Associate Creative Director

Global (us Timezone)RemoteFull-timeexecutive

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Overview

Reports to: Executive Creative Director Location and Timezone: Remote in North America or Latin America, with ability to work PST hours Works closely with: Creative, Production, Tech, Growth,

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Responsibilities

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Take creative ownership of one or more core client accounts, ensuring consistency, quality, and clarity across engagements.
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Set and maintain creative direction across projects — from early concept through execution.
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Be accountable for the overall creative health of the work, not just individual deliverables.

Be practiced in core creative competency – you should be intimately familiar with creative execution at the highest level
As needed, be hands-on with conceptual and delivery phases of the creative process
Understand the possibilities, limitations and potential within 2D/3D motion design

Act as a creative point of continuity for assigned client accounts.
Build trust through taste, follow-through, and thoughtful decision-making.
Collaborate closely with Production and Tech to shape approaches that balance ambition, feasibility, and craft.

Step into a creative lead role on pitches and new client opportunities articulating our unique perspective. Help shape concepts, narratives, and presentations that reflect Active Theory’s point of view.
Contribute to how we position our creative capabilities externally.
Act as a primary ambassador for Active Theory starting to build a public-facing leadership profile (e.g., through industry events or thought leadership).

Lead by example through craft, communication, and collaboration.
Demonstrate being AI native and generally interested in AI
Provide direction and feedback that helps elevate designers and strengthen the work.
Contribute to creative standards, systems, and ways of working that scale across the studio.
Foster a design culture and support in department process and initiatives

The work feels cohesive, intentional, and confidently directed.
Partners experience clarity, consistency, and trust in creative leadership.
Designers feel supported, challenged, and elevated.
Creative leadership is proactive — identifying opportunities, not just responding to briefs.

As an Associate Creative Director, you’re building toward full Creative Director scope by:
Continued demonstration of high craft and quality
Build taste and sense of innovation within the department and cross functionally
Expanding ownership across multiple partnerships
Increasing influence on studio-wide creative direction
Leading larger pitches and long-term strategic narratives
Developing others into leaders, not just strong contributors
Demonstrating moving from 'leading the work' to 'shaping the future of the studio' through strategic public representation and studio-wide influence.