Associate Creative Director, Design
Position Summary & Responsibilities
Who are we?
MATTE is a 360° creative studio at the convergence of culture, storytelling and design. We bring people together to inspire new ways of engaging, provoke long-term progress and entertain audiences around the world, while helping forward-thinking brands and institutions do the same.
Our studio capabilities span strategy and insights, creative development, branding and identity, experiential, web design and development, campaigns and content creation, through full-scale production and execution.
About this role
MATTE is looking for an Associate Creative Director, Design to join our Creative department. Motion / Animation Expertise Required
This person will be a senior, hands-on creative leader responsible for developing and directing work across brand, campaign, experiential, content, digital and motion.
The ideal candidate combines strong design and conceptual thinking with meaningful experience leading motion, animation, CGI, VFX and post-production workflows. They understand how moving-image work gets made, from early creative development and storyboarding through production, post and final delivery, and can confidently guide internal teams, external artists and production partners throughout the process.
This role requires someone who can move fluidly between creative direction and execution, lead multiple concurrent workstreams, maintain a high bar for craft, and help teams translate ambitious ideas into work that is both creatively strong and technically achievable.
This role reports to the Design Director and works closely with Creative Directors across projects, with project-specific creative leadership depending on the assignment.
Creative Direction
- Lead the ideation, design and development of brand, campaign, experiential, content, digital and motion-led creative.
- Develop and communicate clear creative direction across visual identity, graphic design, motion, animation and moving image.
- Concept and collaborate with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Designers, Copywriters, Experience Designers, Strategists and Producers.
- Lead creative work from early concept and pitch stages through production and final delivery.
- Translate concepts into clear briefs, storyboards, references and creative direction for internal teams and external partners.
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Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights
Scrutinizing elite aesthetic taste, relentless execution under chaotic creative timelines, and the ability to balance high art with commercial viability.
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