Associate Creative Director, Paid Social

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$155K/yr – $190K/yrMid Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead paid social creative at Grow, translating broader brand strategy into high-performing, on-brand paid social work.
  • Manage and develop a team of designers and editors, providing creative direction, feedback, and hands-on coaching to raise the team's craft.
  • Review and approve creative from both internal team members and agency partners, maintaining consistent creative excellence across all sources.
  • Maintain and model strong design and editing craft, setting the technical and aesthetic standard the team is expected to meet.
  • Build structured creative testing frameworks in partnership with Growth and Strategy partners that validate hypotheses, explore new formats, and uncover what resonates with different audience personas.
  • Partner with growth and data teams to track performance signals, interpret data, and translate insights into creative direction and iteration.
  • Maintain an always-on pipeline of new, diverse creative ideas informed by cultural trends, creator behaviors, community conversations, and platform shifts.
  • Develop guidelines, templates, and scalable systems that help the team and broader organization produce high-quality, high-volume social content.
  • Monitor competitive landscapes and platform trends to identify new opportunities for breakthrough creativity.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience creating social-first creative in a performance-driven environment, ideally within a growth team, creative studio, or agency.
  • 2+ years of experience managing or directing designers, editors, or other creative talent.
  • Experience reviewing and giving feedback on creative from both internal teams and agency partners.
  • Deep fluency in Meta, TikTok, and other performance channels, including an understanding of how creative influences delivery, CPM efficiency, and conversion.
  • Experience developing structured testing plans and frameworks that connect creative concepts to personas, hypotheses, and clear measurement criteria.
  • Experience translating brand strategy into channel-specific creative direction.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus life and disability coverage.
  • Parental Leave & Family Support: Up to 18 weeks paid leave and a new child stipend.
  • Financial Wellness: 401(k) program and equity opportunities.
  • Meals & Home Office Support: Stipends for home office setup and ongoing funds for meals, with tailored perks for both remote and in-office employees.
  • Time Off to Recharge: Flexible PTO, 12 paid holidays, and a full winter break week.
  • Wellness & Development: Annual stipends to put towards personal & professional growth.
  • Mental & Physical Health Support: No-cost access to therapy through the Grow platform, weekly flexible hours for self-care (“Mental Health Mornings/Afternoons”) and memberships to leading wellness apps (such as One Medical, Headspace, and Talkspace).
  • Extra Perks: Pet insurance discounts, commuter benefits, and global travel assistance.
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Grow Therapy

4.8 Glassdoor

Grow Therapy is an online therapy platform that makes mental health care easy to start, covered by insurance, and flexible enough to grow with your life.We’re building a better kind of therapy—accessible, affordable, and made to fit real life. We sit at the intersection of people, providers, and partners, because that’s where change happens.We believe change starts by empowering therapists. Grow’s smart platform helps independent providers build thriving practices by handling credentialing, billing, and client referrals—so they can focus on care. With business tools, a supportive clinical community, and growth resources like CE events and speaking opportunities, Grow helps providers practice with more freedom and more support. Grow helps people find licensed therapists who reflect their lived experience, whether that means shared racial or cultural background, language, identity, or life stage. It’s easy to search by specialty, availability, and insurance. Many clients pay ~$21 per session with insurance; some pay $0.With over 1 million clients served and thousands of providers, we’ve built trust the old-fashioned way: one session at a time.Here’s how Grow makes therapy easier: • Covered by insurance: 100+ plans, including Medicare and Medicaid • Fast to start: Book online, begin in as little as 2 days • Flexible scheduling: Virtual or in-person, evenings, weekends • Built for you: Search by identity, specialty, language & more • Clear cost estimates: No subscriptionsWe’re rethinking not just how people access care, but how care feels, because life doesn’t pause between sessions, and with Grow, care doesn’t either.We’re proud to grow with mission-aligned partners like Sequoia, SignalFire, Village Global, Airbnb, Nurx, PatientPing, and Blackstone—who share our belief that everyone deserves access to quality mental health care.Learn more at growtherapy.com

Founded in 2020
New York, New York, USA
2.6K employees (81 in marketing)
96% recommend to a friend
98% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.3%
Direct
67%
Referral
2.1%
Social
0.2%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
64 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
9.5 years
Median Tenure
2.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$328M
Last Raise
$150M
Series D, 13 days ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2026
    Series D • $150M
  • Apr 2024
    Series C • $88M
  • Sep 2022
    Debt Financing • $30M

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