Associate Creative Director - Design

About this role

About Us

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja , the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

AI at SharkNinja

At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in.

About the Role

At SharkNinja, we don’t just launch campaigns; we build the future of consumer design. We are looking for an Associate Creative Director (ACD), Design to help define what the Ninja brand looks like next. Operating out of our state-of-the-art Creative Design Hub in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, this is a heavy "player-coach" role built for a conceptual, systems-first design leader.

You won't just inherit static briefs—you will work upstream with product development, consumer insights, and brand marketing to shape raw innovation into compelling visual narratives. From defining product identities from 0 to 1 to engineering scalable visual ecosystems, you will ensure our breakthrough products dominate across every consumer touchpoint.

What You’ll Do

• Shape Product Identities From 0 to 1: Work upstream with insights and product engineering to define the positioning, naming, visual identity, and design language for groundbreaking new product lines.

• Build Scalable Visual Ecosystems: Think in systems, not single assets. Build cohesive design platforms that scale seamlessly across Packaging, DTC, Amazon, Retail, Social, OTT/Video, and Experiential marketing.

• Direct High-Impact Production: Lead and execute visual strategy across multi-media channels; act as the lead art director on photo and video shoots to ensure execution matches strategic intent.

• Champion an AI-Native Workflow: Experiment boldly with Figma, AI generation tools, and emerging platforms to dramatically accelerate concepting, exploration, and rapid iteration.

• Mentor & Elevate Talent: Direct, inspire, and develop a high-performing team of junior to mid-level designers, fostering a culture of high craft, ownership, and collaborative excellence.

• Pitch and Partner Cross-Functionally: Translate complex strategic goals into highly visual presentations, successfully selling bold creative concepts to executive-level leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ Years of Experience: Proven track record within a fast-paced creative agency or an innovative, fast-moving in-house creative department (direct experience in consumer product marketing is a major plus).

• A Stellar, Multi-Channel Portfolio: Showcases elite conceptual thinking, a high bar for visual taste, and a deep understanding of packaging, digital commerce (DTC, Amazon), platform-native social content, and motion design.

• A Systems Thinker: You look at a product and immediately visualize how it thrives as a holistic brand universe, rather than an isolated ad campaign.

• Fluency in Modern Workflows: Advanced mastery of Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. You actively integrate AI tools into your daily ideation and production processes.

• Thrives in High-Velocity Environments: You are highly adaptable, prolific with ideas, and energized by rapid prototyping and tight deadlines. You are not "precious" about early concepts—you prioritize finding the breakthrough story that works.

What Does Success Look Like?

• In 30 Days: You have fully immersed yourself in our NYC Creative Design Hub, established deep relationships with your writing, product, and brand partners, and mastered the current visual brand guidelines for the Ninja portfolio.

• In 90 Days: You are actively working upstream on upcoming product launches, successfully taking a raw technical brief and spinning it into 3+ distinct, high-impact visual identity concepts. Your direct reports feel supported, clear, and energized by your creative direction.

• In 1 Year: You have successfully brought major new Ninja products to market with distinct, 5-star consumer-rated packaging, retail, and digital footprints. Your design frameworks have shortened the distance between prototype and performance-driven campaign execution, pushing our NYC studio's output to an "Outrageously Extraordinary" level.

Why SharkNinja?

SharkNinja is an innovative global powerhouse behind two multi-billion-dollar brands, Shark and Ninja. We were proudly named to TIME’s List of the 100 Most Influential Companies , and we are growing at an unprecedented pace.

• The NYC Hub Experience: You will be based in our newly opened, custom-built 14,000-square-foot Creative Design Hub at 41 Madison Avenue. It’s an open-concept, highly flexible studio complete with a dedicated Content Creation Suite, a Design Prototype Studio, and panoramic views of Manhattan—built explicitly to fuel spontaneous collaboration and cutting-edge design.

• An AI-Native Culture: We don’t run from the future; we build it. We actively expect and empower our teams to use modern tools to move faster, explore deeper, and remove mechanical friction so you can focus on pure creative genius.

• Limitless Impact and Velocity: We are product-led, consumer-centric, and idea-driven. If you have a breakthrough idea, there is zero red tape to stop you. We support all of our associates in bringing their authentic selves to work, taking massive

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