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Associate Creative Director, Design
Creative Services
Chamblee, GA
Full Time
In-Office and Remote
In a world full of screens and distractions, PullSpark helps brands build valuable long-term memories. Guided by our _nstinct™ framework, our approach is part art and part science; part creativity, curiosity and I’ve-never-seen-that-before. PullSpark partners with visionary brands and leaders to craft events, experiences and campaigns that make brands easy to love and hard to forget.
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Associate Creative Director, Design
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Creative Services
Chamblee, GA
Full Time
In-Office and Remote
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About PullSpark
About PullSpark In a world full of screens and distractions, PullSpark helps brands build valuable long-term memories. Guided by our _nstinct™ framework, our approach is part art and part science; part creativity, curiosity and I’ve-never-seen-that-before. PullSpark partners with visionary brands and leaders to craft events, experiences and campaigns that make brands easy to love and hard to forget.
Reports to Art Director
Position overview
Role Overview
The Associate Creative Director (ACD), Design, is a working creative leader at PullSpark who designs and animates the work hands-on and partners with Creative Directors in the creative circle to shape the idea from the start. This role specializes in graphic design, motion design, and the visual systems behind experiences, events, and live environments. The ACD helps create the creative direction, then produces it, carrying the idea from concept through final delivery and ensuring every element aligns with the client’s goals, PullSpark’s _nstinct storytelling methodology, and the overall audience experience. This position requires a driven creative who loves to make things, understands what needs to happen next at every phase of a project, and can confidently guide teams, contractors, and collaborators toward success.
What you'll do
Key Accountabilities
Hands-On Production
Turn creative concepts into finished work by producing key visual and motion assets (event looks, graphics packages, screen content, animated openers) hands-on.
Execute graphic design hands-on: event identities and key art, stage and screen graphics, presentation design, signage and environmental graphics, and digital, social, and print assets.
Execute motion design hands-on: animated openers, logo animations, lower thirds, screen loops, transitions, and live graphics packages built for LED walls and live environments.
Maintain a comprehensive understanding of all project deliverables and how they connect into the overall audience experience.
Oversee the progression of creative assets and deliverables through each stage of development, ensuring momentum and alignment across teams, while using AI to progress the work.
Partner with designers, editors, animators, writers, producers, and event teams to ensure all creative elements work cohesively together; bringing in contractors when the team is at capacity or a specialty doesn’t exist in-house.
Ensure the creative intent is preserved throughout execution and post-production.
Anticipate creative gaps, executional challenges, or workflow bottlenecks and proactively propose solutions.
Ensure all deliverables align with client brand standards, PullSpark quality expectations, and the _nstinct storytelling methodology.
Creative Development & Ideation
Partner with Creative Directors to develop and expand creative concepts across live events, film, experiential activations, graphics packages, and integrated campaigns.
Contribute original ideas that elevate the creative direction and strengthen audience impact.
Help complete and refine creative concepts by identifying opportunities for stronger storytelling, visuals, pacing, messaging, or experiential engagement.
Participate in brainstorms, pitch development, creative reviews, and concept presentations.
Shape messaging, tone, visual identity, and emotional arc across deliverables.
Contribute to scripting, story development, VO, and music choices alongside the Copywriter and the ACD, Film.
Contribute creative references, inspiration, and strategic thinking that help push projects forward.
Event & Experience Leadership
Possess strong understanding of live event environments and experiential storytelling.
Support the development of event content systems including:
Openers
Show flow
Screen content
Filmed videos
Animated videos
Live graphics
Walk-in/walk-out moments
Speaker support visuals
Scenic integration
Audience engagement moments
Music and audio direction
Experiential activations
Collaborate cross-functionally with Event Producers, Technical Directors, Production Managers, and Creative Directors to ensure all creative elements integrate successfully into the live experience.
Provide on-site creative leadership and problem-solving during productions and events.
Timelines & Workload
Partner with Project Managers, Event Producers, and Creative Directors to ensure deadlines are realistic, efficient, and aligned with production schedules.
Balance multiple overlapping projects while maintaining high creative standards and meeting client deadlines.
Creative Collaboration
Serve as a key bridge between creative leadership and execution teams.
Clearly communicate creative intent, feedback, revisions, and priorities across disciplines.
Guide internal creatives, and contractors when needed, toward successful execution.
Collaborate with Creative Directors to ensure projects remain creatively strong while achievable within timeline and budget realities.
Foster a collaborative, solutions-oriented creative environment.
Post-Production & Quality Control
Participate in edit reviews, content reviews, and creative checkpoints.
Assist in shaping pacing, music direction and selection, VO options, visual storytelling, and refinement strategies.
Review creative outputs to ensure consistency in:
Storytelling
Tone
Brand alignment
Visual identity
Audience engagement
Ensure deliverables maintain PullSpark’s standard of excellence across all formats.
AI Design Systems & Prompt Strategy
Develop and maintain AI-assisted design and motion workflows that help PullSpark scale visual content creation while maintaining creative excellence.
Build prompt frameworks and workflows tailored to individual client brands, visual identities, color and type systems, and design styles.
Create systems that improve:
visual consistency,
speed to first concept,
ideation, moodboarding, and concept exploration,
revision workflows,
and creative scalability.
Partner with Creative Directors and designers to ensure AI-supported outputs remain strategically aligned, on brand, and creatively differentiated.
Continuously evaluate emerging AI tools for image generation, design, and motion that enhance visual storytelling and workflow efficiency.
Establish best practices and guardrails for AI-generated visual quality, brand consistency, and image usage rights.
What you'll bring
Qualifications
Core Competencies
Multidisciplinary creative thinking
Event and experiential storytelling
Hands-on graphic design, motion design, and visual communication
Typography, layout, color, and brand identity systems
Animation and motion graphics for screens and live environments
Film and content production understanding
Music and VO direction
Presentation and messaging development
Creative problem solving
Workflow and execution oversight
Cross-functional communication
Brand understanding
Live production awareness
Attention to detail and creative quality control
Attributes
Highly collaborative, driven, and strategic thinker
Able to move fluidly between creative ideation and execution
Understands both big-picture vision and tactical implementation
Resourceful under pressure
Organized thinker with strong follow-through
Strong aesthetic and storytelling instincts
Calm and solutions-oriented in fast-paced environments
High standards for creative excellence and craftsmanship
Strong communicator across creative and operational teams
Executive presence for pitch presentations
Curious about emerging AI and creative technologies
Suggested Experience Requirements
4+ years of experience in creative production, creative direction, experiential marketing, agency production, or integrated content creation
Strong hands-on graphic design and motion design skills (Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects or equivalent), plus experience across live events, video, and branded storytelling
Experience using AI tools to support design and motion development and workflow optimization
Experience working within fast-paced agency or production environments
Strong understanding of live event production workflows
Portfolio showcasing graphic design, motion design, and experiential work, plus execution leadership
Experience leading creative execution teams preferred
Compensation and benefits
The Details
Location: Atlanta Preferred for Remote/In Office (5080 Peachtree Blvd, Suite 200, Chamblee, GA 30341)
Onsite: Up to 20–30% travel
Office Hours: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM (weekends and/or nights required depending on events)
Salary Range: $75,000–$95,000
Growth path: Associate Creative Director → Creative Director
Reports to: Art Director
Benefits
Health benefits upon completion of 30 days of employment, coverage begins on the first day of the next month
Retirement benefits after 60 days
Counseling reimbursement available
Annual Sparky Health Challenge that promotes wellbeing
Paid Parental and Caregiver Leave
Continuing Education opportunities
Company-wide social events
Annual retreat for ongoing development
Paid Time Off
Vacation accrual begins on your first day of employment and accrues at a rate of 1.5 days per month worked (15 vacation days/12 months) in your first year of employment. Vacation allocation will reset January 1.
12 weeks of paid maternity leave / 4 weeks paid paternity leave offered
15 vacation days accrued per year
1 volunteer day1 day for employee’s birthday (floating holiday)
Up to 17 paid holidays honored in addition to vacation time (depending on calendar year)
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
President’s Day
Memorial Day
Juneteenth
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve (if falling on business day)
Christmas Day (if falling on business day)
New Years Eve/December 31 (if falling on business day)


