Associate Creative Director, Design

Responsibilities

• Lead and elevate design, art direction, branding, and creative concepts across digital, social, web, and experiential platforms
• Collaborate with Copy, Strategy, Production, and Executive stakeholders to deliver innovative creative
• Champion the craft of design and mentor and grow the creative team
• Push conceptual thinking forward to drive innovation and excellence across all touchpoints
• Execute work directly when required by project or account needs
• Build persuasive pitch decks and presentations for internal and external audiences

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in design (agency or in-house)
• 3+ years in a managerial role
• Proven ability to lead campaign development from concept through execution
• Expertise in design and art direction fundamentals, including motion design
• Experience mentoring designers and leading cross-functional teams
• Ability to manage feedback from multiple stakeholders simultaneously
• Active use of AI in workflow and experience mentoring teams to adopt it
• Strong presentation and communication skills with executive presence

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellence in digital execution (landing pages, emails, OOH, social, campaign concepts, videos)
• Excellence in campaign concepting and building strategically sound campaign ecosystems
• Excellence in building persuasive pitch decks for strategic and creative storytelling

About the Company

Kettle is a team of passionate, fearless creatives focused on delivering great products, redefining best-practices, and providing new opportunities for our clients.