Creative Lead (Digital Design, Part-Time, 1099)

Vallure Agency; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

A performance marketing agency is looking for a Creative Lead in Phoenix, AZ. This mid-senior level role involves guiding creative execution for client accounts while balancing aesthetics with performance objectives. The ideal candidate should have 3-5+ years experience in digital design, a strong command of design tools like Adobe Creative Suite, and be comfortable collaborating across teams. This part-time role offers a salary between $150,000 and $180,000 annually.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in digital design or creative direction required.
• Strong command of typography and multi-channel creative expected.
• Experience guiding designers and providing design critique.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative execution across recurring client accounts.
• Develop strategies for social media, email, and web.
• Manage and mentor designers to uphold creative standards.

Skills

Digital-first storytelling

Creative direction

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Collaboration

Communication skills

Job description

Vallure is a brand and performance marketing firm serving established, growth-driven businesses across real estate, interior design, wellness, hospitality, and lifestyle. Our mission is to serve as an agency champion for clients who value elevated creative, strategic clarity, and measurable results. We pair refined brand storytelling with performance intelligence to help our partners scale with intention, beauty, and depth.

We are seeking a Creative Lead to guide and elevate all creative execution across our recurring client accounts. This role is both visionary and hands-on: responsible for owning the creative direction of each brand, designing high-quality work, and leading a team of designers to uphold the visual standards and storytelling excellence Vallure is known for.

The ideal candidate is highly conceptual, skilled in digital-first design, meticulous with detail, and deeply comfortable collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams. This person understands how to balance aesthetics with strategy, and creativity with conversion.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the creative lead for recurring accounts, owning visual interpretation and ensuring a deep understanding of each client’s brand, narrative, audience, and business goals.
• Develop creative strategies and concepts across social media, email, paid advertising, website updates, and select print work.
• Partner closely with the Digital Lead to ensure creative execution supports campaign performance goals, user journey insights, and broader account strategy.
• Stay ahead of digital, design, cultural, and AI-driven trends to continually evolve the agency’s creative impact.
• Proactively identify opportunities to elevate creative storytelling, brand cohesion, and design innovation across client accounts.
• Manage and mentor designers who report to this role, ensuring clarity of expectations, alignment on client goals, and consistent delivery of high-quality work.
• Conduct one-on-one development sessions with direct reports to guide growth, strengthen decision-making, and refine craftsmanship.
• Support leadership with staffing insights, performance trends, and development plans for the creative team.
• Establish and uphold creative team standards around quality, productivity, presentation, and client service.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to plan timelines, scopes, budgets, and resource allocation for creative deliverables.
• Ensure all creative deadlines are met according to PM timelines and communicate proactively about progress, bandwidth needs, or risks.
• Develop creative briefs or outline information for campaigns and key deliverables, ensuring clarity on strategy, narrative direction, and expectations.
• Work closely with the Social Media Manager on content strategy, platform trends, and creative formats.
• Partner with the Campaign Manager and Digital Lead to concept and refine new ad creative.
• Continually assess workflow efficiencies and propose improvements to processes, templates, tools, and internal creative systems.
• Produce high-quality digital design across social media, email, landing pages, paid campaigns, web assets, and occasional print materials.
• Oversee internal reviews of creative work, offering clear, strategic, and design-forward feedback before client presentation.
• Serve as the final review and sign-off point for creative assets, ensuring accuracy, thoroughness, aesthetic consistency, and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Present creative concepts and final deliverables to internal stakeholders and clients.
• Ensure all creative assets uploaded into project management tools and design platforms are complete, properly named, stored, polished, and ready for client review.
• Identify opportunities to elevate creative capabilities across templates, tools, systems, workflows, and visual standards.
• Introduce new creative and AI tools, design approaches, and storytelling methods that strengthen the agency’s impact and efficiency.
• Stay informed about design, content, platform, and digital culture trends that shape how audiences engage and convert.
• Advocate for new ideas and creative opportunities that support deeper brand expression and stronger performance.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in digital design, creative direction, or a related role within an agency or fast-paced creative environment
• Strong command of digital-first storytelling, typography, layout, motion concepts, and multi-channel creative
• Hands-on expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and relevant digital design tools
• Experience guiding designers, offering design critique, and elevating work through clear direction
• Ability to balance creative excellence with strategic and performance-driven objectives
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams (PM, Digital Lead, campaign managers, social managers)
• Polished communication skills with the ability to present creative concepts and rationale clearly and confidently
• Highly proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable driving clarity and momentum within a multi-account environment

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Part-time

Job function

Marketing and Sales

Industries

Advertising Services

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