Associate Creative Director, Design – Ninja

About Us

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company's products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

AI at SharkNinja

At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in.

About SharkNinja

This is a role for a design leader who does not just execute campaigns. You build product identities, shape visual systems from day one, and create ideas that drive demand across the entire funnel. You will partner closely with product, insights, and marketing from the earliest stages, influencing how products are positioned, named, and brought to life visually.

Overview

We are looking for an Associate Creative Director, Design to help define what Ninja looks like next. This is a role for a design leader who does not just execute campaigns. You build product identities, shape visual systems from day one, and create ideas that drive demand across the entire funnel. You will partner closely with product, insights, and marketing from the earliest stages, influencing how products are positioned, named, and brought to life visually.

What You’ll Do

• Define product identities from the ground up with product and insights teams
• Work upstream to help shape product positioning and opportunity areas
• Lead scalable campaign platforms and visual systems
• Own the visual ecosystem across packaging, Amazon, DTC, retail, video, and social
• Design for modern attention with platform-native systems
• Create work that balances brand building and performance
• Use AI tools and Figma to accelerate concepting and production
• Act as a hands-on player coach leading by example
• Mentor and elevate designers
• Present and sell creative work to stakeholders

What We’re Looking For

• 8 to 10 years in design or art direction at a senior or lead level
• Portfolio showing strong conceptual thinking and visual systems
• Demonstrated ability to define and launch product identities and systems from 0 to 1
• Experience working upstream with product and insights teams to shape positioning
• Strong instincts for social and motion design
• Experience across packaging, DTC, Amazon, and retail
• Fluency in Figma and modern workflows
• Experience using AI in the creative process

Pay Range

The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching
• Employee stock purchase program
• Life insurance
• AD&D
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Generous paid time off
• Company holidays
• Parental leave
• Identity theft protection
• Pet insurance
• Pre-paid legal insurance
• Back-up child and eldercare days
• Product discounts
• Referral bonus program