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Job Description

The Associate Creative Director at SA is a problem-solver who thrives on delivering conceptually powerful, compelling, on-strategy, and detail-oriented executions against creative briefs. Beyond a mastery of design skills and software, the designer is proactive, self-motivated, passionate, a team-player and hungry. They are constantly cultivating a strong knowledge and mastery of the education sector, design and advertising industry practices and technical skills alike.

• Develops strong, strategically sound concepts from brief to production for small and large campaigns
• Excellent communication skills; engages right team members at the right points, manages up as needed
• Consistently delivers work on time, to the right degree of finish at each stage, and high quality
• Efficiently manages project workload for day-to-day needs
• Effectively expands upon the boundaries of our design work with respect for the core tenets of our brand to deliver inspired, fresh creative that still maintains brand consistency
• Collaborates with other agency teams including digital, social, video, and project management
• Maintains strong working knowledge of media as appropriate to ensure work maintains best practices by platform
• Effectively manages and directs copywriters, photographers, illustrators, printers, retouchers, and other vendors as needed on a per-project basis
• Effectively manages and directs freelance and junior designers in support of the organization's short and long term goals
• Strong presentation skills, clearly explaining how concepts will deliver against the strategic/ business/ creative goals to senior stakeholders
• Liaise with stakeholders and project managers to ensure deadlines are met

• A minimum 3-5 years of experience, ideally in an agency environment
• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field
• Strong conceptual and design thinking skills
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite, designing for Google Suite, and relevant design software
• Strong knowledge of best practices for digital (web, landing pages, email), print, social media, and video formats
• Excellent organizational and communication skills; attention to detail, multitasking, prioritization and project management
• Thrives in a fast-paced, self-motivated, deadline-driven environment.
• Problem-solves with enthusiasm
• Addresses feedback quickly and collaborates effectively
• Stays up-to-date with industry developments and tools