Senior Creative Director

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™️ platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 160+ public exchanges globally and thousands of private exchanges at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform.

We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler.

We are looking for a Senior Creative Director to join our team. This is a hybrid role based out of our global headquarters in San Jose, CA, reporting to the VP, Brand Marketing in the Brand Marketing department. We are seeking a visionary Senior Creative Director to serve as a strategic creative partner to senior leadership and lead our global brand transformation. Reporting directly to the VP, Brand Marketing, this role will drive the overarching creative vision, translate business and brand strategy into high-impact global experiences, and lead a world-class creative organization. You will serve as a key partner across teams, scaling our brand story and visual identity to elevate our market leadership, inspire customer trust, and cultivate a culture of creative excellence.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Drive the global visual brand evolution and creative direction across all touchpoints, ensuring cohesion, differentiation, and narrative excellence

• Build, scale, and mentor a high-performing, multidisciplinary global creative team spanning design, art direction, video, and UX/UI

• Serve as a trusted partner to senior executives, translating complex business priorities into clear creative briefs and strategic roadmaps

• Orchestrate brand-led storytelling across digital platforms, web experiences, and physical environment touchpoints

• Establish holistic brand systems, guidelines, and visual frameworks to guide global campaigns, digital platforms, and experiential touchpoints

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action, operating with integrity and navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a trusted collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, embracing our challenge culture with candor, clarity, and respect to earn trust and elevate collective performance.

• You champion simplicity. You excel at distilling complex problems and strategic concepts into clear, actionable plans and precise communications that bring focus to every interaction.

• You think at scale. You connect day-to-day creative work to the broader corporate mission, building global solutions, frameworks, and teams that support long-term growth.

• You lead with integrity. You hold yourself and others to high standards of accountability, building trust through consistent, transparent action and steady leadership through complexity.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum