Senior Creative Associate

Access

Senior Creative Associate at Access producing creative proposals and sales collateral. Collaborating with suppliers and supporting the Creative Team in a hybrid role.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeDenver • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Applies creative tools and platforms to enhance visual storytelling, modify imagery, and support proposal development.
Begins contributing to content conceptualization and leading smaller-scale proposals, while collaborating on larger programs with Creative Managers in proposal splits and owning asset-based projects.
Build and maintain personal dashboards to track vendor activity, data accuracy, and project progress, ensuring information integrity across systems.
Initiate and manage vendor relationships through account setup, vetting, and ongoing updates in Salesforce to maintain complete and current supplier records.
Incorporate creative strategy into daily work by aligning design, pricing, and delivery with overall program goals and client objectives.
Partners with Creative Managers and Sales to understand the strategy behind creative and pricing decisions, ensuring all deliverables reflect cohesive, goal-driven storytelling.
Stays informed on industry trends, regional preferences, and design innovations to refine creative instincts and strengthen proposal impact.
Manages multiple priorities with efficiency and accuracy, balancing 3–5 concurrent proposals of varying scale while maintaining high creative and operational standards.
Collaborates with Creative, Sales, and Events teams to plan and execute large-scale programs, ensuring seamless coordination, alignment, and consistent delivery across functions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2 - 3+ years in a DMC or a related field.
Demonstrated success with creative problem-solving and taking initiative.
Ability to independently manage smaller-scale proposal development
High client satisfaction scores across all programs
Meeting or exceeding gross profit goals on programs
Excelling in Key Areas of Responsibility
Consistently meeting or exceeding performance targets (Revenue, Average Invoice, etc.)
Consistently demonstrating all Access Values
Completing the required training and certification
Showing initiative in problem-solving
Maintaining a positive attitude

Benefits

Comp & perks

Certified as a Great Place to Work – 3 years in a row and counting!
50+ years in the industry!
Women-owned and women-led
Fun, creative, and supportive culture
Focus on recognition and employee value – including annual and quarterly awards
Paid day off to serve your local community
Annual all-company retreat to connect, learn, and have fun together
Annual qualifier-based incentive trip for top performers (certain departments eligible)
Regional team outings
Monthly companywide meetings to connect, learn, and celebrate wins
Highly competitive total compensation, including strong base salary and quarterly bonuses
Very strong performance-based quarterly commission plans
401k with company match (eligible after 1 year, up to 4% of salary matched, vested immediately)
Monthly cell phone stipend
Flexible schedule opportunities
Generous PTO
Sick days
9 full holidays
5 half days off prior to holidays to unplug early
2 floating holidays off to be used on holidays of your choice
½ day Fridays in July & August (based on achievement of goals)
Extensive menu of health plans to choose from
Paid parental leave
Pet insurance program
Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
Mentorship program
“Masterclasses” in industry/department-specific topics
State-of-the-art technology platforms and tools – including training
Annual and monthly meeting content that focuses on professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

visual storytellingproposal developmentdata accuracyvendor managementcreative strategyproject managementcreative problem-solvingperformance targetsasset-based projectsdashboard creation

Soft Skills

initiativeclient satisfactionefficiencyaccuracycollaborationcreativityorganizational skillspositive attitudecommunicationtime management

Certifications

required training certification