About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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About the role

This role will be based in our San Francisco, CA office and will require being in office 3x/week.

Since its redesign, the Rippling brand has become a huge asset and differentiator for the company. Now, with the respect and trust of stakeholders at all levels, we are responsible for stewarding the brand across every touchpoint on the web with craft and care.

We’re looking for a strategic, highly collaborative Art Director with in-house SaaS experience to help shape how our brand shows up in performance advertising. Reporting to the Creative Director, Campaigns, this role will partner deeply with our Growth and Demand Gen teams to drive business and design strategies that deliver ambitious growth targets while putting the user and our content at the heart of the experience. 

About the Team

Brand Studio is a team of multidisciplinary designers, copywriters, and operators. We deliver resonant and performant creative work by applying a deep understanding of the brand, product, and customer. We partner across the company to transform briefs into compelling work that elevates the brand and drives engagement. Read more here:

• How we pulled off an in-house rebrand in four months, Nov 2020
• Some of our most recent web launches: Talent Signal, Platform, IT Overview, Scheduling

Even if you don’t meet all of the requirements listed here, we still encourage you to apply. Skills can be used in lots of different ways and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture.

What you will do

• Work directly with Growth and Demand Gen teams to quickly iterate on performance campaigns spanning paid social, in-app ad surfaces, and direct mail.
• Deliver diverse conceptual ideas that build on the Rippling brand identity through the lens of performance. Incorporate best practices to improve output over time.
• Translate complex product concepts into easy to understand graphics ideal for the given channel.
• Bring a perspective on copy and help stakeholders refine their copy to work best within a concept and placement.
• Work independently and proactively, communicating regularly with stakeholders through updates and collaborative feedback sessions.
• Source, oversee, and provide art direction to external illustrators, 3D designers, and specialist agencies as necessary.

What you will need

• MUST HAVE 5+ years of experience in art direction with a focus on performance advertising
• MUST HAVE in-house SaaS creative team experience
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to self-guide and project manage with minimal direction.
• A demonstrated track record of delivering design solutions that outperform.
• Ability to balance speed and quality while pushing creative boundaries to advance the brand.
• Familiarity with and/or curiosity using AI creation tools 
• Good communication skills and ability to embrace feedback and pivot accordingly.
• Proficiency in Figma, Adobe CS, Asana, JIRA, Google Workspace, Slack.
• Motion experience is a huge plus.

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.