LocationAustin, TX, New York City, Remote, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland OR, Austin TX
Work modehybrid
Typefull-time
DepartmentVisual Design
Company size11+ people
First seen1w ago
Last seen1d ago
About the company
Kettle is a team of passionate, fearless creatives focused on delivering great products, redefining best-practices, and providing new opportunities for our clients.
About the role
We are hiring an Associate Creative Director, Design, to oversee end-to-end digital website project execution for one of our largest clients, a Bay Area based creative tech company. In this embedded role, you’ll partner directly with our clients to design world-class digital experiences that both adhere to established standards and push the creative in new directions. You’ll be hands-on in the work as an experienced designer, while guiding other Designers and Art Directors in your pod as a project lead. If the term conceptual digital design resonates with you, along with detailed execution, then this role may be a fit.
These roles require team members to be onsite 5 days per week, for 2-3 months at a time, for specific projects. At other times during the year, the team is remote.
Requirements
Candidates should have:
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Significant experience in digital design and art direction, and the ability to create pixel perfect designs while innovating work within a rigorous product environment
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Excellent collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional partners, including design, copy, motion, production, and account partners
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Excellent client collaboration and management skills, with the ability to present design work internally and to senior level clients
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Experience managing or mentoring junior to senior level designers, including formal and informal reviews and other talent development areas
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While not required, bonus if you have experience with similar global creative tech clients
Nice to have
We’d like to know that you can:
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Understand and challenge your clients’ needs across the board to ensure the integrity and excellence of our work
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Be the person the client looks up to be inspired and to get their creative questions asked. Help them understand the team’s perspective and align on the creative North Star
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Explore multiple unique, on-brand creative solutions to answer the brief and encourage your team to do the same
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Guide your team to create own-able experiences for the client through simple and relevant concepts, clear innovative UX, beautiful art direction and on-point tone & voice
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Work with cross-functional leads to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short and long-term needs
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Consistently demonstrate an expertise in the competitive landscape from a creative standpoint, and stay abreast of design culture and best-in-class creative across channels
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Manage and mentor designers of all levels, helping them chart their career path and provide opportunities to grow
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Embrace challenges, not afraid to get your hands dirty and solution with fellow teammates and clients
Benefits
The target range of base compensation for this role is $160k - 190k. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.