Associate Creative Director

Agency Noir is seeking an Associate Creative Director to grow our team in Seattle, WA. The ACD will develop and present creative concepts, produce exceptional work across our client projects, and help shape the creative vision at Noir. This role will be equal parts creative leadership and hands-on work, and will require proficiency in both art and copy direction.

Applicants should have experience in narrative development and feedback for video. Agency NoirAgency Noir is a Seattle-based craft creative agency. We believe in the magic of small beginnings, in open doors and collaboration, in clients who build to last. We are relentless in our focus on quality to support our clients, including Microsoft, NVIDIA, DoorDash, and Brooks.

In a typical day, you may be asked to:

Write a campaign brief. Work from an approved narrative brief to shape a video paper cut. Offer copy edits for a technical blog article, with particular attention paid to factual accuracy, voice, and product roadmap. Meet with leadership to help estimate a new project, and roll into drafting a treatment to support the sales effort.

Review a figma board of design concepts, offering notes to refine direction and keep the work on track. Help the design team work through some visual styling choices, with the goal of handing off files to animation by EOW. Revise the morning’s brief per notes from client partner and creative director. Present concepts or lead a check-in with clients.

The ideal candidate will

• Bring 5-8 years of industry experience in creative leadership, art direction, or design.
• Value collaboration and communication.
• Be meticulous about the details.
• Be strategy-driven and comfortable asking questions.
• Be passionate about the creative process and flexible in adapting to project needs.
• Be comfortable operating in ambiguity.
• Be capable of providing clear, constructive feedback.
• Be comfortable leading creative ideation and delivery across multiple project types, including video, digital, social, print, OOH, experiential.
• Have background in both design and copywriting, and/or strong cross-discipline fluency.
• Be practiced at balancing multiple projects across multiple clients simultaneously, while maintaining the highest standard of creative quality.
• Be experienced working with multi-channel campaigns.
• Be skeptical of what AI is telling you, and perfectly capable of reading your own emails, thank you very much.
• Enjoy the process of growing a small business.
• Be fluent in standard creative tools: you’ll be spending a lot of time in Adobe CC, Figma, Docs, Keynote, and Office.
• Good to have:
• Experience in tech.
• Experience leading creative teams and implementing processes.
• Experience defining and utilizing brand systems and asset libraries.
• Experience estimating creative budgets, timelines, and effort.
• Experience in video: production experience not a necessity, but familiarity with video storytelling and an interest in the medium is a plus.

Summary

• Job Type: Full-time
• Pay: $125,000 - $140,000 per year
• Benefits:401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• This is an in-person role.
• Agency Noir is looking for someone to help us grow.
• If you do not live in Seattle but are the right candidate, relocation assistance is available.