Associate Creative Director - Design
About The Position
The Associate Creative Director – Design translates Bio-Rad’s brand strategy into integrated, multi-channel campaign concepts for high-profile launches, balancing marketing impact with scientific accuracy. The role leads multidisciplinary creative pods across art, copy, motion, and production, setting creative direction and quality standards for work across digital, print, video, and experiential channels. The position reviews and approves creative deliverables for consistency, craft, scientific accuracy, and regulatory compliance; partners with Product and Marketing on campaign KPIs and creative performance; and mentors mid- and senior-level creatives. The Associate Creative Director also helps evolve brand standards and ways of working, deputizes for the Creative Director when needed, partners with the PMO on timelines, and may brief agencies or freelancers when internal capacity is tight. The employee must be based within commuting distance of Bio-Rad’s Hercules, California office. The position offers a variable annual bonus in addition to its stated base salary range.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Design, Advertising, Marketing, or a related field.
- 14 or more years of multidisciplinary design and creative experience, including at least 4 years in a creative-leadership role.
- Proven ability to ideate and execute integrated campaigns from concept through launch across digital, print, video, and experiential channels.
- Fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma.
- Working command of motion and interactive fundamentals.
- Ability to utilize AI in everyday tasks to create efficiencies at scale.
- Strong people-leadership and feedback skills, with a track record of growing creative talent.
- Excellent stakeholder communication and storytelling skills.
- Working knowledge of scientific or highly technical marketing.
- Must be located within commuting distance of the Hercules, California office.
Responsibilities
- Translate Bio-Rad’s brand strategy into integrated, multi-channel campaign concepts for high-profile launches while ensuring marketing impact and scientific accuracy.
- Lead and partner with multidisciplinary creative pods across art, copy, motion, and production.
- Set the creative bar and provide daily direction to Art Directors and Designers.
- Review and approve deliverables for consistency, craft, scientific accuracy, and regulatory compliance across channels.
- Partner with Product and Marketing to set campaign KPIs and optimize creative performance against them.
- Mentor mid- and senior-level creatives and help evolve brand standards and ways of working.
- Deputize for the Creative Director when needed.
- Partner with the PMO on timelines and brief agencies or freelancers when internal capacity is tight.
- Present creative work to senior stakeholders and incorporate feedback into subsequent iterations.
Benefits
- Competitive medical plans for employees and their families
- Free HSA funds
- Fertility offering with stipend
- Group life and disability coverage
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k) with profit sharing
- Employee stock purchase program
- Mental health platform
- Learning and development opportunities
- Education benefits
- Student debt relief program
- Pet insurance
- Wellness challenges and support
- Paid time off
- Employee Resource Groups
- Variable annual bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
