Associate Creative Director

We are looking for an Associate Creative Director of Art to help define what Ninja looks like next. This is a role for a conceptual leader with a solid branding background and a passion for bringing new brands and products to life - someone who collaborates closely with their writing partner to generate breakthrough creative ideas that sell products across Packaging, In-Store, OTT, Social, Experiential, DTC, and Amazon.

You are imaginative and prolific, not precious, about your ideas. You can take a brief and realize it through fresh, disruptive executions. You are super detail-oriented, ultra-collaborative, and can handle the grind of iterating until we find the breakthrough story.

You think in systems, not just assets - building platforms and identities that scale across every touchpoint and perform.

You must have at least 8 years of creative agency or in-house experience, with a thorough understanding of product marketing. Start-up experience is a plus.

- Develop the creative strategy for new product launches across Ninja brands

- Define product identities from the ground up in partnership with product and insights teams

- Bring new products to market via creative storytelling including naming, logo executions, and visual identity/design language

- Collaborate with consumer insights, product development, engineering, and brand marketing to generate strategies, concepts, and campaigns that support business goals

- Lead scalable campaign platforms and ideas that travel across channels - packaging, Amazon, DTC, social, video, retail, and experiential

- Translate ideas to junior designers and oversee the visual manifestation of concepts

- Develop and maintain cross-functional relationships across the entire organization

- Use AI to accelerate concepting, exploration, and iteration

- Show design excellence across various media: TVC, Social, product identity design

- Create high-quality graphics, mock-ups, and designs to support the creative strategy

- Establish and lead strategic design intent for various products

- Bring multiple conceptual and design solutions to every assignment

- Work closely with brand teams to manage creative deliverables and tight deadlines

- Strong communication skills: written, verbal, and presentation

- 8+ years of creative agency or in-house experience, preferably with product marketing background

- Portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking and visual excellence across brand, campaign, and product work

- Proven ability to concept and execute across Packaging, DTC, Amazon, Retail, Social, and integrated campaigns

- Experience bringing product identities and stories from 0 to 1

- Strong instincts for social and platform-native storytelling

- Excellent at managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, highly iterative environment

- Can take action in the face of ambiguity with world-class problem-solving skills

- Move fast, iterate often, and believe constructive feedback drives better outcomes

- Are a team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills