Associate Creative Director

Arlington, VA (On-site)

$125K/yr – $150K/yrMid Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 11 days ago

Job Summary

Own the creative vision from concept to execution, leading cross-functional teams to deliver culturally resonant campaigns across digital, social, video, print, and events, while guiding junior creatives and shaping messaging and storytelling.

  • Lead brainstorming and pitches
  • Collaborate with cross-functional leaders
  • Mentor junior creatives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the Creative Director as a hands-on leader for each project, collaborating with cross-functional leaders to ensure work is strategic and best-in-class.
  • Partner with art directors, designers, and video producers to deliver creative concepts and executions that go beyond informing or entertaining—our goal is cultural resonance. We’re not selling a product; we’re creating paradigm shifts.
  • Support creative efforts throughout the lifecycle of campaigns and partnerships, providing guidance and oversight to ensure excellence.
  • Strategize platform-specific executions, ensuring concepts thrive across digital, social, video, print, and events.
  • Provide hands-on guidance to junior and mid-level creatives, helping them refine concepts and sharpen execution.
  • Write persuasive, engaging, and on-brand copy across a variety of channels (digital, social, video, experiential, print).
  • Translate complex ideas into simple, powerful messages that resonate with audiences.
  • Lead brainstorming sessions, pitch concepts, and present ideas with confidence to both internal teams and clients.
  • Infuse our philosophy and principles into stories and creative expressions that deeply connect with audiences.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in a conceptual creative role at an agency, publisher, media company, in-house at a brand, or similar organization.
  • A strong portfolio including video, OOH, print, digital, social, and longform work samples.
  • Strong presentation/pitching skills to generate support from internal stakeholders and external partners.
  • Superior writing skills, with an ability to crystallize complex ideas clearly and concisely.
  • Strong communication skills to nurture senior cross-departmental relationships.
  • A solutions-first mindset.
  • Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture , which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

Preferred

  • Branding and its various expressions.
  • Navigating a matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders.
  • Experience with behavior change campaigns.
Stand Together logo

Stand Together

3.3 Glassdoor

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. From education and economic opportunity to healthcare, communities, and division, we work to address the challenges holding people back from reaching their full potential.Our partners include nonprofit leaders, educators, Fortune 50 CEOs, NFL legends, civil rights leaders, Grammy-winning musicians, and grassroots activists. We help them transform their results by providing access to powerful capabilities — including funding to build capacity, a unique national network to reach scale, and a proven playbook for applying principles that help organizations grow, innovate, and thrive.Complex problems require a comprehensive approach. That’s why the Stand Together community unites changemakers from every sector and background to drive lasting solutions that transform lives and society.

Founded in 2003
Arlington, Virginia, USA
775 employees (144 in marketing)
53% recommend to a friend
71% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$125K/yr – $150K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

See all Stand Together salaries

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
100.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.4%
Direct
40.1%
Referral
8.6%
Social
5%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~775

Recent News

Stand Together logo

Associate Creative Director

Stand Together · Arlington, VA · On-site