Freelance Design Director
Red Antler
Associate Creative Director
UMass Global Career Bootcamps
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Alabama, Arizona, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $90,000 - $112,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- The Associate Creative Director plays a key role in the university’s integrated marketing strategy, reporting to the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Marketing and leading a small internal team and external creative partners.
- This position offers an exciting balance of creative oversight, brand leadership, direct team management, and a strategic, data-informed approach to campaign collaboration and testing—especially in partnership with the media team and agency partners.
- The person in this role must be able to work according to an 8 am -5 pm PST schedule.
- This role will involve potential travel to bi-annual commencement and meeting in person w/ vendors 1-4 times per year.
- Serve as a key creative leader and cross-channel expert in campaign planning and execution with the media team, agency, and creative partners.
- Ensure all creative and copy is tailored to the strengths of each platform (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, programmatic TV, PMax).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or a related field
- At least 6 years of professional creative/marketing experience, including 2+ years in a supervisory or team lead role
- Hands-on experience developing and directing integrated, multichannel marketing campaigns, especially digital and social media
- Proven ability managing agency and freelance relationships, as well as leading creative testing and campaign performance optimization
- Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and strong understanding of digital channel requirements (web, social, video, etc.)
- Demonstrated skill in creative leadership, team development, and cross-functional collaboration
- Knowledge and ability to use creative analytics/testing (e.g., A/B testing, platform analytics tools like iSpot), and ability to adapt creative based on data and channel insights
- Up-to-date knowledge of current and emerging trends in marketing, design, media formats, and creative technology
Benefits
- Healthcare Medical, dental, and vision plans - including health and flexible spending accounts - that cover you and your family.
- Work-Life Balance We encourage a healthy work-life balance, that’s why we offer flexible schedules and remote work opportunities.
- Generous vacation and sick time and paid holidays which includes a winter break.
- Financial Protection For life's unexpected surprises - we provide life and disability insurance, prepaid legal, identity theft, critical illness, accident, and travel assistance.
- Programs to help you manage student debt offered through SAVI.
- Employees are also eligible for Public Student Loan Forgiveness.
- Tuition Remission We support the educational goals of you and your family by providing tuition discounts at UMass Global and Chapman University.
- Wellbeing 24/7 counseling support, through our Employee Assistance Program, and free premium subscription to Calm for you and your dependents!
- Our Wellness program provides year-round events that bring together our community and promotes employee well-being.
- Retirement Pre-tax and Roth options with a generous match of 6% and additional employer contribution of 3% - totaling 9%!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
graphic designmarketingadvertisingintegrated marketing campaignsdigital marketingsocial media marketingcreative testingcampaign performance optimizationAdobe Creative SuiteA/B testing
Soft skills
creative leadershipteam developmentcross-functional collaborationagency managementvendor relationship management
