# Associate Creative Director, Design at Kettle

> Remote · United States · Director+ · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Akettle%3A8801950002 (read 2026-11-10).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Kettle](https://alderhq.app/companies/kettle)
- Location text: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland OR, Austin TX; Austin, TX; New York City; Remote; San Francisco
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Remote · United States (evidence: "Location: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland OR, Austin TX; Austin, TX; New York City; R")
- Posted: 2026-09-11 (60 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-08
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kettle/jobs/8801950002

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $160k–$190k per year (from the description)
- Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 819): p25 $214k, median $254k, p75 $293k

## Description (the employer's text)

Kettle is a team of passionate, fearless creatives focused on delivering great products, redefining best-practices, and providing new opportunities for our clients.

We are hiring an Associate Creative Director, Design, to oversee end-to-end digital website project execution for one of our largest clients, a Bay Area based creative tech company. In this embedded role, you’ll partner directly with our clients to design world-class digital experiences that both adhere to established standards and push the creative in new directions. You’ll be hands-on in the work as an experienced designer, while guiding other Designers and Art Directors in your pod as a project lead. If the term conceptual digital design resonates with you, along with detailed execution, then this role may be a fit.

These roles require team members to be onsite 5 days per week, for 2-3 months at a time, for specific projects. At other times during the year, the team is remote.

Candidates should have:

- Significant experience in digital design and art direction, and the ability to create pixel perfect designs while innovating work within a rigorous product environment
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills with cross-functional partners, including design, copy, motion, production, and account partners
- Excellent client collaboration and management skills, with the ability to present design work internally and to senior level clients
- Experience managing or mentoring junior to senior level designers, including formal and informal reviews and other talent development areas
- While not required, bonus if you have experience with similar global creative tech clients
We’d like to know that you can:

- Understand and challenge your clients’ needs across the board to ensure the integrity and excellence of our work
- Be the person the client looks up to be inspired and to get their creative questions asked. Help them understand the team’s perspective and align on the creative North Star
- Explore multiple unique, on-brand creative solutions to answer the brief and encourage your team to do the same
- Guide your team to create own-able experiences for the client through simple and relevant concepts, clear innovative UX, beautiful art direction and on-point tone & voice
- Work with cross-functional leads to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short and long-term needs
- Consistently demonstrate an expertise in the competitive landscape from a creative standpoint, and stay abreast of design culture and best-in-class creative across channels
- Manage and mentor designers of all levels, helping them chart their career path and provide opportunities to grow
- Embrace challenges, not afraid to get your hands dirty and solution with fellow teammates and clients
The target range of base compensation for this role is $160k - 190k. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.

---
Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Akettle%3A8801950002 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.