Associate Creative Director - Recurrent Ventures (Los Angeles, CA)
About Us
Recurrent Ventures is an innovative digital media company that is challenging the media landscape with its proprietary approach. Its best-in-class brands like Popular Science, Domino, Outdoor Life, The Drive, Donut, Dwell, Task & Purpose, and more, engage a combined audience of more than 70 million monthly visitors. Initially founded in 2018, the portfolio rapidly expanded and today we have more than 15 brands across automotive, home, outdoors, science, technology, and military verticals. Recurrent is a virtual first organization that is headquartered in Miami with offices in New York and Los Angeles.
Salary
$80,000.00 - $100,000.00
The Opportunity:
Donut Media is looking to hire a Associate Creative Director to join Donut's Branded Content team. In this role, you'll have the chance to develop compelling branded content across Donut's various channels, spanning from one-off ads to year-long campaigns. Your consistent creativity and awareness of trends will be key in ensuring that Donut remains fresh and innovative throughout the entire creative process.
This person will be the company's go-to person for all creative matters on their slate of videos. This full-time role is in-person based in Donut's Inglewood, California headquarters and reports into the Sr. Director, Branded. Some travel is required.
The Responsibilities:
Contribute to the creative development of new branded business opportunities.
Assist the Sr. Director in developing concepts, strategies, and client presentations.
Coordinate resource allocation with Branded Producer to meet project needs.
Lead campaign creative and development from ideation to final video edit, ensuring alignment with both brand objectives and Donut's audience.
Maintain brand identity and message consistency across channels.
Evaluate creative performance and recommend improvements upon request
Collaborate with multiple internal teams to strategically plan and achieve goals
Lead and participate in brainstorming sessions.
Meet objectives, values, budgets, and deadlines.
Write engaging, targeted content for digital, social, commercials.
Exhibit strong strategic thinking aligned with Donut's perspective.
Strive to deliver exceptional creative to help strengthen brand partnerships.
Proofread and edit copy to ensure high-quality, error-free content.
Keep up with the latest ad trends, social strategies, and new technologies.
Offer ideas for freelance creatives, writers, directors that we could hire when needed
Qualifications & Skills
Must love cars and have extensive knowledge of cars, car maintenance, and automotive culture
e6+ years of experience working in a creative directing, development, copywriting, or branded production role in Digital/YouTubeAbility to work in a demanding, high pressure and time sensitive environment
Ability to interact and communicate effectively with creatives, talent, directors, and production
Experience with project management software such as Trello, Monday, Asana, or AirTable
Strong capability to multitask and prioritize multiple demands
Benefits & Perks
Medical, dental, vision & life insurance
Fitness Reimbursement
Unlimited PTO
Parental leave
Matching 401k Equity package
Hiring & Equal Opportunity Statement:
Recurrent Ventures provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, color, religion, age, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic or affiliation protected by federal, state or local laws. With a number of our media brands reporting on the military, veterans' affairs, and topics facing the active military community, we are very supportive of veterans' activities and highly encourage this community to apply.
