Warner Music Group · 7 hours ago
Creative Director
USA - Los Angeles - 777 S. Santa Fe Ave
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$110K/yr - $120K/yr
6+ years expWarner Music Group is a global collective of music makers and lovers, tech innovators, and passionate team members. As a Creative Director at WMX, you will shape how artists' stories come to life across music, fashion, and culture, translating creative energy into memorable visuals and collaborating directly with artists to elevate their brands.
Digital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentMusic
Responsibilities
Lead Creative Vision & Strategy: Define and drive the creative direction across campaigns, ensuring all work aligns with brand goals, artist vision, and market trends
Direct External Creative Resources: Source, brief, and provide direction to outside design studios and freelancers. Provide clear feedback, elevate output, and ensure quality across multiple projects
Coordinate Freelance Design Support: Engage and guide freelance resources for graphic design assignments such as adapting existing creative elements to garments, packaging, and campaign collateral. Balance resources between conceptual design partners and graphic design-focused freelancers
Ensure Brand Consistency & Quality: Review and refine all creative deliverables to ensure they are on-brand, on-brief, and executed at the highest standard
Partner with Artists & Management: Collaborate directly with artists, managers, and internal teams to understand creative goals and translate them into compelling executions
Oversee Design & Collaborate with Production: Manage the creation of campaign assets, apparel, packaging, and visual designs from concept to delivery—meeting deadlines without compromising quality
Manage Workflow & Process: Partner with operations to coordinate asset retrieval, tech packs, and approvals, while maintaining an efficient and scalable creative workflow
Stay Ahead of Trends: Maintain a deep awareness of music, fashion, cultural, and design emerging trends; bring forward new ideas and best practices that keep the brands evolving
Champion Collaboration: Attend team meetings, act as the creative lead within cross-functional groups, and ensure smooth communication between brand management, creative, operations, and production
Deliver Results at Scale: Balance multiple projects in motion, ensuring on-time delivery of innovative, impactful creative for a diverse roster of artists
Qualification
Required
6–8 years of experience in creative direction, graphic design, or brand design, preferably within retail, fashion, or music merchandise
Strong creative vision with the ability to translate brand strategy into compelling visual outputs
Proven experience sourcing, briefing, and managing freelance artists, illustrators, or designers
Excellent understanding of brand guidelines, visual trends, and cultural relevance in design
Experience managing the creative process from concept through final delivery
Working knowledge of production specifications
Preferred
Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
A strong network of freelance designers, illustrators, and studios you've successfully collaborated with
A passion for emerging creative tools, trends, and technologies (AI, AR, motion, etc.) and how they can elevate storytelling
Company
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is a music company with the interests of recording and publishing music and artist services.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.74MKey Investors
Tencent Music Entertainment
2021-10-18Post Ipo Debt· $1.74M
2020-06-15Post Ipo Equity
2011-05-06Acquired
Leadership Team
Max Lousada
CEO, Recorded Music, WMG & Chairman and CEO
Robert Kyncl
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
Digital Music News
2026-01-22
2026-01-22
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