Associate Creative Director, Brand + Performance Marketing (Hybrid) Chicago, IL

Enova International, Inc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Associate Creative Director, where you'll lead innovative performance-driven marketing strategies. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to shape creative processes across multiple channels, ensuring high-quality output that resonates with audiences. You'll work closely with a dynamic team, driving concept development and execution while mentoring designers. With a strong focus on data-driven creativity, you'll help transform the way the team approaches marketing. If you're ready to make an impact in a collaborative environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off and holidays

Sabbatical program

Paid parental leave

Employee recognition program

Charitable matching

Paid volunteer day

Summer hours

DEI groups

Qualifications

• 10+ years in creative leadership with a focus on performance marketing.
• Strong portfolio showcasing digital ad creative and lifecycle campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative development for performance marketing assets across channels.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize creative based on performance data.

Skills

Digital Ad Creative

Lifecycle Campaigns

Creative Testing Roadmaps

Data Analysis

Project Management

Creative Strategy

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or related field

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Project Management Tools

Job description

Associate Creative Director, Brand + Performance Marketing (Hybrid)

Chicago, IL

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas or take over sponsorship at this time.

About the role:Enova Studios is looking for a sharp, hands-on Associate Creative Director to lead performance-driven creative across paid channels, email, display, and web—and help reshape how we do it. This role blends smart strategy with standout execution. You won’t just make high-performing creative—you’ll help reinvent the way our team works, streamlining processes, leveling up quality, and pushing creative that actually converts. If you thrive at the intersection of craft and change, this one’s for you.

As part of a nimble, cross-functional creative team, you’ll drive concept development and execution—from first draft to final pixel. You’ll bring clarity to briefs, polish to every asset, and structure to our systems. Your focus will be on building up our paid social capabilities, evolving our email program, and scaling personalized creative that performs—without compromising brand integrity or user experience.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the creative development of performance marketing assets across paid social, display, email, SMS, and web.
• Concept and design ads, email templates, landing pages, and personalized experiences that convert.
• Partner with growth and lifecycle teams to plan, test, and optimize creative across channels.
• Use performance data to iterate on concepts and improve creative efficiency.
• Collaborate with media, product marketing, and brand teams to ensure cohesive storytelling and message alignment.
• Inspire, manage and mentor a small team of designers
• Oversee internal and external creative partners
• Anticipate platform trends and harness emerging technologies to ensure creative consistency and speed across all channels.
• Manage timelines and deliverables in partnership with Creative Ops.
• Guide your team in presenting creative work to stakeholders and drive alignment across teams.

Requirements:

• Strong portfolio of digital ad creative, lifecycle campaigns, landing pages, and iterative test-and-learn executions.
• Proven experience in regulated industries, preferably financial services.
• Fluency in GenAI tools to speed up concepting, production, and iteration.
• Experience building and executing creative testing roadmaps across paid and CRM channels.
• Familiarity with multivariate testing and rapid creative experimentation.
• A strong POV on what makes creative work in a performance-driven environment.
• Hands-on skills in creative tools e.g. Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.
  Comfort with data—can translate performance metrics into actionable creative strategies.
• An eye for good design, strong UX instincts, and a bias toward rapid iteration.
• Exceptional organization and project management skills, versed in a variety of project management tools.
• 10+ years in a creative leadership role with a focus on performance and growth marketing, with 5+ years experience of directly managing teams, agencies, and cross-functional creative processes.

Enova Studios is a full-service in-house creative agency. We partner with our brands to concept and create the ideas — big and small — that accomplish our shared goal: selling our products and building our business. We work in small, collaborative teams on internal projects for Enova, as well as each of our 10 international brands. Our services include copy and content writing, digital design, user experience design, front-end development, and production.

Compensation:

The budgeted annual salary range for this position is $95,000 to $138,000. Actual annual salary will be determined based on qualifications, skills, experience, and level assessed during the hiring process and may fall outside of the range shown. Additional compensation for this role may include a bonus and restricted stock units. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in Company benefits, described in more detail here .

#LI-Hybrid #BI-Hybrid

• Hybrid roles entail working in-office from Tuesday to Thursday, with the choice to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays
• Health, dental, and vision insurance including mental health benefits
• 401(k) matching plus a roth option (U.S. Based employees only)
• PTO & paid holidays off
• Sabbatical program (for eligible roles)
• Summer hours (for eligible roles)
• Paid parental leave
• DEI groups (B.L.A.C.K. @ Enova, HOLA @ Enova, Women @ Enova, Pride @ Enova, South Asians @ Enova, APEX @ Enova, and Parents @ Enova)
• Employee recognition and rewards program
• Charitable matching and a paid volunteer day…Plus so much more!

About Enova

Enova International is a leading financial technology company that provides online financial services through our AI and machine learning-powered Colossusplatform. We serve non-prime consumers and businesses alike, while offering world-class technology and services to traditional banks—in order to create accessible credit for millions.

Being a values-driven organization is at the core of Enova’s success. We live our values by listening to our customers, challenging assumptions, thinking big, setting high expectations, and hiring and developing the best. Through our values and our commitment to making Enova an awesome place to work, we maintain an environment of inclusion and culture where our employees can thrive. You can learn more about Enova’s values and culture here .

It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all persons and not discriminate in employment decisions by placing the most qualified person in each job, without regard to any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. California Applicants: Click here to review our California Privacy Policy for Job Applicants.

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