Associate Creative Director

KAYAK

Associate Creative Director at KAYAK overseeing multi-channel marketing efforts. Focusing on visual storytelling and brand-building to elevate consumer experiences while mentoring creative teams.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeCoral Gables • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Concept and direct multi-channel campaigns across OOH, digital, social, film/video, experiential, CRM, and web.
Produce polished, high-impact design work that reinforces KAYAK’s visual identity and elevates the consumer experience.
Apply strong storytelling and brand-building instincts to every stage of creative development.
Partner with the Senior Creative Director to shape creative direction, refine brand expression and develop campaign platforms.
Ensure visual coherence and craft across all touchpoints, from big ideas to detailed execution.
Evolve and maintain brand design systems, templates and guidelines.
Provide day-to-day guidance, inspiration and support to your direct reports, fostering growth and ensuring high standards.
Collaborate with writers, producers, strategists and marketing partners to bring integrated ideas to life.
Translate strategic briefs into creative ideas that meet business ambitions and differentiate KAYAK.
Present concepts and rationale confidently to senior cross-functional partners.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing hands-on work with team leadership
Use performance data and user insights to refine creative approaches
Support experimentation across digital formats, AI tools and new storytelling methods.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of art direction and/or creative direction experience at a creative agency or fast-paced in-house brand studio, with a proven track record of developing integrated, multi-channel campaigns.
A portfolio demonstrating integrated campaign experience, alongside strong concepts, craft, and results
Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma; comfort with AI-driven creative capabilities.
Solid understanding of typography, composition, color, motion and digital design fundamentals.
Experience partnering with production teams, directors, editors, photographers and content creators.
Comfortable presenting creative ideas to senior audiences and cross-functional partners
Experience with systems management - both from the perspective of building or adapting brand guidelines and organizing assets.
Experience mentoring or leading other designers, with a collaborative and inclusive approach.
Proven organization, prioritization and project-management skills.
A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset and enthusiasm for travel, technology and creative innovation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
Focus on mental health and well-being:
Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
No meeting Fridays
Paid parental leave
Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
Paid volunteer time
Focus on your career growth:
Development Dollars
Leadership development
Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
Travel Discounts
Employee Resource Groups
Competitive retirement and health plans
Free lunch 2 days per week
Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more

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Hard Skills & Tools

art directioncreative directionmulti-channel campaignsAdobe Creative SuiteFigmatypographycompositioncolormotion designdigital design fundamentals

Soft Skills

storytellingbrand-buildingcollaborationpresentation skillsmentoringorganizationprioritizationproject managementsolutions-oriented mindsetinspiration