Growth Marketing Lead - Associate Creative Director

Chime Financial, Inc; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Health benefits

Generous vacation policy

Parental leave

Job summary

Chime is seeking an experienced Associate Creative Director to guide a team of designers, copywriters, and video editors in producing original, performance-driven creative. You’ll work as a player-coach, designing craft-worthy work while mentoring the team and translating brand identity into high-performing content.

You’ll partner with Growth, Creative Strategy, and Channel Managers to scale DR campaigns across channels, driving insights, speed, and brand integrity.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years in performance creative, including leadership or mentoring of designers/copywriters/video editors
• Ability to originate creative territories, not just execute given briefs
• Fluency in translating culture/trends into performance creative
• Experience balancing brand guidelines with performance requirements

Responsibilities

• Provide creative direction across design, copywriting, and video for DR campaigns
• Concept original ideas and campaigns rooted in cultural trends
• Collaborate with Channel Managers, Creative Strategists, and brand teams to sharpen briefs
• Brief external agencies and freelancers, ensuring in-house quality
• Direct across paid social, organic/owned, CTV, print channels
• Maintain quality bar aligned with brand and performance
• Champion AI-assisted workflows to speed ideation and production

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Creative direction

Design

Copywriting

Video editing

AI tooling

Cross-functional collaboration

Brand strategy

Performance marketing

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

AI tools

Job description

Chime is seeking an experienced Associate Creative Director to guide a team of designers, copywriters, and video editors in producing original, performance-driven creative. You’ll work as a player-coach, designing craft-worthy work while mentoring the team and translating brand identity into high-performing content.

You’ll partner with Growth, Creative Strategy, and Channel Managers to scale DR campaigns across channels, driving insights, speed, and brand integrity.