Associate Creative Director

Responsibilities

• Own creative direction across marketing, bringing a strong point of view to how the Material Bank brand shows up across channels and audiences.
• Concept and execute major brand moments, including integrated campaigns, product launches, events, and physical activations.
• Lead creative development across ongoing marketing channels, including paid advertising, email, social, digital, and print, balancing high creative standards with speed and execution.
• Remain hands-on in the design process while leveraging freelance creative support to extend the team's capabilities.
• Build on and evolve our brand identity system, finding new ways to express the brand while maintaining consistency and quality.
• Partner closely with Marketing, Product Design, and senior leadership, including our CEO, to translate business priorities into compelling creative.
• Collaborate across our US and European teams to ensure the brand feels globally consistent while remaining relevant to local audiences.
• Help define how we integrate AI into our creative workflows, exploring new ways to improve creative development and execution.

Requirements

• 7–10 years of experience in brand and marketing design, with a portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft, conceptual thinking, and creative judgment.
• Experience developing creative across both major brand campaigns and day-to-day marketing channels.
• A strong creative point of view and the ability to evolve an established brand system while maintaining its integrity.
• Strong understanding of how creative supports marketing objectives, balancing brand-building, audience relevance, and performance.
• A collaborative, low-ego approach, with the confidence to champion ideas, incorporate feedback, and partner effectively across functions and with senior leaders.
• A bias toward action and the ability to produce exceptional work in a fast-moving, high-output environment.

Benefits

• Our people: We are a growth-driven team that values efficiency, builds smart automation, operates in small empowered teams, and moves quickly from idea to execution.
• Relaxation and Celebrations: Flexible PTO, Sick Days, Paid National Holidays, and even more (ask us about this when we connect).
• Health Benefits: We contribute to your medical, dental, vision and short-term/long-term disability plans and have a strong employee assistance program.
• Plan for your Retirement: 401(k) eligible after your first 90 day's employed!
• Giving Back: We sponsor multiple events throughout the year to help out our communities.
• Growth: We'll help you take your career to the next level. We want you to be creative and take initiative which will allow you to grow and create within the company. Most importantly, be the best at what matters!
• Flexible Work Schedules: With business units and employees across the globe, Material Technologies has embraced a hybrid working model allowing department leaders to decide on the best approach for their respective teams, whether that be remote, in person, or a little of both.