry-barrier evidence limited

EducationEducation requirement not established
Required experience evidenceExperience requirement not established
Explicit required barriers0
Explicit access signals0

Qualification signals come from explicit listing wording. Anything not mentioned remains unknown, so silence is never treated as proof that a degree, experience, licence or other requirement is unnecessary.

Pay vs. barriers

Strong pay with stated barriers to weigh

Pay compares strongly, but qualification or location constraints are also visible. Higher pay does not erase those practical requirements.

Current-sample pay position

Comparable disclosed-pay evidence places this job at about 77 / 100 within its current occupation/seniority sample.

Location-freedom constraints

1 explicit Remote Freedom restriction signal is present and is shown separately from qualification requirements.

Evidence gaps that could change this interpretation
  • Education requirement is not established.
  • Required prior-experience level is not established.

This section weighs pay context against clearly stated barriers without collapsing unlike requirements into one universal score. Degree, experience, licensing, clearance and location limits remain separate, and missing qualification details stay unknown.

Beyond the headline

Not enough evidence for a hidden-value finding

Potential hidden value appears only when several distinct non-pay advantages are actually supported. Missing requirements or benefits are never counted as positives.

Strong current-sample pay position

The annualized salary midpoint is at or above about 77% of the current comparable disclosed-salary sample.

Still check: The current application path is provider-mediated rather than directly classified as an employer-authorized or official route.

Hidden Value is an experimental evidence summary, not an investment-style score or guarantee of employability. It only uses explicit current listing evidence and does not infer that an unmentioned qualification is unnecessary.

Explainable opportunity highlight

Why this opportunity stands out

These are supported signals from the current listing and comparison sample—not a guarantee that this is the best job for you.

Above-market current-sample pay

Its annualized salary midpoint is at or above about 77% of the current comparable disclosed-salary sample.

Clear compensation evidence

The source provides structured salary information with a comparatively focused range, improving the usefulness of pay comparisons.

Fresh opportunity

The listing was posted about 3 days ago.

Compensation intelligence

How competitive is this pay?

77/100

Above-market pay in current sample

77%
Comparison familyExecutive leadership roles · Leadership
Comparable salaries403
Current-sample medianUSD 161,300
Middle 50% of sampleUSD 119,054–196,006
Position in sampleAt or above about 77%
Comparison geographySame country (US)
Pay positionAbove the current upper quartile

The annualized midpoint is above the 75th percentile boundary of the current comparable sample.

Why this analysis?

  • This score reflects the current advertised-pay distribution for comparable active jobs in the same currency. It measures pay position, not overall job quality.
  • Salary confidence: High. The configured source supplied structured salary fields, a usable currency and a focused comparison value.
  • Range quality: Focused salary range.

Employer compensation communication

Pay transparency at Mercury

Mixed current pay transparency

This score uses the employer’s current visible listings and combines how often pay is disclosed with how useful those ranges are. Bonus, equity and benefit mentions are shown separately and do not raise the score.

62/100
62%
Salary disclosure53% · 8 of 15 sampled listings
Range qualityMostly focused or specific pay information
Bonus wording0 current listings
Equity wording8 current listings
Benefits wording8 current listings
Evidence strengthStronger

This pattern comes from the employer’s current visible vacancies. It describes hiring and pay transparency in those listings, not employee satisfaction or a permanent judgement of the employer.

Current employer intelligence

Mercury — current opportunity snapshot

Current opportunities visible15
Salary disclosure53%
Remote-policy evidence coverage100% · 15 of 15 sampled listings
Remote share of known arrangements100%
Worldwide-remote share47%
Known hiring countries1
Sponsorship evidence coverage0% · 0 of 15 sampled listings
Explicit sponsorship outcomes0 confirmed · 0 possible · 0 unavailable
Pattern sample15 of 15 · 100% coverage
Current role-family breadth4
Stated closing-date coverage47%
Relocation evidence coverage0% · 0 explicitly offered
Posted within 7 days67% of listings with a known posting date

Employer Evidence Profile

How often this employer’s current visible sampled vacancies state decision-critical information. These percentages describe evidence coverage, not employer quality.

Compensation53% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with advertised compensation evidence.

Work arrangement100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings whose work arrangement is clearer than unknown.

Location53% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a supported country signal.

Application timing47% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit closing time.

Posting date100% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with a usable posting date.

Sponsorship0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings that explicitly indicate confirmed, possible or unavailable sponsorship evidence.

Relocation0% of sampled current listings

Current sampled listings with an explicit relocation signal.

Low coverage means the current visible listings state the information less often. It does not prove that the employer lacks the policy, benefit or support.

Common current occupation families: Customer success (3) · Executive (2) · Software engineering (1)

Visible seniority mix: Senior / lead (4) · Leadership (3)

Current employment-type mix: Full time (15)

Most visible hiring countries in this sample: United States (8)

Other current roles from this employer

These are other current vacancies visible from the same employer, not endorsements or evidence of future hiring plans.

Current disclosed salary medians by currency

  • USD 175,075 median · 8 disclosed salaries

Questions worth asking this employer

  • What compensation range applies to this role, and which parts of total compensation are fixed versus variable?
  • If work authorization matters to you, what sponsorship policy applies to this specific role and location?
  • If a move is required, is relocation assistance available for this position?
  • What is the expected application and interview timeline if the listing does not state a closing date?

These questions are prompted by missing or thin evidence in the employer’s current visible vacancies. Missing evidence is not treated as a negative judgement.

This employer snapshot uses the employer’s current visible listings. Remote and sponsorship rates use only vacancies with explicit evidence, while missing information stays unknown. Salary medians are shown separately by currency and need at least five disclosed salaries. Zero confirmed sponsorship means none was explicitly found in this sample, not that sponsorship is unavailable.

This snapshot describes the employer’s current visible vacancies—things such as pay disclosure and work arrangement. It is not an employee-satisfaction or hiring-quality rating, and different currencies stay separate.

Work-location intelligence

Remote Freedom

62/100

Remote with some uncertainty or restrictions

62%

Why this score?

  • The role is remote but the source identifies a country or regional restriction.

Location restrictions detected

  • Geographic eligibility is restricted to a country or region.

Remote Freedom measures observable location flexibility only. Unknown work-location information remains unscored. Timezone wording is penalized only when it appears restrictive; general collaboration across time zones is not treated as a restriction. A score does not guarantee legal work eligibility, payroll availability or visa sponsorship.

International applicant intelligence

Visa & relocation signals

Sponsorship status is shown only when the listing provides clear enough wording. Employer history or headquarters location is not used to guess an answer.

Visa sponsorshipSponsorship not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough sponsorship statement.

RelocationRelocation support not established

The available listing details do not contain a clear enough relocation statement.

Tradeoff check

What’s the catch?

These are visible conditions worth checking before treating the headline compensation as the whole story:

  • This is remote work with a geographic restriction, not a worldwide-remote vacancy.

Current alternatives

Better-paying alternatives

These current roles show a materially higher annualized salary midpoint in the same broad occupation and currency. Similar seniority, country, work arrangement, employment type and recency are preferred where possible; higher pay alone does not make an alternative a better fit.

About +84% midpoint

Global Account Director

Fieldguide · USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work-location arrangement

About +47% midpoint

Director, Internal AI Operations

LaunchDarkly · USA

Region-restricted remote

Why comparable: Same seniority band · Same country · Similar work-location arrangement

Alternatives are drawn from the current inventory rather than presented as application recommendations. A pay difference needs to be meaningful—about 3% or more at the midpoint—and different currencies are not compared.

Application-path intelligence

What can we see about the application process?

Provider-mediated application path

The current application path comes through a publisher or aggregator. The destination may still lead to an employer-authorized hiring system, but that is not clear enough to assume.

Current destination: jobicy.com · HTTPS

Visible application steps or requirements

  • A portfolio or work sample is explicitly mentioned.

Application effort is estimated from visible listing and source details. Optional steps are kept separate from mandatory ones, and the external form may contain additional requirements that are not visible here.

Application safety context

Application safety check

Basic application-safety context available

The current application destination has a basic transport-safety signal such as HTTPS. This does not verify the employer, vacancy, recruiter or application process.

Evidence checked: Source provenance · Application destination · Listing wording

Observable transport-safety signals

  • The available application destination uses HTTPS.
Before you share money or sensitive information
  • Confirm the vacancy on the employer’s official careers site when practical, especially if a recruiter contacts you outside the listed application path.
  • Check that recruiter email domains and application destinations are consistent with the employer or an identifiable recruiting provider.
  • Do not pay application, processing, training or equipment fees merely to be considered for a job.
  • Do not send cryptocurrency, gift cards, online-banking credentials or PINs as part of an application.
  • Treat unusually fast offers or interviews conducted only through informal messaging channels as reasons to verify the employer independently.

This is a limited safety screen, not employer verification and not a fraud determination. Never send money, cryptocurrency, passwords or sensitive banking credentials merely because a listing appears on a job platform.

Original listing details

The section below comes from the listing source. The decision sections above use the job’s structured pay, location, qualification, mobility and application details to give you additional context.

In 1977, Charles and Ray Eames began a film with a picnic beside Chicago’s lakefront. Over the next nine minutes, Powers of Ten traveled out toward distant galaxies and back into the microscopic world inside a human hand. An enormous subject became a journey you could follow, built around a simple change in perspective. Images, language, movement, and sound brought the idea to life together.

That’s the kind of creative thinking we’re looking for at Mercury: finding a compelling idea inside something complex, then bringing together the people and crafts that make it unforgettable.

We’re looking for a Creative Director to build and lead Brand Narrative, a new team within Brand Creative. You’ll turn company strategy, product truths, customer insight, and cultural observations into original concepts for our most important launches, campaigns, and brand moments. You’ll originate ideas yourself and stay closely involved as they become finished work.

Your background might be in art direction, design, or copywriting. What matters is your ability to develop exceptional concepts, recognize the best idea wherever it comes from, and bring the whole creative studio together to make it real. Whatever your starting discipline, you’ll bring deep experience in film-led storytelling.

You’ll lead Brand Narrative in close creative partnership with your peers leading Brand Design and Writing. Together, you’ll shape concepts, language, and visual expression from the beginning, bringing distinct perspectives and shared ownership to the work. You’ll contribute strong ideas of your own, invite others to challenge and improve them, and build on theirs. This is a role for someone who enjoys making work together, not developing ideas in isolation and handing them off.

You’ll also shape what Brand Narrative becomes. That means building its culture, developing its people, and establishing ways of working that make the entire studio more creatively ambitious. The opportunity is to make great work while building a team that can keep making it.

What you’ll do

In your first year, your focus will be roughly 70% leading creative development for our highest-priority launches and campaigns, and 30% building the Brand Narrative function.

  • Originate and lead big creative ideas. Partner with Product Marketing and Brand Marketing on the brief, then turn the agreed audience, opportunity, and product proof into original creative concepts. Develop ideas that can take distinctive forms across film, social, out-of-home, digital, experiences, and partnerships.
  • Bring ambitious concepts to life with your creative peers and the full studio. Work side by side with the Brand Design and Writing leads and their teams from the earliest explorations through delivery. Develop ideas together, exchange thoughtful critique, and make creative choices that draw on each discipline’s expertise. Stay hands-on, contribute through your own craft, and partner closely with Motion and Production throughout. For film, remain closely involved through scripts, visual development, production, and the final edit.
  • Build audience and distribution thinking into the idea. Shape concepts around how people will discover, watch, and share the work. Work with marketing partners to consider channels and viewing contexts from the beginning, so the work belongs where people encounter it rather than simply being resized to fit.
  • Push beyond the first good answer, and learn quickly. Lead thoughtful concept development and critique. Use rough scripts, prototypes, and AI tools to test ideas quickly, learn, and move the strongest work forward. Know when to keep exploring and when to commit, then protect what makes an idea interesting through feedback and production.
  • Find opportunities before a brief arrives. Bring curiosity about Mercury’s products, customers, and the wider world. Develop proactive ideas and cultural opportunities that give the brand something meaningful to say or do.
  • Help decide where creative ambition matters most. Partner early with Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, Product Design, Comms, and Insights. Help identify which moments deserve our largest creative investment, present recommendations to senior leadership, and use results from marketing and insights partners to inform what comes next.
  • Build and lead Brand Narrative. Define the team’s purpose, priorities, creative standards, and ways of working. Help hire and develop the team, shaping its structure and capabilities. Set clear expectations, and coach people to grow their judgment and conceptual strength.
  • Create a culture where the best idea wins. Make room for experimentation, honest feedback, and contributions across disciplines. Lead with generosity and conviction, share ownership of the work, and help people challenge one another without making creativity a competition for credit.
  • Build practices that strengthen the work. Establish a clear path from insight and an agreed brief to concept and execution, with useful critique and close collaboration throughout. Develop relationships with external creatives and agencies who can add a distinctive perspective or capability when needed.

What you’ll bring

  • A strong creative foundation in art direction, design, or copywriting. Your portfolio shows original concepts developed into ambitious, well-crafted work across multiple formats. You can explain what you contributed, how the idea evolved, and how collaboration made it better.
  • Deep film experience. You’ve developed film-led ideas from concept through production, with strong instincts for story, scripts, performance, pacing, and sound. You understand how these choices work together to make an audience feel something, not just make a film look good.
  • A track record of deep creative collaboration with design and writing peers. You’ve led ambitious multidisciplinary work from concept through production by building trusted partnerships. You bring a clear point of view, listen closely, work through creative disagreements constructively, and recognize when someone else’s approach makes the work stronger. You can show how your collaborators shaped the outcome, not just what you personally originated.
  • Strong taste, cultural awareness, and product curiosity. You can get close to a complex business or product, find the human truth within it, and turn that understanding into something clear, surprising, and memorable.
  • Experience developing creative people and shaping how a team works. You give specific, useful feedback, set a high bar with care, and create an environment where people can take creative risks. You’re excited to build a new function, including the everyday practices that give it a culture.
  • Clear communication and sound judgment. You can rally people around an ambitious concept, explain why it deserves investment, and navigate competing perspectives without losing the idea. You take ownership in ambiguous situations and balance creative ambition with the need to move work forward.

What success looks like

A year in, you’ll have led major launches and film-led campaigns from original concept through finished work, with Brand Design and Writing as creative partners from the beginning. The studio’s disciplines will have shaped the work together, with audience and distribution informing the creative approach.

Brand Narrative will have a clear identity, shared creative standards, and working practices that help people test and develop stronger ideas together. Alongside planned launches, you’ll have established a pipeline of proactive opportunities that gives Mercury more ways to express its product ambition with originality and cultural relevance.

Please include a portfolio featuring film-led work and broader campaign concepts. We’d love to understand your role in developing the ideas, the choices you made through production, and how you brought the work to life with others.

Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Mercury are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities or special needs. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.

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The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits.

Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry. New hire offers are made based on a candidate’s experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are the following:

US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area:

$189,400—$236,700 USD

US employees outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area:

$170,400—$213,000 USD

Canadian employees (any location):

$179,000—$223,700 CAD

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