Associate Creative Director, Art & Film

Mountain View, CA (Hybrid)

$120K/yr – $261K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 12 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the translation of strategy and consumer insight into bold, memorable creative ideas, lead campaigns from brief to delivery, and shape visual worlds while guiding partners and maintaining craft.

  • Lead concept development and cross‑functional collaboration
  • Oversee production and partnership with agencies and creators

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Translate strategy, consumer insights, cultural observations, and product truths into simple, surprising, and memorable creative ideas.
  • Concept ambitious campaign ideas in close partnership with copywriters, helping shape the central idea and drive creative development.
  • Drive creative projects with internal creative teams and agency partners from brief through concept development, production, and final delivery, continually pushing for stronger ideas and exceptional craft.
  • Work directly with agencies, directors, production companies, illustrators, editors, VFX artists, and other creative partners to bring ideas to life at the highest level.
  • Establish compelling visual approaches and creative worlds that strengthen the central campaign idea and can extend across multiple consumer touchpoints.
  • Give clear, actionable creative direction and feedback to art directors, designers, agencies, and multidisciplinary creative partners.
  • Present creative thinking clearly and persuasively to creative leadership, marketing partners, and stakeholders.
  • Maintain a strong point of view on contemporary advertising, filmmaking, design, technology, and culture, bringing that perspective into the work.
  • Manage multiple creative projects and productions simultaneously while maintaining a strong point of view and exceptional attention to craft.
  • Contribute to a creative culture where ambitious thinking, collaboration, and world-class craft are expected.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications or related art field AND 4+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment. OR equivalent experience.

Preferred

  • Significant professional experience as an Associate Creative Director, senior art director, or equivalent at a leading advertising agency or in-house creative team at a consumer organization.
  • An outstanding portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, integrated campaigns, filmmaking, art direction, and visual storytelling at a high level.
  • Strong experience developing consumer campaigns across television, film, online video, social, digital, OOH, retail, experiential, and other channels.
  • Hands-on experience taking commercial film and advertising productions from creative development and pre-production through shoot, post-production, and final delivery.
  • Experience working directly with directors, production companies, producers, cinematographers, editors, VFX partners, photographers, and other production specialists.
  • Strong understanding of filmmaking and production craft, including cinematography, production design, casting, editorial, VFX, color, music, sound, and post-production.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop a compelling visual world around a creative idea and extend it across multiple mediums and consumer touchpoints.
  • Experience developing ideas collaboratively with copywriters and multidisciplinary creative teams.
  • Experience developing nationally or globally recognized consumer advertising.
  • Experience working on high-profile television, film, and integrated advertising campaigns from initial concept through final delivery.
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Salaries

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$120K/yr – $261K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$1M
Last Raise
$1M
Post IPO Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2022
    Post IPO Equity
  • Jan 2020
    Post IPO Equity
  • Sep 1981
    Series Unknown • $1M

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$5.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.6%
Direct
56.9%
Referral
7.3%
Social
0.4%
Paid
1.2%

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Current headcount: ~225.8K

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Associate Creative Director, Art & Film

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