Creative Director

Launched in 2014 by former philosophy professor David Barnett, Pop Sockets is a global digital-lifestyle company that sells empowering, fun, and expressive products that improve people’s digital lives. Pop Sockets has sold close to 300 million of its iconic phone grips in 75 countries and now has an expanding ecosystem of related products, including phone cases, wallets, mounts, batteries, and chargers.

Our mission is to empower enhanced mobile functionality, self-expression, and authentic human connection. We imagine an Eternal Positivity Machine that sparks joy, creativity, and meaningful relationships. We bring this vision to life by upholding the highest standards in materials, packaging, logistics, and design—while ensuring our supply chain and labor practices remain ethical, responsible, and transparent.

In 2021, Pop Sockets was honored as one of Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies.

Pop Sockets makes products people wear on their identity as much as their phone. The Creative Director is the person who keeps that idea sharp across every visual touchpoint, every campaign, every market, and every format we operate in.

This is a senior leadership role with real creative authority and real operational complexity. You'll set the visual and conceptual direction for the brand, lead a US-based creative team, and manage an in-house design studio in China, a relationship that is central to how Pop Sockets operates  ability to lead across time zones, cultures, and creative disciplines isn't a nice-to-have; it's the job.

You'll report to the VP of Global Brand & Marketing and work closely with our founder, product, marketing, sales and executive leadership to ensure the creative output of the company is cohesive, ambitious, and unmistakably Pop Sockets.

• Set and steward the visual identity and creative direction of the Pop Sockets brand across all channels, digital, physical, packaging, retail, and campaign
• Lead the development of seasonal creative concepts, campaign frameworks, and brand campaigns from brief through execution
• Maintain a strong, consistent brand POV while pushing creative ambition and keeping the work fresh
• Partner with the copywriting team and brand voice leads to ensure visual and verbal expression are fully unified

• Serve as the primary US-side creative lead and day-to-day relationship manager for Pop Sockets' in-house design studio in China
• Establish clear creative briefs, feedback frameworks, and quality standards that allow the China studio to operate effectively and at brand across time zones
• Travel to China regularly to build relationships, align on seasonal priorities, and maintain creative continuity between the US team and the studio
• Work cross-functionally with product and supply chain teams to ensure the China studio's output integrates cleanly into broader product and brand workflows

• Lead, mentor, and grow a US-based creative team, setting high standards for craft, collaboration, and creative thinking
• Build and manage creative processes and workflows that allow the team to move fast without sacrificing quality
• Foster a creative culture grounded in curiosity, constructive feedback, and accountability
• Partner with recruiting to grow the team as the business scales

• Lead packaging design direction across all key markets, US, China, and international, ensuring creative consistency while accounting for market-specific requirements, regulatory needs, and consumer expectations
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