Associate Creative Director

USA (Hybrid)

$85K/yr – $95K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop creative across paid social, display, email, web, landing pages, video, and direct mail.
  • Turn authentic student, parent, and educator experiences into compelling campaigns and customer stories.
  • Translate business goals, audience insights, and marketing strategies into creative concepts that drive engagement and enrollment.
  • Apply testing results, customer feedback, and performance insights to continuously improve creative effectiveness.
  • Partner with a Copywriter, marketers, strategists, and agency partners to bring ideas to life.
  • Manage projects from concept through delivery, whether creating the work yourself or directing external resources.
  • Champion high standards of creative quality, craft, and consistency.
  • Leverage AI-assisted tools and workflows to accelerate ideation, content creation, asset adaptation, and production.

Requirements

  • 4–6+ years of experience in design, art direction, creative development, or integrated marketing.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating concept-driven, multi-channel campaign work.
  • Experience creating both brand-building and performance-oriented creative.
  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma.
  • Experience developing creative across social, email, web, landing pages, display advertising, video, and direct mail.
  • Working knowledge of video editing, motion graphics, and short-form content creation.
  • Understanding of customer journeys, user experience principles, and digital engagement best practices.
  • Ability to take projects from concept through execution while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
  • Experience leveraging AI-assisted creative tools and workflows.
  • Direct mail creative experience and working knowledge of print production preferred.

Preferred

  • Strong collaboration, communication, and presentation skills.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, accident, critical illness, disability insurance, FSA/HSA options with employer HSA contributions, and a generous 401(k) match.
  • Generous paid time off including 11 paid company holidays, 25 PTO days the first year (prorated), 1 paid volunteer day, 4 mental health days, and bereavement
  • Professional development support, including up to $5,250 annually for tuition reimbursement and up to $1,000 for certifications annually
  • Opportunities for paid and discounted travel
  • Flexible work schedule providing on-site, remote, and hybrid office opportunities
  • Encouraged participation in a wide variety of Employee Resource Groups
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellness resources, including fitness centers at select locations
  • Paid parental, caregiver, and disability leave
  • Team Member Discount Program
  • Engaging, collaborative, and fun work environment
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WorldStrides

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WorldStrides provides educational travel and experiences to more than 530,000 students a year. Founded in 1967 by a middle school social studies teacher from Chicago, the company has since grown to become a leader in experiential learning for students of all ages throughout their lifetime learning journey. In addition to domestic and international travel and study abroad programs, WorldStrides offerings include performing arts, sports, language immersion, career exploration, and service-learning. Each of these experiences helps students to see beyond the classroom and to see the world – and themselves – in new ways. Our global team is 1,500+ strong, united by a passion for what we do. We work with students, parents, and teachers, and behind the scenes too, to deliver experiences that transform lives. Let's get out there - together!Community Guidelines We are happy to address questions you may have, but in order to foster a vibrant and useful online community, we’ve outlined a few guidelines to be followed when posting on the WorldStrides and affiliated brands' social channels . Any comments that are in violation of the guidelines will be removed, and repeat offenders may be blocked. Comments will be removed if they contain:•Profane, inappropriate, threatening or offensive language;•Violations of copyright or intellectual property rights;•Purposefully untrue or misleading statements;•Comments that are meant to derail or hijack constructive conversations;•Personal information of community members or WorldStrides employees; •Posts that link to potentially harmful sites.

Founded in 1967
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2.1K employees (107 in marketing)
44% recommend to a friend
47% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$85K/yr – $95K/yr

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Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 8 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2017
    Private Equity
  • Jan 1998
    Private Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
300.8K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$19.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.9%
Direct
49.4%
Referral
6%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.1K

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Associate Creative Director

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