Associate Creative Director

Looking for a Associate Creative Director who thrives in fast-paced environments and loves a challenge!

Role

We are looking for an Associate Creative Director to join our design-savvy team, leading clients to convey genuine stories across digital channels.

You thrive in fast-paced environments and love the challenge of creating engaging and innovative content. You are a hands-on visionary who builds impactful social, digital, and brand activation campaigns. You champion creative work, actively evolve design strategies, and translate marketing objectives into jaw-dropping visuals from concept to execution. All this while being the guardian of quality and the safekeeper of a brand's look and feel.

If you are passionate about all of the small things and are eager to get your hands dirty with ever-evolving work across a wide range of projects, we'd like to meet you.

Responsibilities

• Work from a brief with a copywriter or other members of the creative team, generating ideas to present to clients
• Determine how to best represent concepts visually
• Produce storyboards, wireframes, and layouts based on creative ideas
• Visualize concepts for presentations and proposals
• Understand marketing initiatives, strategic positioning, and a target audience to develop an artistic approach and style to match
• Design & produce effective social and digital campaigns
• Coordinate with designers, motion graphics artists, video editors, and copywriters
• Offer input & share ideas in creative meetings
• Produce attractive and effective designs for various media outputs
• Manage projects, on and off location, and work within a budget

Requirements

• 7-10+ years experience in creative field

• Expert knowledge of design software like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,
• Understanding and experience with editing tools like Adobe Premiere and After Effects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Innovation in layout, typography, hierarchy and composition
• Keen eye for design and visualization and a meticulous attention to detail

• Time management and multitasking abilities
• Creative problem-solving aptitude
• Inspirational and visionary with the self-drive to maintain and improve design standards
• Team player with flexibility to step in when needed on any project
• Agency or social media experience strongly preferred

Benefits

What you get

• Autonomy to lead your projects and grow your accounts; as your account grows - so will your team
• Great benefits offerings including Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, Commuter Benefits, Life Insurance and 401K, just to name a few
• Generous time-off package, including the last week of the year off
• Wellness & Development stipends
• Flexible working environment
• Plus, much more!

About 1000heads

1000heads is a social transformation company. We help global brands adapt to rapid and continual shifts in media, technology and culture. The company delivers social-first data, insights, strategic consultancy and creative services to clients around the world. We deliver social & influencer campaigns to our US roster, which includes; Google, Arm, Thomas English Muffins, Snapchat, Caviar, Noom & OPI.

1000heads is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we are passionately committed to working together to promote an inclusive environment which celebrates and promotes diversity. We are committed to our belief that diversity in our team generates better and bolder ideas, creativity, understanding and respect. We welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual's ability to perform their job.