Associate Creative Director, Art

Summary

Join Praytell, an award-winning integrated marketing and creative communications agency, as an Associate Creative Director, Art. You will support and lead creative ideation and execution for multiple clients, crafting concepts for culture-forward campaigns. Responsibilities include driving concept-to-execution oversight, collaborating across departments, ensuring high-quality deliverables, and staying ahead of industry trends. The ideal candidate possesses 6-8 years of experience in a creative environment, expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, and a strong collaborative spirit. Praytell offers a competitive salary, comprehensive healthcare, an ESOP, 401(k) options, flexible time off, flexible work locations, and various other benefits.

Requirements

• You have 6-8 years of experience in a creative environment, with at least two years in a senior design role
• A portfolio showcasing integrated campaign work and best-in-class art direction
• Proven experience leading design projects from concept through to execution across a variety of brands, with a keen understanding of engaging with cultural moments
• You have an expert understanding of the Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Generative AI (ChatGPT, DALL-E, Midjourney, Synthesia, Runway), and an interest in continuing to develop AI skills that will aid creative output
• A strong collaborator with a versatile modern skillset
• You’re willing to be hands on with creative outputs
• Ambitious and entrepreneurial
• Flexible and adaptable
• Meticulous and well organized
• A creative thinker and problem solver
• A hands on contributor— the ideal candidate is not just coming up with content directions but helping to execute them as well
• Inquisitive and eager to learn
• Collaborative and a team player
• Honest and approach all work ethically
• Committed to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace

Responsibilities

• Supporting and leading best-in-class conceptual and creative ideation and execution for multiple clients
• Crafting concepts for culture-forward campaigns and creative platforms via visuals and ideas that ensure brands stay relevant and innovative in a fast-moving communications landscape
• Clearly connecting your ideas to strategic and business objectives for your clients
• Driving concept-to-execution oversight for integrated campaigns, ensuring creative output across multiple clients remains consistent, innovative, and true to brand identity
• Supporting internal marketing and learning & development efforts, sharing creative or design POVs with the broader agency
• Fostering a culture of creativity and innovation within the team by mentoring designers, providing constructive feedback, and promoting an environment where new ideas are encouraged and explored
• Collaborating across departments with designers, copywriters, social strategists, and other creatives to ensure a cohesive, multi-disciplinary approach to campaign execution
• Ensuring projects meet the highest standards of quality and creativity by reviewing and approving final deliverables, while jumping into the design process when needed
• Staying ahead of trends and platform updates, particularly in short-form video and user experience, to inform creative direction and strategy, making sure the work remains fresh, relevant, and culturally resonant
• Reporting directly to the VP, Group Creative Director and working together to craft integrated creative campaigns

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a digital or integrated comms agency highly preferred
• A big bonus if you have experience in B2B or earned media marketing

Benefits

• Salary: $125,000 - $145,000 (Please note, the salary range for this role reflects the minimum and maximum compensation. In the spirit of transparency, we typically offer salaries within the 25th to 75th percentiles and cannot exceed the maximum listed. The final offer will depend on your experience, skills and qualifications.)
• Comprehensive health care (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), where you receive shares of Project Worldwide, our parent company, for every year you work here
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) options with an annual employer contribution based on company performance
• Flexible Time Off (FTO), more than a dozen company holidays and mental health days
• Flexible work locations within the US, remote is a-ok! We also have physical hubs and offices in LA, SF, Austin, Chicago and New York
• Flex Fridays, aimed to keep Fridays meeting-free (with exceptions) for focused work and providing you space to support your personal wellbeing while delivering great client service
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) giving you and your family access to mental health resources, family and relationship support, career resources, legal and financial services, discounts and more
• Paid parental leave and fertility support programs
• Training and team-building programs and activities
• Camp Praytell, our company offsite (eligibility based on employee start date)
• Our wonderful Employee Resource Groups (BEACON, Compañeros, elevAsian, Herizon and Prism)