Creative Director
AI-first protein-design company using generative foundation models and wet-lab validation to create functional proteins and genome-editing systems.
Funding history
About Profluent
Profluent develops AI models for de novo protein design, with applications in biomedicine, agriculture, and industrial biology. Its platform includes protein-generation models such as ProGen3 and the AI-designed OpenCRISPR-1 gene editor.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own creative work from concept through publication across visual identity, video, web, social content, events, and launch materials. You will direct vendors, manage the creative budget, evolve design systems, and build and lead a small creative team over time.
Requirements
- 10–12 years of brand and creative experience
- Creative Director or equivalent creative leadership experience
- Portfolio covering motion and video, editorial, digital, environmental or event design, and physical merchandise
- Ability to translate technical material into clear work
- Background in biology, AI, or deep technology
- Figma
- Descript or video editing software
- Webflow
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Slack
- Google Workspace
- Notion
- Airtable
- Project management
- Budget management
- People or external-team management
- United States work authorization
Responsibilities
- Translate frontier science into a brand and public presence
- Own creative projects from concept through finished work
- Evolve the visual identity system
- Manage the creative budget
- Build and lead the creative function
- Manage vendors and contractors
- Art direct and produce imagery and video
- Design decks, white papers, and launch assets
- Lead website changes
- Create social and executive communications content
- Shape conference and event presence
- Build brand and design systems
Benefits
- Equity participation
- 401(k) employer match
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Generous PTO