Associate Creative Director, Art, Future Opportunity

Critical Mass; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dynamic Associate Creative Director, Art, to lead innovative marketing initiatives. This role combines strategic thinking with a strong creative voice, fostering a collaborative environment that inspires a large creative team. You will drive strategies that address customer needs and business goals, while promoting continuous improvement and operational excellence. With a passion for design and a solid understanding of the balance between creative expression and commercial reality, you will play a crucial role in shaping the agency's brand and market leadership. If you're eager to make a significant impact in a creative environment, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in design, marketing, or communications, including art direction.
• Strong design portfolio showcasing creative work.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategies that address customer needs and business goals across digital channels.
• Lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on creative projects.

Skills

Design

Marketing

Communications

Art Direction

Creative Strategy

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design or Marketing

Job description

Join to apply for the Associate Creative Director, Art, Future Opportunity role at Critical Mass.

Please note, you are not applying to an active job opening. We are always striving to build our network of talent, and our needs are constantly changing. You will be added to our talent network, and we will share relevant opportunities with you as they arise.

As an Associate Creative Director, Art, you combine a strong creative voice with strategic thinking to lead major marketing initiatives. You balance creative thinking with interpersonal skills, develop solid client relations by clearly communicating and justifying concepts. Visual design is your expertise, but you also possess a strong working knowledge of experience design, brand development, interactive commerce, and creative processes, which are essential in your role. You’re looking to hone your management skills by directing the efforts of a large creative team.

The environment you build for your team fosters professional growth and inspires others to exceed expectations. Most importantly, you embody and embrace our values—to be honest, inspired, driven, passionate, and real—in everything you do.

You Will

• Drive strategies that address customer needs and business goals across digital channels.
• Contribute creative solutions and innovations that strengthen the agency's brand and market leadership.
• Develop and deliver innovative proposals to capture account growth and new business opportunities.
• Promote continuous improvement and accountability by driving creative discipline and operational excellence, leveraging industry expertise.
• Perform strategic account planning with senior management in vertical marketing groups.
• Conceive and create experience design solutions that fulfill strategic business objectives.
• Communicate creative ideas and strategies effectively to all project stakeholders.
• Lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including creative disciplines, technology, planning, account managers, partners, and clients.
• Provide regular team leadership and constructive feedback on all accounts.
• Develop, monitor, and adjust staffing strategies for the creative department, including team composition, performance, skills, training, and mentoring.
• Implement and monitor quality standards across all creative deliverables.
• Continuously improve creative methods, problem-solving models, and best practices.
• Manage production scope, schedules, and budgets proactively.
• Engage with practice leads from media, technology, marketing science, usability, and quality assurance to maximize results and ensure satisfaction.
• Support and lead HR initiatives focusing on performance management.
• Understand, embrace, and communicate our corporate mission and values.

You Have

• 7+ years of experience in design, marketing, or communications, including art direction.
• A strong design portfolio.
• Passion for design and eagerness to collaborate with other creatives.
• A solid understanding of the distinction between creative expression and commercial reality.

Our Talent Team is committed to providing the best training, onboarding, and employee experience. We expect our team members to work from an office at least 3 days a week. Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

Our talent acquisition team will only communicate from official email addresses ending in criticalmass.com or us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communication. We will never ask for money or technology to work for us. If you suspect a scam, please consult your local consumer protection resources.