Associate Creative Director

What You'll Do

• Lead creative development across campaigns, brand initiatives, content, and new business opportunities.
• Generate original concepts and visual ideas that solve business challenges and inspire clients.
• Partner with writers, strategists, account teams and production partners to create compelling creative work.
• Provide creative direction and mentorship to designers, editors, motion artists and other creative team members.
• Review work, provide constructive feedback and elevate the overall quality of creative output.
• Direct the visual execution of projects from concept through final delivery.
• Present ideas and creative rationale to clients and internal teams with confidence and clarity.
• Collaborate with video teams throughout concepting, storyboarding, production and post-production.
• Help shape agency creative standards, processes and culture.
• Contribute to new business pitches and agency growth initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• 7–10+ years of experience in advertising, branding, marketing or related creative fields.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional conceptual thinking and visual craft.
• Expertise in art direction, design systems, typography and visual storytelling.
• Proven experience leading creative projects and guiding other designers or creatives.
• Strong understanding of video production, creative development, storyboarding, editing workflows and content creation.
• Experience developing integrated campaigns across multiple channels.
• Strong presentation, communication and collaboration skills.
• Able to manage multiple projects while maintaining high standards and attention to detail.
• Bonus points for motion design experience, on-set production experience, experience directing video shoots and talent, and experience working with both regional and national brands.