Principal Associate, Associate Creative Director – Brand Creative

Capital One

Associate Creative Director leading creative team at Capital One to execute brand marketing strategies. Collaborating with various stakeholders to deliver impactful marketing content across channels.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeRichmond • Illinois, New York, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $109,900 - $150,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with Creative Directors and Project Managers to define intent, brief teams, and deliver marketing that cuts through the noise.
Be a creative leader amongst your team of Art Directors, Graphic Designers, and Copywriters.
Lead and execute creative development in support of Capital One’s credit card business across Performance Marketing channels, including social media platforms, video, click-based outbound and SEM.
Give clear direction and effective feedback around project intent, concepts, design, copy and motion.
Collaborate with marketing strategists and internal business clients to positively influence marketing strategy and the customer experience.
Use evidence and data to ground your creative decisions.
Demonstrate expert knowledge of digital marketing channels, social media advertising and marketing trends and translate business intent into creative strategies and executions that market products effectively.
Present and influence with a convincing and inspiring style to increase buy-in and open the door for new opportunities.
Mentor and build expertise in your craft, whether copywriting or art direction with your peers, and team members.

Requirements

What you’ll need

High School Diploma, GED or Equivalent Certification
At least 3 years of multi-channel digital marketing experience on client-side or agency
Bachelor’s degree or military experience (Preferred)
At least 3 years of experience leading creative teams or bodies of work across cross-functional creative teams (Preferred)
At least 5 years of experience in copywriting or art direction
Experience in the financial services industry or other highly regulated industry (Preferred)
Experience working with a Fortune 100 brand (Preferred)
Experience leading work through agency resources as primary creative point of contact (Preferred)
Experience in Performance Marketing testing structures across digital, video and social media channels (Preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Performance based incentive compensation
Cash bonus(es)
Long term incentives (LTI)
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

digital marketingcopywritingart directionperformance marketingsocial media advertisingSEMcreative developmentmulti-channel marketingcreative strategydata-driven decision making

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationmentoringcommunicationinfluencingfeedbackcreativitystrategic thinkingpresentation skillsteam building

Certifications

High School DiplomaGEDBachelor’s degree