Creative Director
ARQ (formerly DolarApp) is a modern finance app that gives travelers, investors, and professionals access to global assets and currencies. It offers digital dollars and euros at real market rates, a borderless cashback card, international payments, and investment access to stocks and ETFs.
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About ARQ
ARQ, rebranded from DolarApp, is a fintech platform aimed at making global finance accessible to travelers, investors, and professionals, primarily serving users in Mexico and Latin America. Its core offerings include converting local currency into digital dollars (USDc) and digital euros (EURc) at real market exchange rates without hidden fees, a global card offering competitive conversion rates and cashback for spending at home or abroad, and the ability to receive and send international payments (from the US and Europe) using personal account details instead of traditional remittance services. The platform also provides earnings accounts and access to leading global stocks and ETFs so users can invest and grow their wealth across markets. ARQ states it serves over 2 million people worldwide who manage their finances through the app, with app store ratings of 4.7/5 and 4.6/5.
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About the Role
You'll define and lead ARQ's global creative direction across brand, campaigns, content, and product storytelling. You'll shape and scale ARQ's presence across markets, ensuring the brand stays consistent, distinctive, and culturally relevant everywhere it operates. You'll lead global and local campaigns, from concept through execution, across channels including TV, OOH, social, and emerging formats. You'll build and grow the creative function from the ground up, including designers, writers, producers, and external partners. You'll establish strong relationships with creative partners, production companies, talent, and collaborators globally. You'll partner closely with growth, product, and leadership to translate business priorities into clear, high-impact creative work, and create the conditions for great work through clear direction, fast feedback, and high standards.
Requirements
- 7+ years in creative roles across agency, brand, or hybrid environments
- Experience building and leading high-performing creative teams
- Strong understanding of brand, storytelling, and cultural relevance across markets
- Mindset that sees creative as a driver of growth, not just expression
- Ability to direct across formats: campaigns, content, brand systems, and product storytelling
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-performance environments with high expectations and low ego
- Experience working with external partners: agencies, production, talent, or collaborators
- Fluency in English and Spanish is required; Portuguese is a strong plus
Responsibilities
- Define and lead ARQ's global creative direction across brand, campaigns, content, and product storytelling
- Shape and scale ARQ's presence across markets, ensuring brand consistency and cultural relevance
- Lead global and local campaigns (ATL and digital), from concept to execution, across channels including TV, OOH, social, and emerging formats
- Build and grow ARQ's creative function from the ground up (designers, writers, producers, external partners)
- Establish strong relationships with creative partners, production companies, talent, and collaborators globally
- Partner with growth, product, and leadership to translate business priorities into high-impact creative work
- Create the conditions for great work: clear direction, fast feedback, and high standards
Benefits
- Stock options
- Discretionary performance bonus
- The latest tools and technology