Associate Design Director

About the role

The Associate Design Director will elevate the quality, consistency, and impact of Stand Together’s creative work across the brand and its network of partners. Reporting to the Creative Director, this role involves serving as the design lead, guiding and mentoring designers, and collaborating with various stakeholders to bring integrated ideas to life.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the design lead across projects, partnering with the Creative Director to ensure work is visually exceptional, strategically aligned, and cohesive across channels.
• Act as the primary design authority, providing a critical, detail-oriented eye to refine and elevate creative work at every stage.
• Guide and mentor designers (junior through senior), offering hands-on feedback, direction, and coaching to strengthen craft, execution, and conceptual thinking.
• Spend dedicated time in the work, reviewing layouts, typography, systems, and visual storytelling to ensure the highest level of polish and consistency.
• Establish and uphold design standards, systems, and best practices across brand, campaigns, and partnerships.
• Collaborate closely with art directors, copywriters, strategists, and producers to bring integrated ideas to life across digital, social, video, print, and experiential.
• Translate strategic concepts into compelling visual systems and executions that resonate culturally and emotionally.
• Lead design critiques, foster a culture of constructive feedback, and create an environment where designers can grow and do their best work.
• Ensure design work scales effectively across platforms while maintaining integrity and quality.
• Support the Creative Director by owning the day-to-day design quality, enabling more focus on higher-level strategy and vision.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in design, with a strong track record in brand, campaign, and multi-channel execution (agency or in-house).
• A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional design craft across digital, social, print, video, and brand systems.
• Experience managing, leading, mentoring, and developing designers, with a passion for elevating team performance.
• A refined design sensibility with a “laser eye” for detail, typography, layout, and visual systems.
• Strong understanding of how design supports storytelling, strategy, and audience engagement.
• Experience working within complex, multi-stakeholder environments while maintaining high creative standards.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions clearly and persuasively.
• A highly collaborative mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement—for both the work and the team.

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.
• Experience building and scaling brand systems across multiple channels and partners.
• Experience mentoring and leveling up design teams in fast-paced environments.
• Background in culturally driven or behavior change campaigns.
• Ability to balance hands-on design involvement with leadership responsibilities.

Skills

• Exceptional visual craft and design sensibility.
• Strong executional ability and ability to guide teams towards best-in-class outcomes.
• Sharp design eye and attention to detail.
• Understanding of how design supports storytelling, strategy, and audience engagement.
• Experience working within complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Collaborative mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, and wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• A meaningful career with a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges.
• Commitment to growth in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop, and apply their unique talents.
• Competitive compensation with a base salary range of $125,000-$160,000 per year, and potential for additional bonus compensation.

Pay

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $125,000-$160,000 per year. This role may also be eligible for additional bonus compensation designed to align total compensation with an employee’s overall contribution to the organization.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the position and the organization.