Associate Creative Director, Design

Associate Creative Director, Design

Join the creative team at Whatnot to build brand and craft best-in-class creative across physical and digital experiences. As a core member, you’ll lead strategy, development, and execution of events that resonate with our communities.

• Collaborate with category and marketing teams to develop and execute campaign strategies and design directions that support business goals.
• Oversee end-to-end processes from concepts to final handoff, delivering work that drives loyalty and engagement while maintaining a high bar for craft.
• Manage and mentor a team of designers, fostering a collaborative environment of creative excellence.
• Lead brainstorming sessions, generate new ideas for event campaigns, and develop creative briefs that inspire the team.
• Stay ahead of trends, emerging platforms, and creative best practices to keep events fresh, effective, and culturally resonant.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external partners, including agencies and contractors, to scale creative production efficiently.

People who succeed at Whatnot are comfortable figuring things out, biased toward action, genuinely curious, focused on outcomes, and stay close to the product and users.

• 10+ years of experience in design, brand, and experiential creative roles.
• 2–4+ years in a lead design role where you independently concepted, designed, and executed projects; in-house experience with a multi-sited brand or marketplace preferred.
• Proven track record of developing and executing successful marketing and brand strategies and identity systems across physical and digital surfaces.
• Experience building and evolving brand systems in digitally native, social-first contexts.
• Leadership of creative teams that have taken campaigns from idea through launch, able to discuss business impact.
• Deep understanding of audience behavior, emerging trends, and tools, and passion for exploring brand–culture intersections.
• Adept at using data and metrics to inform creative decisions and improve impact.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to present ideas clearly. Experience working closely with designers, marketers, and product teams.
• Skilled at managing multiple projects simultaneously, pivoting as priorities shift.
• Curious, proactive, growth mindset, high standard for quality.
• High-growth startup, marketplace, or creator-focused platform experience preferred.
• Portfolio that showcases work.

• Generous holiday and time-off policy.
• Health insurance options: medical, dental, vision.
• Work-from-home support.
• Home office setup allowance.
• Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet.
• Care benefits: monthly wellness allowance, annual childcare allowance, lifetime benefit for family planning.
• Retirement: 401(k) for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and pension plans internationally.
• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app.
• Parental leave: 16 weeks paid parental leave plus one month gradual return to work.

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law.

Compensation Range: $175K – $225K