[Hiring] Associate Creative Director @Kepler Group

Role Description

Kepler executes engineered marketing, where every message and ad delivered helps create a more personalized and productive relationship between brands and their consumers. This role operates within Kepler’s collaborative ecosystem, partnering closely with Marketing and Business Development teams to ensure creative output aligns with strategic objectives and supports company growth.

The Associate Creative Director, AI Design leads the fusion of graphic design mastery and next-generation AI creativity. This role is for a multidisciplinary design leader who excels in:

• Concept development
• Brand design
• Motion and visual systems

The ACD will direct design across digital platforms, social, and video while helping shape new workflows that combine human taste with AI precision.

What You Will Do:

• Contribute ideas and insights to Kepler’s broader innovation initiatives, including Focus Forum and Kip tools.
• Lead design and art direction across campaigns, digital content, and video creative for global brands.
• Use generative AI tools to prototype concepts, create visual variations, and accelerate creative exploration.
• Design and oversee internal assets such as marketing materials, case studies, pitch decks, and websites.
• Collaborate closely with data scientists, AI engineers, copywriters, and animators to develop AI-augmented workflows and creative tools.
• Build and refine repeatable AI-based creative workflows, prompt libraries, and design systems for scalable output.
• Ensure brand standards and creative excellence through human review and quality control of AI-generated content.
• Proactively explore new technologies, design approaches, and creative prototypes to expand team capabilities.
• Present ideas and visual strategies to clients and internal stakeholders with clarity and confidence.
• Communicate AI capabilities clearly to non-technical collaborators and clients to build understanding and trust.
• Mentor designers on integrating AI safely, ethically, and effectively into their work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in professional design and art direction across digital, social, and video platforms.
• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects), Figma, and related design platforms.
• Strong foundation in design principles: typography, composition, layout, color, and brand systems.
• Skilled in using generative AI tools such as Midjourney, Imagen, Veo, Firefly, Runway, and emerging image or video generators.
• Familiarity with node-based AI workflow platforms (e.g., Flora, ComfyUI, Weavy) and automation frameworks.
• Experience incorporating AI-driven text, voice, or 3D tools (e.g., ChatGPT, ElevenLabs, Spline, Kaedim) into creative development.
• Strong understanding of motion graphics principles and how to direct AI-augmented animation or video production.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining quality and consistency.
• Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills for remote collaboration and client-facing conversations.
• Self-starter who takes initiative, actively seeks feedback, and contributes to a culture of learning and innovation.
• Commitment to responsible and transparent use of AI in creative production.
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, or related field preferred.
• Outstanding online portfolio demonstrating contemporary design, creativity, and mastery of AI-augmented workflows required.

Requirements

• Comfortable using performance metrics and iterative improvement methods, understanding how creative data informs refinement and optimization of design work.

Benefits

• Healthcare/Dental/Vision
• Unlimited PTO
• RRSP Contributions
• $75/mo Wellness Stipend
• $100/mo Mobile Phone Stipend
• $50/mo Internet Stipend
• $500/yr Annual Learning Stipend
• $2,000/yr Annual Tuition Stipend
• One-time $200 New Hire Home Office Equipment Stipend
• Parental Leave - 16 week primary caregiver / 6 week secondary caregiver leave
• Annual Work From Anywhere 4 weeks per year