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About Us AfterShip, a Great Place to Work Certified company, is transforming the global eCommerce landscape. Founded in 2012, AfterShip is a post-purchase SaaS company on a mission to build the world’s leading automation platform for ecommerce merchants. AfterShip unifies shipping & labels, order tracking, AI predictive delivery, and returns management into one system—giving merchants a single place to manage and automate everything that happens after checkout. By centralizing these workflows, AfterShip enables merchants to reduce customer support inquiries, deliver a more reliable and engaging customer experiences, and unlock incremental revenue at every post-purchase touchpoint. AfterShip integrates seamlessly with eCommerce platforms including Shopify and TikTok Shop, and connects with more than 1,400+ carriers worldwide. Today, over 20,000 businesses—including Samsung, Gymshark, Mejuri, Dr. Squatch, and Alo Yoga—rely on AfterShip to turn every post-purchase moment into an opportunity to build trust, reduce costs, and drive repeat purchases. Built for a global market from day one, AfterShip operates with an engineering-driven, internationally distributed team. The company employs more than 450 people across 8 offices, spanning North America, Europe, and Asia, and representing over 20 cities worldwide. Your Mission:  We're hiring a people leader to build, lead, and reinvent our Marketing Creative team. You'll hire, develop, and inspire a team of designers while evolving AfterShip's brand system and directing creative across campaigns, product launches, and digital experiences. Your mission is to build a lean, high-performing organization that delivers exceptional creative at scale without compromising quality. This is a builder role. You'll design a modern, AI-powered creative production engine that combines cloud-based workflows, automation, and strong creative standards to enable high-volume, high-quality output. We're looking for someone with a fresh vision for how creative teams operate - someone who embraces AI as a force multiplier and can rethink traditional design processes while building the systems and team needed to support rapid growth. Success in this role requires exceptional cross-functional leadership and close partnership with Product Marketing, Growth, Partnerships, and other marketing stakeholders. You'll align creative strategy with business priorities, empower your team to do their best work, and establish scalable processes that elevate creative quality while supporting the company's next stage of growth. What You’ll Do:  Build, lead, and grow a high-performing, distributed team of designers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, performance management, and career development. Set the creative vision for AfterShip's brand system, partnering closely with the VP, Marketing to evolve our identity as the company grows. Own creative direction across every marketing surface—including paid campaigns, product launches, sales enablement, lifecycle marketing, social, email, and AfterShip.com—ensuring consistently high creative standards. Build and scale an AI-powered creative production engine that combines cloud-based workflows, automation, and design systems to enable high-volume, high-quality creative output. Create systems that empower non-designers to self-serve routine creative needs, allowing your team to focus on high-impact strategic work. Lead creative planning and prioritization across Product Marketing, Growth, Partnerships, and other cross-functional teams to ensure the highest-impact work ships quickly. Manage external freelancers and creative agencies, providing clear direction, maintaining quality standards, and scaling capacity when needed. Continuously improve creative operations, processes, and team effectiveness to help AfterShip scale efficiently. Who We're Looking For : 3+ years of people management experience, with a proven track record of hiring, managing, coaching, and developing creative teams while fostering a high-performance culture.  Experience building or scaling a creative organization, including establishing processes, workflows, and quality standards that enable teams to produce exceptional work at scale. Direct experience leading or contributing to a brand evolution or rebrand. You understand how to evolve a brand system across multiple channels while maintaining consistency and momentum. Experience partnering cross-functionally with Product Marketing, Growth, Partnerships, Product, and other stakeholders to balance creative excellence with business objectives. In-house B2B SaaS or DTC e-commerce experience preferred. You've worked closely with internal marketing teams rather than primarily serving external clients through an agency. A strong point of view on modern visual identity and brand design, with excellent creative judgment and awareness of contemporary design trends, especially for technology and AI-native products. AI-fluent, with hands-on experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate creative production and designing AI-powered workflows that improve quality, speed, and scalability. Proven success leading distributed teams and collaborating across time zones. You create alignment, accountability, and trust in a remote-first environment. At AfterShip, we know great talent doesn’t always fit every requirement. If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you can make an impact, we encourage you to apply. Why You Should Join Us:  Great Place to Work Certified: We’ve been recognized for our inclusive, values-driven culture that celebrates diversity and collaboration. Innovative & Inclusive Culture: Started by our software engineer-turned-CEO, AfterShip is built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. We’re a passionate, global team of problem solvers who put egos aside to innovate together. We take immense pride in fostering a culture that’s inclusive, which has allowed us to surround ourselves with the industry's most talented professionals. Ambitious Mission with Real Impact: Join us in transforming eCommerce by making buying and selling easier for everyone. It’s one of the most dynamic spaces in tech, with limitless opportunities to innovate and grow. Thrive & Grow: There’s no ceiling to what you can achieve or learn here. We’re committed to empowering your career while advancing together as a company. Flexible Work Setup : We’re a remote-first team, meaning by default that employees work from home or on a hybrid-flexible basis in our hub locations. You’re empowered to choose a work setup that works best for you and your team. With flexible hours depending on your time zone, you’ll be able to have a schedule that fits your working style and the requirements of your role. Perks: Competitive compensation Remote-first work setup Healthcare coverage offered from day 1 Retirement plans including company match Unlimited PTO Annual learning & wellness benefit Monthly book perk Career progression & professional development In-office lunch and commuter benefits for those located in our hub locations Salary range for this role: CAD$110,000 - $145,000   We are an equal opportunity employer and provide accommodations upon request throughout the recruitment process, in accordance with local legislation. Please let us know if you require any support, and we’ll work with you to meet your needs. We believe in hiring right over hiring fast. While timelines may vary, we’re looking to fill this role as soon as possible.  Our hiring process uses AI to help with initial resume screening and to support interview note-taking. These tools help our team stay organized and fair, but all hiring decisions are made by people. This job posting is for a new position.