Associate Creative Director Design: Lead Bold Campaigns

Kettle; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kettle is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Design, to elevate design, art direction, branding, and creative concepts across a diverse client roster. You will help shape visual direction and bring it to life across digital, social, web, experiential, and campaigns, while collaborating with Copy, Strategy, Production, and Executive stakeholders.

This role blends leadership and hands-on work, mentoring designers, championing craft, and driving innovative thinking.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in design with 3+ years in a managerial role.
• Proven ability to lead campaign development from concept through execution across integrated platforms.
• Expertise in design and art direction fundamentals, and how to design for motion.
• Ability to manage feedback from multiple stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring designers and partnering with Creative Directors of Copy, Art, and Social.
• Communicate clear deadlines and expectations to a team of creatives.
• Innovative mindset with a hunger for finding new ways to serve our clients and their needs.
• Exceptional ability to adapt brand look and feel across industries and audiences, from B2B to B2C.
• Active use of AI in your workflow, and experience mentoring teams to adopt it.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, with executive presence and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute work across digital, social, web, experiential, and campaign concepts.
• Mentor and grow the creative team.
• Collaborate closely with Copy, Strategy, Production, and Executive stakeholders.
• Deliver relevant, effective, and innovative creative while elevating craft across accounts.
• Champion the craft of design and push conceptual thinking forward.

Skills

Design leadership

Brand-focused creativity

Campaign development

Art direction

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

AI workflow adoption

Executive presence

Deadline management

Job description

Kettle is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Design, to elevate design, art direction, branding, and creative concepts across a diverse client roster. You will help shape visual direction and bring it to life across digital, social, web, experiential, and campaigns, while collaborating with Copy, Strategy, Production, and Executive stakeholders.

This role blends leadership and hands-on work, mentoring designers, championing craft, and driving innovative thinking.