Associate Creative Director, Design

Jobtailor; Arizona; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States seeks a senior designer to craft elevated, strategically grounded branding across identity, campaigns, digital, social, and content systems.

You will translate brand strategy into distinctive visuals, lead hands-on design from concept to final file, and collaborate with creative directors, writers, strategists, marketers, and product teams.

A strong craft background, fluency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, and comfort with AI-enabled workflows are essential.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing exceptional design craft and strong conceptual thinking for prominent global brands or high-visibility clients.
• Experience across brand identity, digital design, campaign systems, social, and integrated creative.
• Strong art direction instincts around photography, composition, typography, visual systems, and storytelling.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma (components, plugins, auto layout, scalable design systems).
• Comfort using or learning AI tools as part of the creative process.
• Sharp eye for detail and a high bar for quality from concept to final file.
• Ability to work independently, anticipate needs, and move work forward without step-by-step direction.
• Collaborative, low-ego approach; able to give and receive feedback.
• Motion experience is a plus (After Effects or similar).

Responsibilities

• Translate brand strategy into distinctive visual ideas, scalable systems, and polished creative executions.
• Work as a senior hands-on designer across concept development, art direction, layout, typography, image-making, and final production.
• Partner with creative directors, writers, strategists, marketers, and product teams to develop work that is brand-building and business-relevant.
• Help raise the quality bar across the studio through strong craft, thoughtful critique, and sharp creative judgment.
• Use AI tools as part of the creative process—from exploration and ideation to image generation, editing, prototyping, production support, and workflow acceleration.
• Bring a high level of visual taste to photography, illustration, motion, UI-inspired design, and campaign systems.
• Stay close to emerging tools, design trends, platform behaviors, and AI-enabled creative workflows.

Skills

Brand identity

Digital design

Campaign systems

Art direction

Adobe CS

Figma

AI tools

Typography

Motion design

Collaboration

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

• Create elevated, strategically grounded design across branding, campaigns, digital, social, presentations, content systems, and brand experiences.
• Translate brand strategy into distinctive visual ideas, scalable systems, and polished creative executions.
• Work as a senior hands-on designer across high-priority initiatives, moving between concept development, art direction, layout, typography, image-making, and final production.
• Partner with creative directors, writers, strategists, marketers, and product teams to develop work that is both brand-building and business-relevant.
• Help raise the quality bar across the studio through strong craft, thoughtful critique, and sharp creative judgment.
• Use AI tools as part of the creative process - from exploration and ideation to image generation, editing, prototyping, production support, and workflow acceleration.
• Bring a high level of visual taste to photography, illustration, motion, UI-inspired design, and campaign systems.
• Stay close to emerging tools, design trends, platform behaviors, and AI-enabled creative workflows.

Requirements

• A portfolio that shows exceptional design craft, strong conceptual thinking, and work for prominent global brands or high-visibility clients.
• Experience across brand identity, digital design, campaign systems, social, and integrated creative.
• Strong art direction instincts, especially around photography, composition, typography, visual systems, and storytelling.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. Ideally including components, plugins, auto layout, and scalable design systems.
• Comfort using or learning AI tools as part of the creative process.
• A sharp eye for detail and a high bar for quality from first concept to final file.
• The ability to work independently, anticipate needs, and move work forward without waiting for step-by-step direction.
• A collaborative, low-ego approach; someone who can give and receive feedback well.
• Motion experience is a plus, especially After Effects or similar tools.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in creating visually compelling designs that align with brand strategy, utilizing tools like Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. Exhibits strong art direction skills and a collaborative approach to elevate design quality across various media.