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Snap Inc.

Software Development · 7.8k people

Creative Lead, SPECS, Social

Posted 23 Oct

What’s this role about? You will concept, develop, and direct social-first storytelling across various formats while leading cross-functional projects from planning through execution. This role involves managing production logistics, directing shoots, and translating luxury brand-building into technology and hardware storytelling.

Los Angeles, California
Hybrid
$121K – $214K
Full-time
10+ years exp
Bachelor degree

Skills required

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Company

About Snap Inc. Snap is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snap Inc.

augmented reality and technology
SSnap Inc. logo
5,001-10,000 employees
Software Development
Public Company
562k LinkedIn followers
Raised $7.6B

Responsibilities

  • Concept, develop, and direct distinctive social-first storytelling across video, photography, design, editorial, and emerging formats.
  • Provide art direction for social creative, bringing strong taste across visual identity, content, and storytelling.
  • Lead cross-functional projects from planning through execution, managing timelines, stakeholders, and resources to deliver high-quality social content on schedule
  • Direct shoots on set and guide photographers, directors, stylists, designers, creators, talent, and production teams.
  • Take ideas from concept through delivery by developing treatments and briefs, building alignment, guiding production, and protecting the creative intent.
  • Lead production logistics, including schedules, budgets, vendors, crew, locations, permits, talent, and post-production.
  • Partner with creators, agencies, and external partners, while creating or editing content directly when needed.
  • Translate luxury brand-building into technology and hardware storytelling that balances aspiration, innovation, design, and product.
  • Bring knowledge of luxury, fashion, design, culture, creators, and emerging formats to create work for SPECS that feels credible, elevated, and unexpected.

Qualification

Creative & MediaMarketingArt & DesignTechnology

Required

  • Deep experience supporting creative direction and social content production, ideally within or alongside a true luxury brand.
  • Sophisticated creative eye and strong taste across brand, design, art direction, photography, video, and storytelling.
  • Ability to develop social-first concepts, treatments, and briefs, then direct execution across formats.
  • Proven on-set direction and collaboration skills across creative teams, talent, creators, and production partners.
  • Strong production instincts, including shoot logistics, location scouting, vendor management, budgets, schedules, and post-production.
  • Experience managing creative, production, and social agencies from briefing through delivery.
  • Hands-on content creation skills across photography, video, design, editing, or social-native formats.
  • Strong judgment, organization, and communication skills, with the ability to balance creative ambition, practical constraints, and cross-functional input.
  • Bachelor’s degree in design, marketing, communications, filmmaking, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of relevant experience across creative direction, content production, social, brand, or marketing roles in the luxury space.
  • 3+ years working within a true luxury brand or house, ideally in fashion, beauty, automotive, hospitality, or an adjacent premium category.
  • Experience developing and directing social-first content across video, photography, design, and other digital formats.
  • Experience directing shoots on set and managing production from pre-production through delivery.
  • Portfolio or body of work demonstrating strong creative direction, social-first thinking, production leadership, and elevated brand storytelling.
  • Experience managing creative, production, and/or social agencies and external partners.
  • Hands-on content creation capabilities across photography, video, design, editing, or social-native formats.

Preferred

  • Experience at or within a globally recognized luxury house, with brands such as Dior, Chanel, Jacquemus, or comparable luxury brands and publications like Vogue, Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest.
  • Experience managing shoot logistics, including location scouting, crew, talent, vendors, budgets, schedules, and post-production.
  • Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Keynote, and emerging generative AI tools.
  • Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite programs, Frame.io, and creative asset management platforms.
  • Demonstrated ability to take projects from creative concept and treatment through production, post, and final delivery.
  • Experience working in fast-moving, cross-functional organizations.
  • "Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.
  • Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Benefits

  • In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.
  • The base salary range for this position is $142,000-$214,000 annually.
  • The base salary range for this position is $135,000-$203,000 annually.
  • The base salary range for this position is $121,000-$182,000 annually.
  • This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
  • If you believe this job description is missing required pay transparency information, please submit a report through this form: Job Description Pay Range Disclosure.

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