Associate Creative Director

Summary

Join Movement Strategy as an Associate Creative Director, Art, and lead creative efforts for our Amazon Beauty account. This remote position, based in Los Angeles, requires 7+ years of advertising experience with a focus on digital marketing and social media. You will oversee creative teams, collaborate with other departments, and ensure high-quality work. The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership, communication, and design skills, along with a passion for social media trends and innovative technologies. Movement Strategy offers a comprehensive benefits package including remote work, unlimited PTO, health insurance, retirement plan, and various other perks.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7+ years of experience in creative roles within the advertising industry, with extensive experience in digital marketing and social media
• Portfolio showcasing award-winning conceptual thinking and execution, demonstrating expertise in creating beautifully designed and engaging campaigns
• Ability to understand the social behind a brand and meme culture, contributing to both the visual expression and content of your teams’ ideas
• Keen eye for design, with the ability to build design systems that bring efficiency and cohesion across business units
• Experience in Beauty, Fashion, Home Goods and/or CPG sectors a must
• Strong content design skills including digital, motion, and video
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and cloud-based design tools like Express and Figma
• Knowledge of the full creative process including content creation and production
• Bachelor's degree preferred in advertising, marketing, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a proven track record in providing mentorship and guidance to teams spanning mid and senior levels including writers, art directors, designers, production, and the content & engagement team
• Set the creative direction for communications, ensuring bold interpretation of brand guidelines, industry regulations, and social trends
• Maintain a hands-on approach by conducting reviews with the team to ensure the highest standards of execution
• Collaborate seamlessly with agency teams, especially Strategy and Account Management teams, to gain a deep understanding of clients' brand strategies, target audiences, market nuances, competitive pressures, and marketing objectives
• Translate these insights into effective creative strategies that drive engagement
• Be viewed as a leader on the team and within the agency
• Help reports overcome challenges, and provide constructive feedback
• Inspire a collaborative spirit, instilling confidence in direct and skip-level reports of their abilities to exceed creative standards
• Conduct performance evaluations, mentor staff to greatness, and foster a collaborative and positive work environment
• Uphold uncompromising standards of creative excellence with high attention to detail, consistently assembling teams capable of navigating the production process to deliver error-free creative materials within agreed timelines
• Showcase a track record of leadership in pitch processes, demonstrating the ability to shape pitch narratives, develop impactful creative concepts, and deliver winning work within pitch timelines
• Oversee and lead winning pitches for new and existing clients that showcase our Social-Centric approach and how that translates into breakthrough campaigns
• Possess the capability to step in and manage production (digital or live) initiatives
• Direct and guide creative teams to ensure a cohesive environment, nurture a positive culture, enhance capabilities, refine processes, and align expectations to support the agency’s overarching goals effectively
• Always be up-to-date on social trends, comfortable evaluating the trends and assessing new data with the latest marketing techniques
• Oversee work from idea to execution and distribution

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with Motion, After Effects, Premiere, and AI tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT
• Strong knowledge of emerging social platforms and creative nuances per platform

Benefits

• 100% employee contribution for health (base plan), vision, and dental
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance & AD&D
• Paid Parental Leave
• Fully-Remote Agency
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Mental Health Days
• 10 days minimum required off per year
• (11) Company Paid Holidays
• (3) Summer Fridays- Fully Off
• Week-Long Winter Agency Closure
• Support for continued education
• New Business Referral Bonus
• Movement Journey Program - Stipend for personal growth
• Health and Wellness Program
• WeWork Membership
• Positive Impact and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committees
• Employee Resource Groups