Associate Creative Director, Visual Design

Strava; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Strava is seeking a senior visual design leader to shape brand campaigns, product marketing, and tentpole activations from concept to final delivery. You will guide design direction and maintain craft quality across digital, social, and experiential formats.

You will mentor 2–3 designers, collaborate with leadership on strategy, and evolve scalable brand systems that connect culture with business goals.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of visual design experience, in both agency and in-house settings.
• A portfolio showing craft across brand, campaign, digital, and multi-format work.
• Experience mentoring senior designers and growing teams.
• Strategic thinker who connects creative work to brand and business impact.
• Design experience for paid and organic social (TikTok, Meta, YouTube).
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and high-growth environments.
• Motion design sensibility and ability to direct or create motion.
• Experience contributing to cohesive global brand systems.

Responsibilities

• Own ideation and direction for brand campaigns, social, GTMs, and activations from concept to delivery.
• Collaborate with the ECD on creative strategy and ensure craft quality across formats.
• Build scalable multi-format design systems and visual frameworks.
• Shape Strava’s brand expression across identity, typography, photography, and video.
• Translate cultural moments into visual ideas that drive business goals.
• Present work to partners and leadership with clear rationale.
• Directly manage 2–3 designers with mentorship and performance feedback.
• Partner with external agencies and freelancers to secure the right talent.

Skills

Visual design

Brand systems

Mentorship

Strategic thinking

Social design

Motion design

Creative leadership

Campaign design

Job description

Strava is seeking a senior visual design leader to shape brand campaigns, product marketing, and tentpole activations from concept to final delivery. You will guide design direction and maintain craft quality across digital, social, and experiential formats.

You will mentor 2–3 designers, collaborate with leadership on strategy, and evolve scalable brand systems that connect culture with business goals.