Associate Creative Director

About the role

The Associate Creative Director plays a key role in shaping and elevating the Weissman brand across every customer touchpoint. This creative leader transforms big-picture vision into compelling campaigns, customer-facing storytelling, and actionable creative direction across catalog, web, email, photography, and marketing initiatives. Working closely with the Creative Director and cross-functional partners, this role helps bring seasonal concepts, launch strategies, and brand narratives to life in a way that is visually impactful, strategically aligned, and unmistakably Weissman.

Responsibilities

• Translate creative strategy into clear themes, messaging, and actionable creative direction across projects and campaigns
• Partner closely with the Creative Director to execute seasonal stories, launches, and multi-channel marketing initiatives
• Lead concept development and execution across catalog, web, email, photography, and supporting marketing assets
• Help shape customer-facing storytelling and ensure consistency in messaging and visual presentation across channels
• Provide direction, coaching, and development to Senior Art Directors, Art Directors, Graphic Designers, and Copywriters
• Oversee creative workflow direction and help prioritize resources across competing initiatives
• Ensure creative work aligns with brand standards, business priorities, and approved strategic direction
• Review layouts, presentations, concepts, and final deliverables for quality, consistency, and readiness
• Deliver thoughtful and strategic feedback that strengthens both creative execution and message clarity
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships with merchandising, studio, marketing, and production teams

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Advertising, Marketing, Communications, or a related field preferred
• Experience: 7 to 9 years of progressive creative experience within retail, apparel, brand, or agency environments
• Experience: Leading campaigns, launches, or multi-channel creative initiatives
• Experience: Managing multidisciplinary creative teams in collaborative, fast-paced environments
• Knowledge, Skills + Abilities: Strong ability to translate strategy into actionable creative direction, excellent understanding of visual storytelling, campaign structure, and customer-facing messaging, strong coaching, communication, and collaboration skills, excellent design judgment and attention to brand consistency across channels, strong project management, prioritization, and decision-making abilities, professional business acumen with a positive, solutions-oriented mindset, advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and creative workflow tools

What we offer

At Weissman, we take care of our people. Full-time salaried employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, vision (100% employer-paid), dental, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA). We offer a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, as well as Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs). Time away from work is important too—we provide generous Paid Time Off (PTO), four floating holidays annually, and nine company-observed holidays. Our benefits also include paid parental and adoption leave, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with confidential support resources, and access to wellness and mental health services. Benefits begin the first of the month following 30 days of employment.