Associate Creative Director

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $135K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and evolve Clearly Filtered's brand and creative system while leading end-to-end campaign and content production and building a high-performing design team across e-commerce and performance marketing.

  • Own brand identity and guidelines; defend and evolve creative standards across channels.
  • Lead cross-channel creative development for campaigns, product launches, and partnerships.
  • Build, coach, and manage a creative team and streamline operations and assets.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Brand & Creative Leadership Defines and continuously evolves Clearly Filtered’s creative expression, ensuring consistency and premium positioning across every customer touchpoint.
  • - Define and own the brand’s visual identity, creative standards, tone, and aesthetic, and be its most fluent practitioner, not just its gatekeeper
  • - Translate business strategies and marketing priorities into compelling creative concepts, then execute them personally
  • - Build scalable design systems and creative frameworks that support iteration and cross-channel deployment
  • - Maintain and evolve brand guidelines that keep the team aligned as output scales
  • Campaign & Content Creation Leads the creative development of all marketing initiatives from concept through final production, personally creating video, social, and campaign assets across every channel.
  • - Lead creative development for all initiatives including seasonal campaigns, product launches, promotions, partnerships, and brand moments
  • - Take a project strategy and translate it into a cohesive creative system across web, social, paid, and email; concept it, design it, deliver it
  • - Personally create and edit social media videos including Reels, TikTok, and paid video ads from raw footage or UGC through final cut
  • - Design social-first graphics, statics, and motion assets optimized for Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, and emerging platforms

Requirements

  • 8+ years of design experience with a portfolio that demonstrates craft and range across digital channels
  • Deep DTC and e-commerce digital marketing experience; you’ve designed for conversion and know what performs on web, social, paid, and email
  • Proven experience creating and editing social media videos as well as graphics; fluent in Premiere Pro, After Effects, or CapCut alongside expert-level Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
  • Experience designing content for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Pinterest with a strong understanding of what makes creative perform on each
  • Ability to receive a strategy and independently translate it into channel-right creative, not one asset resized four ways
  • Experience building, evolving, or enforcing a brand system across a growing creative output
  • A clear point of view: you can articulate why a piece of creative works, defend it, and change your mind when the data says to

Preferred

  • Packaging design experience: unboxing, product packaging, inserts, and retail-ready materials
  • Print production knowledge including dielines, materials, and finishes
  • Experience in health, wellness, or consumer products where trust and substantiated claims matter

Benefits

  • Hybrid work flexibility with 9am to 4pm working hours
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance benefits
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid holidays, floating holiday, and PTO
  • The opportunity to be part of a growing brand focused on helping people live healthier lives
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Clearly Filtered, Inc.

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Clearly Filtered makes advanced water filters and filtration systems that target hundreds of contaminants typical carbon filters can’t. Its breakthrough Affinity Filtration Technology filters chemicals, metals, and toxins that can’t be seen, smelled, or tasted, including fluoride, arsenic, and PFAS. Products are built in the USA and tested by EPA-accredited labs.

Founded in 2011
Rancho Santa Margarita, California, USA
30 employees (7 in marketing)
100% recommend to a friend

Salaries

Posted range

$110K/yr – $135K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6 (20% of company)
Median Tenure
11 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
280K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$164.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.2%
Direct
49.8%
Referral
5.2%
Social
11.9%
Paid
1.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~30
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Associate Creative Director

Clearly Filtered, Inc. · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA · Hybrid