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Creative Director - Small Business

Autodesk autodesk.com Open · verified Sep 21, 2026
San Francisco Full-time Director Creative

At a glance

Leadership Creative role at Autodesk. San Francisco · full-time · $146,000–$261,360 base.

SalaryStated by Autodesk
$146,000 – $261,360
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
This role, from AutodeskOur estimate for the market: $178,750–$262,875Median $204,715
In line with the market median of $204,715 for lead creative roles in San Francisco.
Worked out from 20 postings that stated pay, median $204,715. Last updated Sep 21, 2026.
RoleCreative
SeniorityDirector
LocationSan Francisco
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$146,000–$261,360
PostedAug 13, 2026 · 5w ago
Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Set the creative bar for content that combines visual appeal with technical credibility
  • Shape campaigns, product marketing, and ongoing social into one recognizable creative system
  • Turn AI product capabilities into human stories grounded in real customer use cases
  • Coordinate technical artists, VFX, design, motion, editorial, and copy around integrated work
  • Build faster production systems while giving teams specific direction and feedback

What you bring

  • A portfolio spanning brand work, product storytelling, and social content
  • Hands-on experience developing and delivering concepts, rather than directing execution alone
  • A strong command of film, storytelling craft, formats, and visual detail
  • Comfort applying AI to creative workflows across film, social, digital, and product content

Who this fits

You’ll suit this role if you can set a distinct creative point of view while personally moving ideas through execution. Experience in media, entertainment, or film is especially relevant, as is work in fast-moving content environments. The role is based in San Francisco and may include in-person onboarding or identity verification.

From the employer

Job Requisition ID #

26WD98289

Creative Director, Flow Studio

Autodesk builds the tools behind the world around us. From the buildings we live in to the products we use, our customers design and make what’s next, and we power that work.

We’re evolving into a Design and Make platform, connecting the full lifecycle from idea to reality. It’s a shift from standalone tools to a more connected, intelligent system, and it’s changing how things get made.

Within Autodesk, Flow Studio is building a new category at the intersection of AI, creativity, and storytelling.

Why this role exists

Flow Studio sits at the intersection of product and culture. We need a Creative Director who can define how the product shows up in the world, not just through campaigns, but through everything we make.

This role requires a builder mindset. Someone who can create a distinct creative voice, operate at speed, and bring a level of craft that stands out in a crowded AI and creative tools landscape.

What you’ll do

  • Define the creative standard for all content—ensuring it is both visually compelling and technically credible

  • Establish a clear point of view on what “great” looks like for VFX-driven product storytelling

  • Push the team beyond expected formats into more distinctive, category-defining work

  • Lead creative direction across campaigns, product marketing, and always-on social content

  • Develop a distinct visual and storytelling language for Flow Studio

  • Translate product features, especially AI-driven capabilities, into compelling, human stories

  • Partner deeply with marketing and product to ensure creative is grounded in real use cases

  • Guide collaboration between:

  • Technical artists / VFX

  • Design and motion

  • Editorial and copy

  • Ensure work feels integrated, not handed off between silos

  • Bring a strong point of view on film, storytelling, and content formats across platforms

  • Build systems that allow us to produce high-quality work at speed
    Continuously push the work to feel modern, relevant, and culturally aware

  • Provide clear creative direction and actionable feedback

  • Mentor across disciplines (design, VFX, storytelling)

  • Build a culture of:

  • curiosity

  • ownership

  • high standards

What great looks like

  • Flow Studio work stands out immediately in a crowded AI and creative tools space

  • Creative feels culturally relevant while staying rooted in the product

  • We show, not tell. The product is visible, understood, and desirable

  • Social content is as considered as campaign work

  • The team delivers high-quality work at speed without losing craft
    We consistently create work people want to watch, not skip

What you bring

  • Strong portfolio across brand, product, and social content

  • Experience in media, entertainment, or film is a strong plus

  • Background in fast-moving, content-driven environments

  • Ability to concept and execute, not just direct

  • High taste level with attention to detail and storytelling craft

  • Understanding of how AI is shaping creative workflows and output

  • Comfort working across formats including film, social, digital, and product storytelling

  • Collaborative mindset with a bias toward making

About the team

We’re building a fully integrated marketing and creative team designed for how modern products grow. High taste, high velocity, and a clear focus on impact. We believe the best creative comes from teams that care deeply about the product and move fast enough to keep up with it.

Learn More

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $146,000 and $261,360. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.


Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging


In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification

This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.

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