Associate Creative Director

Associate Creative Director, Design - Apple Services

Culver City, California, United States Design

The Visuals Studio supporting Apple Services is a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary creative team that defines how best-in-class graphic design, video, and art bring all of our Services products to life. We work across various products, including Music, TV, Books, Podcasts, Arcade, App Store, and more.We are seeking an Associate Creative Director, Design who can merge traditional art direction with expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning and apply these skills in a product-first manner. It requires a proficient art director unafraid to dive into the new and transformative potential of AI / ML.

Description

The Associate Creative Director, Design will deliver high-quality visuals across a diverse range of projects for Apple Services. This role is crucial to establishing and maintaining a standard of excellence, whether working independently or guiding others. To be successful at this work requires a deep understanding of our products, artistic principles, and design and production processes, along with the ability to balance these needs against multiple priorities.You understand how to balance sophisticated AI / ML capabilities with product and art direction needs to deliver high-quality design systems and content. You have a discerning eye for graphic design, motion design, and typography. You have experience with the current generative models on the market and a clear understanding of how to direct those models for artistic output using various prompt and context engineering techniques.In addition to delivering creative output, the role requires collaborative leadership, working cross-functionally on a range of deliverables across product, content, experiential, and communication platforms. You will need to take ambiguous and conceptual scope and work to deliver clear and valuable solutions. The ideal candidate has a seasoned background in motion production and strategy, as well as a passion for storytelling, design, media, and technology.

Responsibilities

• Creative ideation and developing innovative concepts for programmatic content.
• Innovate product and content challenges via integration of traditional and generative tools.
• Devise solutions for new content needs that support user experience and product changes.
• Lead projects, developing production processes, and streamlining existing workflows.
• Provide direction for graphic design, animation, video capture, and model training.
• Research product details to better understand and solve content challenges.
• Create presentations to effectively communicate work and ideas.
• Deliver compelling original content while considering multiple perspectives along the way.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $195,100 and $293,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including : Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note : Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .

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