Creative Director, MarketingActive£187K

The opportunity

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

What you'll do

  • Drive all creative work in the Marketing function, ensuring it consistently: ladders up to the company strategy and moves key brand and business metrics.

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of creatives; set a high bar for craft,: narrative, and taste while creating space for diverse voices and experimentation.

  • Turn great ideas into end‑to‑end campaign concepts; guide direction across: channels (social, video, experiential, partnerships), from insight to execution.

  • Partner with Brand Marketing to shape briefs, make strategic trade‑offs, and: deliver work that’s part of culture and drives brand love and growth.

  • Partner with Growth Marketing to build a performance marketing creative: studio enabling our user acquisition efforts across the globe.

  • Partner with our Country Marketing team to lead and evolve our global agency: roster; ensure scopes, standards, and handoffs produce A+ creative worldwide.

What they're looking for

  • Oversee creative feedback and quality across all project stages; provide: clear, timely decisions that keep momentum without sacrificing excellence.
  • Inspire the organization with industry trends, creative references, and new: platforms; codify what’s “on‑brand” and how we measure brand success.
  • Experience in brand/creative roles with significant time leading other: creative leaders; proven success shipping integrated campaigns across a wide range of budgets at a high bar.
  • Demonstrated ability to set vision, influence senior stakeholders, and: connect creative decisions to strategy, KPIs, and ROI.