Launched in 2014 by former philosophy professor David Barnett, PopSockets is a global digital-lifestyle company that sells empowering, fun, and expressive products that improve people’s digital lives. PopSockets has sold close to 300 million of its iconic phone grips in 75 countries and now has an expanding ecosystem of related products, including phone cases, wallets, mounts, batteries, and chargers.
Our mission is to empower enhanced mobile functionality, self-expression, and authentic human connection. We imagine an Eternal Positivity Machine that sparks joy, creativity, and meaningful relationships. We bring this vision to life by upholding the highest standards in materials, packaging, logistics, and design—while ensuring our supply chain and labor practices remain ethical, responsible, and transparent.
In 2021, PopSockets was honored as one of Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies.
The Role:
PopSockets makes products people wear on their identity as much as their phone. The Creative Director is the person who keeps that idea sharp across every visual touchpoint, every campaign, every market, and every format we operate in.
This is a senior leadership role with real creative authority and real operational complexity. You'll set the visual and conceptual direction for the brand, lead a US-based creative team, and manage an in-house design studio in China, a relationship that is central to how PopSockets operates at scale. The ability to lead across time zones, cultures, and creative disciplines isn't a nice-to-have; it's the job.
You'll report to the VP of Global Brand & Marketing and work closely with our founder, product, marketing, sales and executive leadership to ensure the creative output of the company is cohesive, ambitious, and unmistakably PopSockets.
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
- 10+ years of creative experience, with at least 3 years in a Creative Director or senior creative leadership role
- The ability to operate at both the strategic and executional level, i.e. you can write a creative brief and redline a layout in the same day
- Hands-on experience with packaging design and virtual merchandising, i.e. you understand how product shows up on a shelf and on a digital page, and you know the difference between the two
- A portfolio that demonstrates strong visual craft and conceptual thinking across brand identity, campaigns, packaging, and digital consumer products or lifestyle brand experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience managing creative teams or studios across international locations, China experience is a significant advantage
- Cultural fluency and genuine comfort working with Chinese design partners; Mandarin proficiency is a plus but not required
- Strong communication and presentation skills; you can make a room understand and believe in a creative direction
- Familiarity with multi-market packaging requirements and the operational complexity of adapting creative for different regional standards
- Experience working in a fast-paced, product-driven brand environment where the creative needs to be both beautiful and commercially grounded
- Willingness to travel internationally, regular trips to China are a firm expectation of this role
PopSockets is dedicated to the practice of equal opportunity employment. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants and employees on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, color, creed, ancestry, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct which has the purpose or effect of interfering with an individual’s work performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, offensive, unsafe or otherwise non-welcoming work environment. This policy applies to all employees, including managers, supervisors, co-workers; and non-employees such as customers, clients, vendors, consultants, etc.
