Associate Creative Director - Remote

Associate Creative Director - Remote

United States

Come build your career.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:
As an Associate Creative Director (ACD), you will lead campaign development for one of our brands within The Shop.  This role is about making the work better.

Better ideas. Simpler storytelling. Stronger execution.

You’ll lead creative teams through the ideation and production process while helping push the work past the expected and into something people care about.  You know how to take a solid brief and turn it into sharp, compelling campaign ideas. You’re comfortable leading brainstorms, giving direct feedback, presenting work, and helping teams navigate the messy middle between concept and execution.

You know how to push for stronger creative without losing sight of the strategy, the audience, or the realities of the business. You build trust with teams and stakeholders because you know how to advocate for the work. This role requires a player/coach who’s comfortable shaping the work, mentoring teams, and rolling up their sleeves when needed.

• Lead creative development for a brand within The Shop
• Help teams develop stronger, smarter, more distinctive creative ideas
• Guide writers and art directors throughout the creative process
• Translate strategic briefs into integrated campaign ideas across broadcast, digital, social, influencer, experiential, retail, and branded content activations
• Lead brainstorms, creative reviews, and work sessions
• Present and defend creative work to stakeholders and leadership teams with clarity and conviction
• Ensure campaign consistency, quality, and effectiveness across all touchpoints
• Partner closely with Account Management and Creative Strategy throughout the process
• Help teams navigate feedback, shift priorities, timelines, and production realities while protecting the integrity of the work
• Ensure campaign work stays strategically grounded, on-brand, and creatively strong across channels
• Mentor and support junior team members and help create a collaborative, high-performing creative culture
• Stay informed on culture, advertising, storytelling, and emerging creative trends and formats to keep the work fresh and relevant

The Person:

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good?  In fact, you embrace it. You also have: 

• BA Degree or HS Diploma with relevant experience
• 6+ years of creative campaigning experience required
• Experience leading creative work in an external advertising agency environment and/or in-house environment (portfolio required)
• Strong conceptual and integrated campaign development skills
• Exceptional creative judgment, storytelling, and presentation abilities
• Ability to lead, mentor, and inspire multidisciplinary creative teams
• Experience developing campaign work across multiple channels and formats
• Ability to balance creative ambition, strategic thinking, timelines, and production realities
• Travel 10-15% for photoshoots and other initiatives
• Familiarity with creative production workflows and Adobe Creative Suite

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:  

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc.).

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• This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker. ​

• The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations.​

• The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases. ​

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability,401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being. ​

• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tool sand other partner programs.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are 

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company. 

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

Learning & Development: 
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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