Associate Creative Director - LinkedIn News

LinkedIn; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

Stock options

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

A global professional networking company is seeking an Associate Creative Director for LinkedIn News. The role involves leading visual storytelling and managing editorial content development. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in design and motion graphics with proficiency in tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. This hybrid position is based in New York, with opportunities to work remotely and in-office, and offers competitive compensation ranging from $119,000 to $193,000 depending on skills and experience.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in design, visual storytelling, or related roles.
• Experience managing complex productions and global projects with multiple dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of visually compelling content for LinkedIn News.
• Collaborate with designers and editors to execute innovative campaigns.
• Ensure high-quality creative standards across content outputs.

Skills

Creative Vision & Execution

Strategy Development

Leadership & Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Job description

Associate Creative Director - LinkedIn News

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LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to help members of all backgrounds and experiences achieve more in their careers. Our vision is to create economic opportunities for every member of the global workforce. Every day, our members use our products to make connections, discover opportunities, build skills, and gain insights. We believe amazing things happen when we work together in an environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging and that what matters most in a candidate is having the skills needed to succeed. It inspires us to invest in our talent and support career growth. Join us to challenge yourself with work that matters.

This role will be based in San Francisco, Mountain View or New York. At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

As Associate Creative Director, LinkedIn News you'll be embedded within the Content Development Design team, a core unit of LinkedIn Productions—the team behind producing premium content that powers LinkedIn Learning and LinkedIn News. These platforms are dedicated to delivering market‑leading professional development courses and providing trusted business news to LinkedIn members globally. Reporting to the Creative Director for Learning & News, you will lead the visual development of our global editorial programs, including:

• Tentpole data‑based initiatives, such as Top Companies, Top Startups, and Jobs on the Rise
• Annual trend reports, such as Big Ideas and Guide to Kickstarting Your Career
• Award‑winning series, such as Catalyst and Hello Monday

In this role, you will drive the quality and consistency of LinkedIn News’ motion‑based storytelling and lead key efforts to evolve the brand’s visual identity across platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Creative Vision & Execution: Lead the development of visually compelling and strategically aligned content for LinkedIn News, combining motion design, graphics, and storytelling to engage a global audience.
• Strategic alignment: Identify strategic opportunities and potential design solutions.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Collaborate with Content Development designers, producers, and editors to execute innovative news and content campaigns. Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders to implement these campaigns and programs within the larger LinkedIn ecosystem.
• Quality Assurance: Establish and reinforce consistent, high‑quality creative standards across all content outputs.
• Project Management: Partner with Creative Program Manager to ensure complex, multi‑stakeholder projects are successfully completed while maintaining timelines, budgets, and quality benchmarks. Anticipate challenges and develop solutions to ensure project success.
• Innovation R&D: Identify emerging design technologies, tools, and trends in editorial storytelling and integrate relevant innovations into team workflows to enhance creative output.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in design, visual storytelling, or related roles.
• Experience using design and motion graphics tools, including Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and After Effects.
• Experience managing complex productions and global projects with multiple dependencies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in editorial design for learning, education, or news platforms.
• 4+ years working in digital and video production.
• Exceptional visual craft and conceptual skills with a portfolio showcasing innovative design, typography, motion graphics, and storytelling in dynamic, high‑impact editorial projects.
• Comfort working in fast‑paced, iterative environments with multiple rounds of feedback.
• Experience working globally across time zones and cultures.
• Strong understanding of creative team dynamics, including mentorship and leadership of junior‑level designers.

Suggested Skills

• Creative Vision & Execution
• Strategy Development
• Leadership & Collaboration

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $119,000 to $193,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at [e-mail] and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability‑related limitation. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to: documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you; having interviews in an accessible location; being accompanied by a service dog; having a sign language interpreter present for the interview.