Creative Director, Product Marketing

The application window is being extended and is expected to close on Dec. 26, 2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

We are establishing a new creative organization within the Infrastructure Product Marketing, and this role will be instrumental in shaping the creative function that supports product marketers across the organization. This high-visibility position offers an exciting opportunity to help define how we tell our portfolio story, engage with the creative community and translate the complex into market moving propositions.

Your Impact

As a key creative leader, you will drive the development and execution of creative strategy and messaging across Cisco's Data Center, Internet & Cloud Infrastructure portfolio. You'll own the evolution of our portfolio narrative, ensuring alignment with Cisco's corporate messaging pillars while crafting distinct and compelling stories for our solutions. This role requires a combination of creative vision, critical thinking, and deep experience in B2B technology marketing.
* Develop and maintain the portfolio messaging framework to ensure alignment with Cisco's corporate narrative while creating differentiated solution stories.
* Establish and optimize foundational processes for creative operations, budget allocations and vendor management
* Collaborate closely with partners across Product Marketing, Product Management, Central Marketing, Revenue Marketing, and Sales Enablement to deliver impactful, integrated messaging.
* Drive strategic narrative development that supports Cisco's messaging pillars, clarifies portfolio positioning, and resonates with both technical and business audiences.
* Lead creative initiatives in support of product marketers for product launches, new product introductions, flagship industry and Cisco keynotes, and industry thought leadership content.ensuring cohesive storytelling, timely asset delivery, and strong go-to-market impact.
* Balance long-term strategic initiatives with rapid-turn creative needs through effective prioritization and execution.

Minimum Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree and 10 years of product marketing experience, or Master's degree and 5 years of experience.
* 7+ years of experience driving creative strategy in B2B technology marketing, preferably in large, matrixed organizations.
* Proven track record as creative director executing on keynote decks, product videos, launch videos and customer narratives

Preferred Qualifications
* Understanding of enterprise infrastructure, cloud, and data center solutions.
* Experience driving creative strategy within enterprise technology companies.
* Success in aligning product narratives with corporate messaging.
* Expertise in creative operations and multi-functional collaboration.
* Strong ability to build scalable, repeatable processes in dynamic environments.

Pay Range: 216500 USD - 284300 USD

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put - we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.