Associate Creative Director, Design

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Associate Creative Director designing elevated brand and digital experiences for trusted cybersecurity brands. Partnering with creative teams to enhance visual storytelling across various platforms.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeNew York City • Arizona, California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,000 - $176,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in creating visually compelling designs that align with brand strategy, utilizing tools like Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. Exhibits strong art direction skills and a collaborative approach to elevate design quality across various media.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Adobe Creative Suite ExpertiseFigma ProficiencyStrong Art Direction SkillsExperience with AI ToolsBrand Identity and Digital Design Experience

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Hard Skills

Visual DesignTypographyImage-MakingLayout DesignConcept DevelopmentCampaign SystemsMotion DesignPhotographyStorytellingIntegrated Creative

Soft Skills

Collaborative ApproachStrong Critique SkillsAttention to DetailIndependent Work EthicFeedback Reception

Tools & Technologies

AI ToolsAfter EffectsPrototyping ToolsEditing SoftwareWorkflow Acceleration Tools

Industry Keywords

Brand StrategyDigital DesignSocial Media CampaignsVisual SystemsEmerging Design Trends

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create elevated, strategically grounded design across branding, campaigns, digital, social, presentations, content systems, and brand experiences.
Translate brand strategy into distinctive visual ideas, scalable systems, and polished creative executions.
Work as a senior hands-on designer across high-priority initiatives, moving between concept development, art direction, layout, typography, image-making, and final production.
Partner with creative directors, writers, strategists, marketers, and product teams to develop work that is both brand-building and business-relevant.
Help raise the quality bar across the studio through strong craft, thoughtful critique, and sharp creative judgment.
Use AI tools as part of the creative process — from exploration and ideation to image generation, editing, prototyping, production support, and workflow acceleration.
Bring a high level of visual taste to photography, illustration, motion, UI-inspired design, and campaign systems.
Stay close to emerging tools, design trends, platform behaviors, and AI-enabled creative workflows.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A portfolio that shows exceptional design craft, strong conceptual thinking, and work for prominent global brands or high-visibility clients.
Experience across brand identity, digital design, campaign systems, social, and integrated creative.
Strong art direction instincts, especially around photography, composition, typography, visual systems, and storytelling.
Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. Ideally including components, plugins, auto layout, and scalable design systems.
Comfort using or learning AI tools as part of the creative process.
A sharp eye for detail and a high bar for quality from first concept to final file.
The ability to work independently, anticipate needs, and move work forward without waiting for step-by-step direction.
A collaborative, low-ego approach; someone who can give and receive feedback well.
Motion experience is a plus, especially After Effects or similar tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working options
Competitive pay
Well-being programs
Paid time off