Associate Creative Director, Brand

Job Application for Associate Creative Director, Brand at Ethos Life Back to jobs Associate Creative Director, Brand Remote US Apply About Ethos Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten. About the role There's a category that's been doing things the same way for over a hundred years. We're here to change that. Most ACD’s don't dream about performance marketing. We're looking for the one who does. The one who gets genuinely excited by the question: why did that ad work? This isn't a role for someone who wants to ship beautiful work and move on. It's for the rare AD who has a strong aesthetic point of view, cares deeply about craft, and loves seeing their work tied directly to real results. This role has one core mandate: raise the visual bar across everything we make. You'll have significant ownership over the look and feel of Ethos across paid social, video, and all marketing touchpoints, and will play a key role in shaping how this brand shows up visually. Duties and Responsibilities: Refine and elevate the visual quality of everything we make: paid social static ads, video, website, one-pagers, and all marketing touchpoints Refine our visual system where you see fit, including color palette, typography, photography style, illustration direction, end cards, and bumpers Develop sonic branding that translates consistently across TV, radio, and digital Collaborate closely with the video creative team to ensure visual consistency and quality across all formats Stay deeply in tune with what's working and what isn't across our paid social creative, using performance data to inform visual decisions Champion AI adoption to accelerate concepting, design production, and creative iteration Bring curiosity and ambition to explore new visual territories and push the brand beyond where it's been Qualifications and Skills: 7+ years in art and creative direction with a strong portfolio spanning performance creative and brand Exceptional visual design sensibility with experience refining or evolving brand identity systems, including color, type, photography, and illustration Experience designing for paid social at scale, you understand how visual decisions affect performance and why Familiarity with video creative, including end cards, bumpers, and motion, is a strong plus Experience developing or contributing to sonic branding is a plus AI-forward, you're already using AI tools in your design workflow and excited to bring that to a team Genuine obsession with design, advertising, and how visual craft moves people to act #LI-Remote #LI-CM1 The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $127,000 - $223,000. 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