Associate Creative Director

Overview

The Creator Marketing team’s vision is to strategically and creatively attract and retain a diverse population of quality Creators (influencers & publishers) at scale. We scale proven marketing strategies across the Creator community, covering the full funnel of attracting, retaining, and educating creators. Using existing and new communication mechanisms, segmentation, and data, we engage and educate Creators, collect Voice of the Creator feedback and translate learnings to product partners. We strive to empower and inspire creators with content, education, and support they need to be successful through our scaled Creator Education function, and develop mechanisms to promote community among influencers to be inspired by their peers and share best practices.


We are seeking an experienced, strategic, and results-oriented Associate Creative Director to serve as a backfill and design lead on our Creator marketing team. This role combines the responsibilities of an Art Director and Designer while also managing external agencies. Partnering closely with marketing leads, you will lead the visual direction for our brand across all Creator-facing marketing touch points; including emails, affiliate marketing hub, site merchandising, and social (organic and paid). You will adapt central retail style guides for a Creator audience, empowering teams to execute. You will provide design direction and feedback to design contractors (visual and copy), as well as agency resources.

Additionally, you will serve as the main creative point of contact for a large-scale strategic initiative involving a program visual update and go-to-market launch. This encompasses overseeing an external agency and the development and implementation of a visual toolkit, rolling out visual updates across all Creator touch points, and leading go-to-market strategic initiatives and program updates. The ideal candidate will be willing to roll up their sleeves and work hands-on while also providing high-level creative direction to ensure cohesive and impactful visual strategies across all Creator-facing platforms.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8+ years of experience (go to market initiatives & program initiative launches)
• BA in design, graphic design background preferred
• Experience in leading/managing a team
• Extensive experience in creative direction/rebrand work
• Insight/experience to influence landscape (social first background)
• Working in the influencer space

Top 3 Must Have Skills:

• Design: Be able to execute with tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite
• Ability to provide feedback to designers and copywriters
• Project Management experience

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $52.11 to $57.90 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

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