Associate Creative Director

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$120K/yr – $140K/yrMid Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive the creative leadership for experiential branding across luxury and lifestyle clients, from concept through production.

  • Own concepting, messaging, and visual direction across projects.
  • 8–10 years in experiential/agency creative leadership.
  • Proficiency with 3D tools or AI-powered design to support ideation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead all creative development for brand activations, integrated campaigns, and immersive experiences across verticals (lifestyle, beauty, CPG, fashion, sports, etc.), concepting through rapid production.
  • Own creative vision across multiple projects—developing concept, messaging, and visual approach in collaboration with strategy and production.
  • Produce floor plans, renderings, technical documentation, and design presentations.
  • Craft and present client-facing decks that balance storytelling and strategic clarity.
  • Champion innovation and originality while maintaining feasibility and brand integrity.
  • Serve as primary creative lead on high-priority accounts or campaigns.
  • Stay close to the work, ensuring ideas are not only strong conceptually but executed with craft, clarity, and cultural relevance.
  • Collaborate closely with production teams and client service teams to ensure design feasibility and execution.
  • Participate in site visits, installs, and walkthroughs to maintain design integrity.
  • Maintain organized design files and documentation across projects.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in environment/exhibition design, architecture design, interior design, marketing, or related creative discipline.
  • 8–10 years in creative roles within experiential, brand, or agency settings, with demonstrated leadership in cross-functional and client-facing work.
  • Minimum of 2 years in a senior design role, which includes leading creative development, managing projects, and mentoring junior designers.
  • Mastery in concepting, storytelling, and translating strategy into compelling creative.
  • Strong presentation, storytelling, and communication skills, both visually and verbally.
  • Experience leading teams and managing client expectations.
  • Advanced proficiency with industry tools (Adobe Suite, Keynote, Google Slides) and creative processes from ideation to execution.
  • Strong proficiency with 3D programs or AI-powered creative tools to support ideation, concept development, mood boards, and visualisation workflows.
  • A significant portfolio showcasing work for luxury, premium, or high-end lifestyle brands.

Preferred

    Benefits

    • Additional benefits include employer contributions to medical, vision, dental, and life insurance, paid parental leave, vacation time, 14 holidays, a winter holiday closure, and Summer Fridays.
    • Working environment details mention hybrid in-office/remote team requirements (three in-office days per week, two remote) as part of compensation-related benefits.
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    Amplified Marketing

    We create specialized marketing poised for mass adoption. We're about amplifying influence and leveraging the networks that create it. We've been Brand Manager, PR Associates, Distributor Reps, Event Producers, Field Managers, Content Creators, Bartenders (ahem Mixologists), Copy Writers, Retail Associates and Strategists to name a few.Our deep understanding and direct connections to the worlds of music, art, fashion and technology enable us to not just integrate brands, but define lifestyle segments.

    Founded in 2015
    New York, New York, USA
    32 employees (9 in marketing)

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    1K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    32.8%
    Direct
    41.8%
    Referral
    12.8%
    Social
    9.9%
    Paid
    1.7%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~32

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    7 (22% of company)