Associate Creative Director, Art & Film

Key Responsibilities 

• Translate strategy, consumer insights, cultural observations, and product truths into simple, surprising, and memorable creative ideas.  

• Concept ambitious campaign ideas in close partnership with copywriters, helping shape the central idea and drive creative development.  

• Drive creative projects with internal creative teams and agency partners from brief through concept development, production, and final delivery, continually pushing for stronger ideas and exceptional craft.  

• Work directly with agencies, directors, production companies, illustrators, editors, VFX artists, and other creative partners to bring ideas to life at the highest level.  

• Establish compelling visual approaches and creative worlds that strengthen the central campaign idea and can extend across multiple consumer touchpoints.  

• Give clear, actionable creative direction and feedback to art directors, designers, agencies, and multidisciplinary creative partners.  

• Present creative thinking clearly and persuasively to creative leadership, marketing partners, and stakeholders.  

• Maintain a strong point of view on contemporary advertising, filmmaking, design, technology, and culture, bringing that perspective into the work.  

• Manage multiple creative projects and productions simultaneously while maintaining a strong point of view and exceptional attention to craft.  

• Contribute to a creative culture where ambitious thinking, collaboration, and world-class craft are expected.  

You must submit a portfolio to be considered for this role.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications or related art field AND 4+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment. OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant professional experience as an Associate Creative Director, senior art director, or equivalent at a leading advertising agency or in-house creative team at a consumer organization.  

• An outstanding portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, integrated campaigns, filmmaking, art direction, and visual storytelling at a high level.  

• Strong experience developing consumer campaigns across television, film, online video, social, digital, OOH, retail, experiential, and other channels.  

• Hands-on experience taking commercial film and advertising productions from creative development and pre-production through shoot, post-production, and final delivery.  

• Experience working directly with directors, production companies, producers, cinematographers, editors, VFX partners, photographers, and other production specialists.  

• Strong understanding of filmmaking and production craft, including cinematography, production design, casting, editorial, VFX, color, music, sound, and post-production.  

• Demonstrated ability to develop a compelling visual world around a creative idea and extend it across multiple mediums and consumer touchpoints.  

• Experience developing ideas collaboratively with copywriters and multidisciplinary creative teams.  

• Experience developing nationally or globally recognized consumer advertising.  

• Experience working on high-profile television, film, and integrated advertising campaigns from initial concept through final delivery.  

• Experience within a leading advertising agency, consumer brand, in-house creative organization, or a combination of these environments.  

• Experience contributing to large-scale integrated campaigns and enduring creative platforms.  

• Experience mentoring or providing creative direction to art directors, designers, and multidisciplinary creative partners.  

• Experience building productive relationships with leading directors, production companies, agencies, and creative talent.  

• Recognition from major advertising, design, film, or creative industry organizations is a plus.  

• Experience working in technology, entertainment, gaming, lifestyle, or other culturally relevant consumer categories is a plus.