Associate Creative Director, Design

GlossGenius$185K — $215K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of branding and visual design experience with a strong portfolio
  • Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
  • In-house and/or agency experience preferred
  • Expertise in Figma and modern design tools, including AI-assisted design
  • Strong understanding of design systems
  • Exceptional eye for typography, color, and layout
  • Bonus: Proficiency in motion tools like After Effects.

Responsibilities

  • Lead diverse creative projects in branding and art direction
  • Create scalable brand and visual identity systems
  • Translate concepts into high-quality visual assets
  • Leverage AI tools to enhance creative workflows
  • Design with principles of motion and video
  • Collaborate with multiple teams for cohesive creative output
  • Maintain attention to detail while working efficiently
  • Enhance brand aesthetics with insights from tech and wellness sectors.

Benefits

  • Competitive health and dental insurance effective from day one
  • Flexible PTO policy
  • In-office lunch twice a week for NYC and SF employees
  • Access to Wellhub for wellness resources and discounted memberships
  • Annual stipend for professional development
  • Generous recharge stipend for high performers after 5 years
  • 401k contributions from day one
  • Dependent Care FSA available
  • Paid parental leave offered
  • Fertility and adoption benefits through Carrot and Kindbody
Full Job Description
About the Role

A highly experienced Design Lead or ACD, Design with deep expertise in branding, visual design, and a strong creative vision. You're a conceptual thinker who's equally comfortable shaping a brand's visual identity and art directing large-scale campaigns, with a laser-sharp eye for motion design and video, perfect for someone who thrives on variety and pushes creative boundaries. You're excited by the evolving landscape of creative and AI tooling, and bring that curiosity to the team by mentoring designers around you. You'll play a strategic and technical role in shaping our brand as we grow. You'll work cross-functionally to turn business goals into creative strategies, bringing new ideas to life across performance campaigns, brand programs, and more for our incredible customers.

You'll report to the Creative Director. You must be commutable to our NYC headquarters or San Francisco office and will operate in a hybrid environment. We default to being in-office 3-4 days per week with required attendance on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

What You'll Do
  • Lead creative projects across brand marketing, web, performance, event design, art direction of photography and illustration, and video
  • Create and evolve brand and visual identity systems that are scalable and impactful
  • Translate concepts into high-quality visual assets for both digital and physical touchpoints
  • Leverage AI-powered design tools to accelerate creative workflows, explore concepts faster, and push the boundaries of what our brand can look and feel like
  • Design with motion and video principles in mind
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (brand marketing, performance marketing, product, events) to deliver cohesive, brand-aligned creative
  • Maintain pixel-perfect attention to detail while moving quickly
  • Uplevel our brand with a strong understanding of our customer by combining aesthetics from the tech and the healthy, beauty & wellness worlds

What We're Looking For
  • 7+ years of experience in branding and visual design, with a strong portfolio
  • Strong cross-functional stakeholder communication skills
  • Brand in-house and/or agency experience preferred
  • Expert in Figma and up to date on modern design tools, trends, and best practices including AI-assisted design tools
  • Comfortable integrating AI into your creative process to increase output quality and velocity, while maintaining a strong editorial eye and brand point of view
  • Strong understanding of design systems and how to apply them across channels
  • Exceptional eye for typography, color, layout, and overall visual craft
  • Bonus: Proficiency in Jitter, After Effects or similar motion tools

Benefits & Perks
  • Competitive health & dental insurance options, effective on your first day of employment
  • Flexible PTO
  • In-office lunch twice per week for NYC and SF employees, plus late night dinner stipends
  • Access to Wellhub, a corporate wellness platform with discounted gym memberships, fitness classes, and mental health resources
  • Annual stipend for professional development and continued learning
  • High performers at 5 years receive a generous stipend to use however you recharge best
  • 401k benefit: employees are eligible to contribute starting day 1 of employment
  • Dependent Care FSA
  • Paid parental leave
  • Fertility and adoption benefits via Carrot and Kindbody

The starting base salary for this role in New York is between $185,000 and $215,000 plus target equity + benefits. The base salary offered is dependent upon many factors including skills, experience, location, and education. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

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