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Posted 2 weeks agoCreative Director
at render
United StatesRemote
Requirements
- At Render, we’re building the modern cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications.
- experience with persistent compute, dynamic autoscaling, built-in orchestration, and observability, allowing teams to launch, scale, and manage real-world applications without writing infrastructure code or managing servers.
- Whether you're building LLM-powered applications, scalable SaaS products, or async processing pipelines, Render empowers teams to move fast and scale confidently from MVP to millions of users.
- We especially encourage members of underrepresented groups in the tech community to apply and understand that not all successful candidates will meet each requirement listed.
- As we grow into the place to deploy AI-native apps and agents, our brand needs to match the company we're becoming: production-grade, not prototype-grade, and unmistakably ours across every surface a developer touches.
- experience as an Art Director or Creative Director, ideally in developer tools, infrastructure, SaaS, or another technical, credibility-driven category. - Proven
- experience managing and developing creative talent.
- You know when something hasn't cleared it yet. - Fluency in brand-as-system.
- Experience evolving a brand through a stage change, developer-first to enterprise-ready, without losing the original audience. - A point of view on what AI-native products mean for brand and design, including how a brand shows up to agents, not only people. -
- Experience leading brand and creative for events and conferences. - Hands-on or design-engineering literacy: comfort near code, motion, or prototyping. - Track record of creative side projects, talks, or writing that demonstrate your craft and point of view.
Experience
- WE'RE LOOKING FOR: - 10+ years of
Benefits
- In February 2026, we raised an additional $100M in Series C financing, bringing our total funding to $257M, to accelerate our vision of making cloud infrastructure both powerful and intuitive—designed for the speed of modern AI development.
- We are looking for someone who can set the creative vision, hold the quality bar, and still go deep on the work when it matters.
- You'll hold the hard line between production-grade credibility and the developer warmth that built Render. - Set and uphold the creative vision across surfaces.
- A portfolio that shows sharp brand thinking and the judgment to set a vision.
- BENEFITS - 4 weeks of paid vacation. - 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child.
- We will also work with you to create a supportive plan of return. - Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans. - 100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and a dependent.
- FSAs and HSAs are available as well. - Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health and therapy, hobbies, etc. - Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy. - Commuter
- benefits for Renders in the Bay Area, and home office stipends for remote Renders. - Continuous learning benefits & related support.
- This position is generally not eligible for new visa sponsorship.
- At Render's discretion, the business may sponsor existing visa transfers.
Additional details
- Our mission is to eliminate the tradeoff between the power of hyperscalers and the simplicity of developer-friendly platforms—so teams can ship fast, scale reliably, and focus on their product, not infrastructure.
- Our platform is trusted by over 6 million developers worldwide and continues to grow rapidly.
- We’re a diverse and talented team that values craft, velocity, and user experience.
- If you’re excited to help shape the future of the intelligent cloud and empower developers everywhere, we’d love to hear from you.
- APPLYING TO RENDER We're seeking candidates who possess high integrity, humility, and an insatiable drive to learn.
- Through reasoned discussions and continuous feedback, we strive to improve both individually and collectively.
- We foster an environment of mutual trust and respect, empowering effective debate to achieve the best outcomes for our customers and team.
- Our interview process is unique to each role, and we value the candidate
- experience just as much as our customer experience. We hope your conversations with us reflect a thoughtful process that is illuminative, enjoyable, and respectful of your time.
- ABOUT THE ROLE Render's mission is to eliminate the undifferentiated work that goes into building software products by offering an easy-to-use, powerful cloud platform for developer teams of all sizes.