Associate Creative Director

Associate Creative Director – Beanstalk

Beanstalk is a full‑service digital agency that specializes in creative website design, branding, SEO, and digital marketing. We help clients grow by combining cutting‑edge creative work with strategic marketing insights.

• Own the day‑to‑day execution of client accounts and serve as the primary point of contact for ongoing communication and decisions.
• Lead creative execution by providing clear direction, feedback, and approvals to designers, writers, developers, and other contributors.
• Review and approve creative work, with the authority to request revisions or halt work that does not meet brand, strategy, or quality expectations.
• Translate client input into clear, actionable direction for internal teams while filtering noise and protecting creative integrity.
• Partner with the Project Manager during onboarding, major milestones, scope changes, and escalations, while independently managing the daily flow of work.
• Coordinate timelines, deliverables, and handoffs across teams to keep projects moving without sacrificing quality.
• Anticipate risks, bottlenecks, or misalignment early and take proactive steps to resolve issues.
• Support and mentor creative team members through thoughtful feedback, clear expectations, and leadership by example.
• Contribute directly to creative output when needed through concept refinement, copy feedback or edits, and structural improvements.
• Ensure consistency and quality across creative output within each account over time.

• 2 to 6 years of experience in a creative, marketing, or agency environment with hands‑on involvement in client work and creative execution.
• Strong creative judgment and the ability to evaluate and improve work across design, copy, and digital deliverables.
• Experience leading creative work through feedback, revisions, and approvals in a fast‑paced setting.
• Comfort owning day‑to‑day client communication and managing expectations clearly and professionally.
• Solid project coordination skills, including managing timelines, deliverables, and multiple contributors.
• Ability to balance creative quality with delivery discipline and make sound execution‑level decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Basic familiarity with digital marketing concepts such as websites, SEO, paid media, analytics, or landing pages.
• Comfort using project management and collaboration tools such as Trello, Asana, Click Up, Slack, or similar.
• Proactive, self‑directed, and comfortable taking ownership with minimal oversight.
• Experience giving creative feedback or approvals across design, copy, or web.
• Background in a fast‑paced agency environment with multiple clients and overlapping deadlines.
• Experience writing or refining creative briefs that translate strategy into clear direction.
• Experience working closely with designers, developers, or writers through revisions to final delivery.
• Interest in developing deeper creative leadership and mentoring skills as the agency grows.
• Google Tag Manager experience is a mandatory requirement for this position.

Salary CA $45,000–$60,000 per year. Fully remote structured position with a virtual office. Access to vacation/flex days and other benefits. A defined path for growing into strategy and account/project management roles. A team that’s collaborative, driven, and focused on doing work that matters. A straightforward, high‑performance environment with genuinely great people.

Beanstalk is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and we are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment opportunities. We offer competitive compensation, personalized coaching, and training for all of our employees. We provide a flexible remote work schedule to put the trust in our employees.

Interested? Apply now. Submit your application today and we will promptly review your resume and reach out to you shortly.