Responsibilities

• Help lead the agency in creative ideation and innovative thinking, mentor the creative team to deliver great work through inclusivity and collaboration.
• As the Associate Creative Director, you will work on conceptualizing captivating multi-touch experiences that are not only creative but also align perfectly with our client's unique brands.
• Your close collaboration with the Creative Lead on a given account ensures that their vision is consistently brought to life across all projects.
• It's a hands-on position where you not only manage the work and the project team but also actively engage in the creative process, bringing ideas to fruition.
• You will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of one to two team members.
• Be an impactful participant in new business development efforts, including the pitch process, and will contribute to the creative and agency culture by inspiring teams to do their best work.
• As an agency leader, you'll translate clients' brands into thoughtful, compelling, and interactive experiences, and set the highest standards for all creatives to follow by leading the agency in new thinking and techniques.
• You will clearly understand all creative disciplines and collaborate with creative leadership to create high-quality, strategic presentations that exceed client expectations through copywriting, sketches, renders, mock-ups, and presentations.
• You'll produce and inspire inventive, thoughtful, and on-brand work while taking a hands-on approach to team mentorship.
• You'll excel at managing your team's workload and meeting tight deadlines.

Requirements

• Minimum of four-year degree in Design, Advertising, Theater or related creative discipline
• Minimum 7 years industry experience or related creative process experience combining strategy, content, message with creative deliverables.
• Ability to travel 25%
• Ability to work irregular hours in addition to normal business hours, to include nights, weekends and holidays as needed
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills required.

Preferred

• Event and Experience Design expertise desirable.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest.
• Employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period).
• Low employee contribution healthcare option.