Associate Creative Director

Title: Associate Creative Director

Location: Oakland United States

Job Description:

Clorox is the place that's committed to growth - for our people and our brands. Guided by our purpose and values, and with people at the center of everything we do, we believe every one of us can make a positive impact on consumers, communities, and teammates. Join our team. #CloroxIsThePlace

Your role at Clorox:

Are you ready to lead bold, breakthrough content for some of the world's most recognized brands? Clorox is looking for an Associate Creative Director - Content to shape the consumer journey across digital, social, e-commerce, and experiential platforms. You'll lead a talented team of writers and designers, working closely with strategy, production, and account teams to create high-impact content that connects, converts, and inspires.

This role is built for a conceptual thinker who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment (2,500+ projects a year). From quick-turn creative to fully integrated campaigns, you'll balance efficiency with excellence-and help shape how brands show up in the world. We're looking for a leader who's as fluent in storytelling as they are in tech especially excited about new tools like generative AI and passionate about reaching diverse, modern audiences. You'll also play a key role in mentoring talent and maintaining brand consistency across every touchpoint. If you love building brands through powerful content and want to do it at scale this is your next move.

In this role, you will:

• Manage content creative execution for a group of Clorox brands, ensuring a standard of excellence and consistency across all of our creative executions

• Drive creative vision for brands, bringing campaign thinking and conceptual direction to paid, owned, and earned marketing executions

• Create campaigns and executions that communicate to a variety of audiences, with a growing focus on younger, multi-cultural millennial audiences

• Experience working in a variety of marketing channels, with emphasis on storytelling across a variety of mostly digital touchpoints, including social, websites, CRM, and e-commerce spaces

• Lead content productions, providing guidance on executions including video and photo shoots, storyboarding, mood boards, etc.

• Create a coherent marketing ecosystem across brands, in partnership with the Associate Creative Director-Packaging

• Work closely with partners in account management, strategy, and project management to understand business goals and brainstorm creative solutions

• Drive human-centered, purpose-focused ideas for brands, making sure that all marketing connects with people. Often translating AOR advertising campaigns to additional marketing channels

• Strong point of view and leadership skills, including an ability to make decisions on creative concepts to bring to brand reviews and willingness to make strong recommendations to brand partners, with compelling rationale, on which option best solves the business challenge

• Serve as creative contact for day-to-day brand partners

• Evaluate assignments/opportunities and allocate the correct creative resource (designer/writer/UX lead) needed to serve the brand challenge

• Meet team needs for speed and quick-turn deliverables, allowing work with low creative lift to move quickly into execution

• Assemble creative presentations, from concept to execution through production, with the help of account and project management

• Meet billable hour requirements while also driving revenue growth through new ideas

• Embrace, champion, and implement new ways of working, including generative artificial intelligence

TALENT LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

• Manage a team of 1-4 creative specialists, including writers and designers

• Manage team utilization rate, ensuring that team members are working and workloads are equitable throughout their team

• Create actionable developmental plans for direct reports and provide continuous feedback to advance careers and remove obstacles to their success

• Right-size the team effort, ensuring low-creative lift work moves quickly with few layers, while higher-value work receives more scrutiny and attention

CLIENT MANAGEMENT/EXTERNAL FOCUS

• Establishes strong relationships with brand partners

• Understands corporate strategy and goals. Ensures all Electro strategies are tied to them and are effectively communicated to the team

• Stays abreast of industry and marketing landscape, understanding best practices and new opportunities

What we look for:

• 7+ years of experience in creative marketing (as a copywriter, designer or art director) with experience in ad, public relations, branding, innovation, or packaging agencies

• 1+ years as a people manager of other creative employees, contractors, and vendors

• Leadership and development of integrated creative projects, including packaging, owned digital, video content, campaigns, film/video, and other content creation

• Experience developing brand standards and brand voice

Desirable requirements:

• Creative operations experience in a medium to large organization

• In-house experience is a plus

• Understanding of digital production process with experience collaborating with digital strategists, UX, analytics, and developers

• Direction of video shoots and directing on-screen talent in studio and on location

• Understands production budgets and timelines

• Digital production and workflow

• Work in the consumer packaged goods categories

• International experience is a plus

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Workplace type:

Hybrid - 3 days in Oakland office (Tuesday-Thursday)

We seek out and celebrate diverse backgrounds and experiences. We're looking for fresh perspectives, a desire to bring your best, and a non-stop drive to keep growing and learning.

At Clorox, we have a Culture of Inclusion. We believe our values-based culture connects to our purpose and helps our people be the best versions of themselves, professionally and personally. This means building a workplace where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate in our Clorox community. Learn more about our I&D program & initiatives here.

[U.S.]Additional Information:

At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates' unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more.

We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location. The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area.

-Zone A: $128,000 - $252,200

-Zone B: $117,400 - $231,200

-Zone C: $106,700 - $210,200

All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox's incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.

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