Associate Creative Director, Design

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Position Summary: 

We are seeking an Associate Creative Director (ACD), Design to join our Marketing team. This opportunity enables you to lead a team of talented designers while contributing to an extraordinary organization dedicated to making a global impact. 

Reporting to the Creative Director of Design, the Associate Creative Director (ACD) will help to manage and lead the creative process, ensuring thought leadership, continuity, and design integrity across multiple shared divisions and global marketing initiatives. Additionally, the ACD will manage and mentor a team of designers at various experience levels, both locally and internationally. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, the ACD will utilize a range of design tools and methodologies to create compelling, industry-leading marketing materials across various mediums while meeting deliverable expectations and ensuring adherence to timelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead design thinking and serve as a creative thought leader alongside the Creative Director, helping shape the creative vision and strategy for marketing initiatives while ensuring flawless execution, brand consistency, and support for business growth. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and develop innovative creative concepts, comps, and high-fidelity prototypes from ideation through final delivery that meet business objectives and deliver measurable results. 
• Oversee creative operations by helping coordinate workflows, ensuring projects are delivered on time, meet quality standards, and support efficient production across both strategic and fast-turnaround initiatives. 
• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of creative and production designers while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing creative environment that encourages innovation and industry-leading work. 

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications: 

Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent work experience. 
• A minimum of 7–10 years of experience in a user-focused creative environment within a corporation or agency setting. 
• A strong online portfolio demonstrating design innovation and expertise across both digital and print experiences. 

Knowledge:

• Expert knowledge of user-centered design principles, visual design trends, emerging web technologies, current UI and UX design patterns, and responsive/adaptive design best practices. 
• Thorough understanding of digital marketing best practices, creative art direction, web design, and core graphic design principles. 
• Knowledge of project planning and management tools, web analytics, and optimization techniques. 
• Ability to quickly learn, utilize, and troubleshoot creative and collaboration tools such as Figma, Slack, Miro, etc. 
• Working knowledge of project management platforms including Workfront, Jira, and Confluence. 
• Familiarity with front-end web technologies including XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with a clear understanding of web capabilities and limitations.
   

Interpersonal Skills:

• Advanced written and verbal communication skills. 
• Confidence in delegating work and providing creative direction. 

• Strong empathy for end users with the ability to balance user needs and business objectives throughout the creative process.
  
  Other Job Requirements:
• Adhere to OHS policies and procedures and ensure a safe and healthy workplace environment

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.