Associate Creative Director

The Associate Creative Director will work within our client's Design System, and is capable of taking the creative brief and consistently producing multiple fresh and own-able conceptual design approaches. They will collaborate with copywriters, UX, and Development to solve the challenges detailed in the brief with professional grade desgins, and fulfill the Creative Director's creative vision.   Please note:  this role requires the employee to be onsite at the client's office in Stanford, CT at least one day/month.  

What You'll Do:

• Create best-in-class digital communications for our client's web site, in desktop, tablet and mobile; with a focus on accessibility
• Lead the design system's strategy
• Aim to deliver 100% error free, pixel-perfect layout solutions per the design system templates
• Create responsive web designs within established brand guidelines while seeking new ways to push boundaries delivering original work
• Design assets from initial concept (wireframes, mockups and prototypes) to final delivery (web-optimized assets, AEM authored pages, development handoff)

What You'll Need:

• 5+ years of experience working in a marketing/advertising agency setting, with 3+ years of digital design experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Design, or related discipline and/or an equivalent experience working professionally in the field preferred; High school diploma required
• Proven ability to design against a creative brief, exhibited through a portfolio or existing work 
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe suite (PSD, XD, AI, Dn) 
• Strong communication and time management skills 
• The ability to work onsite at the client's office in Stanford, CT at least one day/month. 

What You’ll Get:

• Paid time off 
• 401(k) matching program
• A Linkedin Learning license to help advance your career skills
• Competitive health/dental/vision insurance options

Who We Are: PureRed is an award-winning, 600+ associate, PE-owned advertising, marketing, and technology partner that delivers digital content at scale with speed and precision. PureRed works with 14 of the largest 25 retailers in the country and provides fully integrated marketing and advertising capabilities for Fortune 500 brands across retail, consumer packaged goods, financial services, and specialty brands globally. With over 50 years’ experience, PureRed's current clients include Kroger, Rite Aid, New Jersey Lottery, and more. For more information, visit www.purered.co.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PureRed (“the Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by law. In addition, the Company complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment. Decisions concerning employment are based strictly on an individual’s qualifications and ability to perform the job under consideration, the comparative qualifications and abilities of the other applicants or employees, and the individual’s past performance, if applicable, within the Company. Employment decisions include, but are not limited to, recruitment, hiring, promotions, salary or other compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs, termination, and training.