Associate Creative Director, Art

RP3 Agency

Associate Creative Director, Art leading creative development at RP3. Partnering with copywriters and multidisciplinary teams to create distinctive brand campaigns.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeRemote • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $115,000 - $135,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in art direction, design systems, and visual storytelling, with a strong ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and mentor creative talent. Proven track record in developing and executing integrated campaigns that align with strategic business goals.

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Art DirectionVisual StorytellingIntegrated Campaign LeadershipMentoring Creative TalentClient Presentation Skills

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Hard Skills

Concept DevelopmentDesign SystemsTypographyImage-MakingMotion DesignPrototypingVisual NarrativeCreative StrategyFeedback and RefinementCampaign Execution

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationLeadershipCuriosityPrioritization

Tools & Technologies

Generative Image ToolsVisual Tools for Concept Development

Industry Keywords

Integrated MarketingAgency ExperienceCreative RiskAudience BehaviorBrand Impact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead integrated concept development across multiple clients, industries, and business challenges.
Partner with copywriters and multidisciplinary teams to translate a sharp human insight into a clear, ownable campaign platform.
Guide teams through divergent thinking, selection, refinement, and execution—pushing beyond the first expected answer.
Ensure every visual choice serves the central idea and every execution connects back to the strategy.
Contribute original thinking to pitches, organic growth opportunities, agency initiatives, and thought leadership.
Define distinctive visual directions across composition, typography, image-making, motion, interaction, and experience.
Create and direct moodboards, styleframes, storyboards, comps, and prototypes that make ideas tangible and help teams and clients see the possibility.
Review and refine work with clear, specific feedback that improves both the idea and the execution.
Mentor art directors, designers, copywriters, and emerging creative leaders while adapting guidance to each person’s strengths and growth goals.
Frame, present, and sell creative ideas with a compelling visual narrative, strategic rationale, and confidence about how the work will come to life.
Serve as a trusted advisor who understands the client’s business, brand, audience, competitive landscape, and appetite for creative risk.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A portfolio demonstrating breakthrough conceptual thinking, distinctive visual worlds, exceptional art direction and design craft, and leadership across integrated campaigns.
8–12 years of agency or integrated marketing experience, including meaningful team and client leadership responsibility.
Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary creative teams and guide campaigns from brief through production.
Deep expertise in art direction, design systems, typography, image-making, motion, and visual storytelling—paired with strong copy and narrative judgment.
Experience presenting and selling creative work to senior clients and stakeholders.
Demonstrated success mentoring creative talent and raising the quality of a team—not only individual assignments.
Strong understanding of how strategy, craft, channels, production, and measurement work together to create business and brand impact.
Curiosity about culture, technology, platforms, and evolving audience behavior, paired with the judgment to separate signal from novelty.
Hands-on experience using generative image and emerging visual tools for comps and concept development, with sound judgment about consistency, feasibility, disclosure, licensing, and final-production quality.
Exceptional communication, collaboration, presentation, prioritization, and leadership skills.
All applicants must live in and be legally eligible to work in the US. Must live in Central or Eastern time zone.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Company-paid health, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance
Employee-paid dental and vision plans
401(k) with immediate employer match
Inclusive, world-class family leave policy
Generous PTO - including Annual Leave, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays, Personal Time, and Karma Days
Summer Fridays - we shut down at 2 PM every Friday from Memorial Day to Labor Day
Voluntary benefits including commuter benefits and pet insurance