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Associate Creative Director, Design
Kettle
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Key highlights
- Salary: Base compensation target range of $140k–$170k, influenced by skill set, experience level, and location
- Requires 8+ years of design experience and 3+ years in a managerial role
- Must have expertise in design/art direction fundamentals and designing for motion
- Requires active use of AI in workflow and experience mentoring teams to adopt it
- Requires proven ability to lead cross-functional creative teams including partners from Copy, Art, and Social
- Original posting via Himalayas
Role overview
Kettle is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Design to help lead and elevate design, art direction, branding, and creative concepts across a diverse range of clients. As a leader/doer, you'll collaborate closely with Copy, Strategy, Production, and Executive stakeholders to deliver relevant, effective, and innovative creative, with a heavy emphasis on elevating the craft of teams and accounts. You'll both lead and execute work, champion the craft of design, mentor the creative team, and push conceptual thinking forward to drive innovation across digital, social, web, experiential, and campaign touchpoints.
Responsibilities
- Lead and elevate design, art direction, branding, and creative concepts across a diverse range of clients
- Collaborate closely with Copy, Strategy, Production, and Executive stakeholders to deliver relevant, effective, and innovative creative
- Elevate the craft of creative teams and accounts
- Both lead and execute work depending on the project and account
- Champion the craft of design
- Mentor and grow the creative team
- Push conceptual thinking forward to drive innovation and excellence across all touchpoints
- Manage feedback from multiple stakeholders simultaneously
- Partner with Creative Directors of Copy, Art, and Social and lead cross-functional creative teams in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Communicate clear deadlines and expectations to a team of creatives and sometimes creators (in the social space)
- Active use of AI in your workflow, and experience mentoring teams to adopt it and learn how to change the way they work
- Adapt brand look and feel across industries and audiences, from B2B to B2C, and connect creative ideas to broader business objectives
- Craft and execute look and feel to bring a brand's guidelines to life in the digital space, with executions flowing out across landing pages, emails, OOH, experiential, social, campaign concepts, videos, and more
- Generate and provide leadership over big ideas for campaign concepting, collaborating across disciplines to build campaign ecosystems that are strategically sound and creatively bold
- Build persuasive pitch presentations that structure and elevate strategic and creative storytelling for key internal and external audiences
Requirements
- At least 8+ years of experience in design, either at an agency, in-house, or both, with a strong track record of craft-oriented, brand-focused creative work
- 3+ years in a managerial role
- Proven ability to lead campaign development from concept through execution across integrated platforms
- Natural ability to provide clear, actionable direction, ensuring consistency across assets
- Expertise in design and art direction fundamentals, and how to design for motion
Nice to have
- An innovative mindset, with a hunger for finding new ways to serve clients and their needs
- Strong presentation and communication skills, with executive presence and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
Additional details
- Kettle is a team of passionate, fearless creatives focused on delivering great products, redefining best-practices, and providing new opportunities for clients
- This is a pivotal role in shaping clients' visual direction and bringing it to life across digital, social, web, experiential, and campaign
- The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of strategic thinking, creative ideation, and impactful visual storytelling
- Design and copy are valued as complementary disciplines built in harmony rather than silos
- This is a creative leadership role for someone ready to drive work that is strategically smart, conceptually rich, and beautifully crafted
- Originally posted on Himalayas
