Associate Creative Director

Job Description

Job Description

Team : Creative Services

Classification : Exempt

Job Type : Salary, Full-time

Location : Hybrid - Raleigh-Durham, NC or Atlanta, GA

Annual Salary : $109,500-$129,800

OVERVIEW :

Nugget®, a fun-loving, imaginative, direct-to-consumer kids furniture brand, is looking for a talented Associate Creative Director to conceptualize and execute innovative, outside-the-box content and programming that engages customers, builds community, and always stays true to our mission of "growing imaginations." This role will support and report to our Senior Creative Director and work with our in-house Creative Team on copy, content, and brand experiences. The ACD role requires the ability to generate creative ideas rooted in marketing strategy and the skills to direct, collaborate, and bring those ideas to life. If you've worked as an ACD, Creative Producer, or have experience in an Art Department with a strong strategic mindset, a passion for innovation and execution, and a desire to join a fast-growing company with a beloved brand, we encourage you to apply today!

Please note, for this role we are requiring portfolios / websites to be submitted with your application.

What is Nugget? We are an industry-leading, fun-loving, direct-to-consumer Play company (est. 2014) that brings homes to life with bold play and big imaginations. We design, develop, manufacture, sell, and ship our part-toy, part-furniture products (The Nugget® - The Original Play Couch® - and Chunk™ - The World's First Play Ottoman) with a team of ~100 Nuggeteers in Butner, North Carolina (just outside of Durham) and Atlanta, GA. And we're just getting started — in both 2020 and 2021, Inc. Magazine named us the fastest-growing manufacturing company in the United States, and we have new stuff up our sleeves. We're proud to continue the industrial legacy of North Carolina, and to make fun furniture for future astronauts, artists, architects, athletes, and – especially – active community members.

ABOUT THIS ROLE :

• You'll work directly with the Sr Creative Director, VP of Creative and Marketing leads to plan / concept our content calendar with a special focus on our owned channels (social, web, email).
• You'll partner with the Creative Services team and with external partners / vendors to execute content– acting as a pivotal linchpin that ensures the creative execution meets the communication brief and business goals. Additionally, you'll provide guidance on photo and video shoots when necessary to ensure the creative vision is met
• You'll stay on top of social communications and cultural trends, viewing them through a "Nugget lens" and directing creative work that marries these trends with our brand values to keep our content fresh and relevant
• You'll become an expert on our consumer demographic and create content that keeps new and current Nuggeteers energized, engaged and inspired
• You'll manage a direct report : our Social Media Content Creator. You'll guide his / her workflow with your experience and technical knowledge, set goals and provide ongoing feedback and support for his / her professional development
• You'll create and deliver engaging presentations / pitches for our Marketing team to inform, inspire, and exemplify not only the creative ideas, but how those ideas tie back to strategy
• You'll partner with our Marketing teammates to help refine processes that allow you and our internal Creative Team to do the best work possible, as well as refine communication systems to ensure cross functional alignment
• You will complete regular Check-Ins, participate in 1 : 1 conversations, and complete Self Reviews within Nugget's 15Five platform to ensure consistent communication and feedback are shared.

ABOUT YOU :

Bonus : You understand the unique needs of DTC companies (particularly consumer goods)

BENEFITS :

Here at Nugget we don't negotiate compensation. This comes from research that shows negotiations often result in arbitrary differences in pay – not based on differences in ability, but based on who is better at negotiating. For that reason, we like to offer the amount upfront that we believe is fair for the job, rather than offer a lower amount that builds in the expectation for negotiating. To add a bit more context, our process is centered in industry data, which factors in our stage / size of company, job classification, experience and skill, to make sure that we have fair and transparent numbers for our regional market.

Equal opportunity :

Nugget is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, actual or presumed belonging to an ethnic group, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Salary : $109,500 - $129,800