Associate Creative Director: Brand, Motion & AI Tools

Genius.AI LLC.; Northern, New York (KY, NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & dental insurance

Flexible PTO

In-office meals NYC/SF

Wellhub access

Professional development stipend

Senior retention stipend

401k plan

Dependent Care FSA

Paid parental leave

Fertility & adoption benefits

Job summary

Genius AI in the United States seeks a Design Lead or ACD with deep branding, visual design, and motion expertise. You will shape a brand's visual identity and direct large-scale campaigns while mentoring designers and exploring AI-powered tooling.

You’ll report to the Creative Director and work in a hybrid setup, commuting to NYC or San Francisco. Expect cross-functional collaboration across marketing, product, events, and performance teams to deliver cohesive brand experiences.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Branding

Visual design

Cross-functional collaboration

Typography

Motion design

AI-assisted design

Design systems

Figma

Video editing

Communication skills

Agency experience

Tools

Figma

After Effects

Motion tools

AI design tools

Job description

Genius AI in the United States seeks a Design Lead or ACD with deep branding, visual design, and motion expertise. You will shape a brand's visual identity and direct large-scale campaigns while mentoring designers and exploring AI-powered tooling.

You’ll report to the Creative Director and work in a hybrid setup, commuting to NYC or San Francisco. Expect cross-functional collaboration across marketing, product, events, and performance teams to deliver cohesive brand experiences.