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• Overview

  Cisco is hiring a Creative Director in Ontario, CA.

• Role description

  We want a Creative Director with 10 years of experience turning briefs into bold, memorable creative. Few creative roles let you own the whole thing end to end; this director one in Ontario does, and it pays $170,000 - $248,000.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Uphold the Cisco brand as its standards scale across new products and markets
  • Salvage usable frames from a shoot the weather in Ontario half-ruined
  • Test and optimize creative variations through A/B experiments
  • Coordinate with external agencies, freelancers, and print vendors
  • Trade pixel polish for speed when a contract deadline says you must
  • Develop creative campaigns that translate Cisco's strategy into compelling storytelling
  • Coax usable feedback out of a divided review with a sharper set of questions
  • Pitch fresh concepts in cross-functional reviews and stakeholder presentations

  What You'll Bring

  • Proven leadership experience guiding director-level initiatives
  • Willingness to relocate to Ontario, CA, or to make remote work
  • Comfort steering creative conversations toward a decision
  • Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
  • Equal parts Adaptability depth and Sketch curiosity

  Cisco is the kind of hands-dirty Ontario company that creative engineers leave their old jobs to join. We trust the director folks closest to the customer to make the call without a committee.

  This position offers $170,000 - $248,000, comprehensive benefits, and genuine room to advance into leadership within creative.

  The freshness epoch just refreshed, marking this Creative Director role live again.

  Apply today, and the next time we post about this creative win, it could be yours.

• Required skills

  • Sketch
  • Persona Development
  • Interaction Design
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Mobile-First Design
  • Layout Design
  • Iconography
  • 3D Modeling
  • Wireframing
  • Illustration
  • Adaptability
  • Continuous Learning
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Change Management

• Benefits & perks

  • Subscription to industry publications
  • Community Service
  • Free coffee and espresso bar
  • Company-wide holiday shutdown
  • Charitable donation matching
  • Meditation and mindfulness apps
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Estate planning services
  • Referral Bonuses
  • Gas and mileage reimbursement

• Apply before 2026-09-04

  Submit your application for this Contract creative position.