Associate Creative Director

Responsibilities

• Creative Leadership - Lead the creative development of enterprise marketing campaigns, executive communications, enterprise events, presentations, reports, multimedia, and visual experiences that strengthen the Verisk brand. Establish high creative standards while ensuring work consistently balances business objectives, customer experience, and brand excellence across every deliverable.
• Team Leadership & Development - Lead and develop a multidisciplinary creative team by providing coaching, creative direction, performance feedback, and career development. Foster a collaborative, high-performing environment where designers continuously improve their craft, develop new capabilities, and contribute across multiple creative disciplines.
• Creative Operations & Delivery - Partner with Brand Operations, Marketing Operations, and enterprise stakeholders to prioritize work, manage creative capacity, improve workflows, and ensure projects are delivered with quality, consistency, and predictability. Continuously identify opportunities to simplify production processes and improve the overall effectiveness of the creative organization.
• Creative Systems & Innovation - Develop scalable creative systems that improve organizational effectiveness through templates, design standards, reusable assets, AI-enabled workflows, and production best practices. Champion innovation by identifying opportunities to automate repetitive design work, allowing the team to focus on higher-value creative thinking and customer experience.
• Cross-Functional Partnership - Partner closely with Enterprise Brand Marketing, Enterprise Editorial & Content Strategy, Enterprise Reputation, Digital Marketing, and Marketing Operations to translate business strategies into compelling creative experiences. Build trusted relationships across Marketing while serving as a creative advisor to internal stakeholders and project teams.
• Creative Leadership Profile - Creative leader with exceptional design judgment and a passion for developing multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Inspires and coaches designers while creating an environment where creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning thrive.
• Balances creative excellence with business objectives, ensuring every deliverable strengthens the Verisk brand and supports enterprise priorities.
• Leads through ambiguity with a hands-on approach, rolling up their sleeves to solve challenges and provide clear, actionable recommendations that move the work forward.
• Trusted creative partner who collaborates effectively across Marketing and influences stakeholders through expertise, relationships, and thoughtful communication.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Digital Design, Marketing, Fine Arts, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in graphic design, creative services, agency, or in-house creative organizations.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary creative projects spanning print, presentations, multimedia, enterprise events, and visual storytelling.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, or leading designers while fostering a collaborative, high-performing creative culture.
• Strong understanding of enterprise branding, visual identity systems, presentation design, production workflows, and creative quality assurance.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional marketing teams to translate business strategies into compelling creative experiences.
• Working knowledge of AI-enabled creative tools, design systems, and emerging technologies that improve creative efficiency and scalability.

Preferred

• Innovative and creative thinker: pioneer who embraces bold ideas
• Adaptable: ability to interact and gain alignment with all levels of the organization including the Executive level
• Team player: high EQ, low ego, resourceful, frugal; treats resources as their own
• “Let’s go” attitude: optimist, contagious enthusiast, sees the upside
• Accountability matters: drives for results as coach and team player; bias to outcomes
• Exhibits aptitude: always learning and growing; constantly attempts new experiences
• Flexible: works quickly and nimbly; able and willing to wear multiple hats without hesitation; resilient
• Grit: passionate, self-directed, and motivated; demonstrates endurance

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• a Retirement Plan
• Disability benefits
• a Paid Time Off program