Associate Creative Director

Job Description

Job Description

Established in 2004, Inside Ideas Group is a rapidly growing global agency network that helps clients drive their businesses forward from the Inside. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As a part of The Brandtech Group , we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Role: Associate Creative Director

Location: Parsippany, NJ

OLIVER is hiring an Associate Creative Director - Design to join our team!

We are looking for someone who can develop original concepts and designs, oversee multiple projects through execution, and inspire a growing team. As the ACD you will be taking projects from brief to completion, providing new ideas and creativity while working closely with the client's brand guidelines.  This role requires exceptional creative ideation and evaluation skills you will presenting ideas so the ability to stay calm, cool, and collected under pressure is key.

Our ideal candidate enjoys working in a fast-paced environment as part of a team.

• Working on a range of project from across the North America client base including insurance, hospitality, finance, retail and more
• Create original ideas for a range of projects including digital, social and in-store that delight customers and inspire
• Responsible for the full project lifecycle from concept to execution, this often means working projects through the production stage
• Work closely with clients to create strong concepts from the initial briefing
• Develop a deep understanding of target audiences and the clients marketing strategy to deliver high quality results that have an instant, positive impact on the consumer, promoting the product or brand
• Pitch creative solutions in response to marketing strategies
• Provide leadership and direction to the design team
• Oversee and manage the preparation of all finished artwork files that will comply with the correct output specifications
• Capitalize on social media platform updates and pop culture trends and execute quickly for clients 
• Lead brainstorms as needed

What you need to be great in this role:

• 6-8 years of experience taking ideas from concept through to execution
• A highly creative designer with the ability to take and positively influence client briefs with your own innovative ideas
• Confident in bringing your own ideas and creativity to projects whilst working within a broad range of design guidelines across a variety of artwork collateral
• Strong client liaison, at least 5 years of experience presenting to clients with a proven track record of developing strong client relationships and a consistent record of taking, interpreting and delivering design projects within agreed time frames
• Effectively organizing and prioritizing workloads to manage client delivery whilst simultaneously influencing clients with their own ideas and conceptual creativity
• A joy of digging in, whether that is re-sizing images, presenting to a client or coming up with the big idea. 
• Ability to take ownership of projects from concept through to completion
• Ability to take, interpret and deliver design projects within agreed deadlines
• Attention to detail with the ability to work under own initiative
• Excellent project management skills
• At the time of this posting, the base salary for this position may range from $114,750.00 to $128,250.00. Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. The range listed is just one component of OLIVER's total compensation package.

Our values shape everything we do:

Be Ambitious to succeed 

Be  Imaginative to push the boundaries of what's possible 

Be  Inspirational to do groundbreaking work 

Be  always learning and listening to understand 

Be  Results-focused  to exceed expectations 

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations 

Inside Ideas Group, part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws. 

Inside Ideas Group has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.'