Associate Creative Director, Experience Design

Apple • Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

The Associate Creative Director (ACD) of Experience Design leads digital initiatives across Apple’s ecosystem — from commerce to in-store experiences. This role drives vision and guides multidisciplinary teams to craft elegant, customer-first solutions that balance design excellence with technical and business realities. An expert on the customer, the ACD translates insights into focused experience strategies and design artifacts — from journey frameworks and opportunity maps to UX concepts and prototypes. They are the connective tissue that ensures the strategy and user intent is reflected in final deliverables. This role partners closely with Business, Product, Engineering, and Product Marketing teams to align vision, priorities, and measures of success.

Requirements

• At least 10 of years of experience in digital product, service, experience design or a related discipline.
• A portfolio of thoughtful, high-impact work that demonstrates strength in both experience strategy and UX design execution.
• Ability to connect business goals, customer needs, and design principles into cohesive experience visions.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in creating and reviewing UX/Product Designs across all layers of the experience - from information architecture and navigation to accessibility, interaction patterns and art direction to ensure a scalable, cohesive, intuitive and inclusive user experience.
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively.
• Deep understanding of design thinking and experience systems, and how to apply them within large-scale organizations.
• Expertise in planning and synthesizing user research to uncover insights and opportunities, and translating them into actionable frameworks and design direction.
• Experience planning and leading workshops to gain alignment, uncover insights, and drive clarity across creative and business teams.
• Skilled in developing end-to-end customer journeys and defining product or platform visions.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, creating clarity, and aligning diverse teams toward a shared goal.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees