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About the Role

The Associate Director, Creative Marketing leads Getty Images' global Creative Studio, unifying Central and Regional Marketing Creative teams into a high-performing function. This role is accountable for the studio's creative output, operating model, and team performance, ensuring consistent, efficient, and business-aligned delivery of high-quality work. It requires a hands-on creative professional who can both contribute individually and manage a team, shaping a global brand and partnering across departments.

Responsibilities

Hands-on execution: Deliver design work for high-priority, complex, or time-sensitive projects.
Studio operations & demand management: Own the Creative Studio operating model, including intake, workflow, prioritization, resource allocation, and delivery, balancing business demands with team capacity.
Business partnership & stakeholder management: Partner with Marketing, Sales, Product, and regional teams to align creative investment with business priorities, managing expectations and escalating competing priorities.
Creative excellence & brand stewardship: Raise the creative bar by coaching the team and championing exceptional design and storytelling, serving as the primary steward of brand consistency.
People leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of designers and copywriters, fostering collaboration and accountability.
Continuous improvement: Modernize studio operations through AI-enabled workflows, automation, and smarter working methods.

Requirements

Experience leading an in-house creative studio or team, ideally global or multi-region.
Proven ability to lead designers and copywriters while remaining a hands-on creative contributor.
Strong design craft and the confidence to execute high-profile work personally when required (expect roughly at least 50% of your time on direct creative execution).
Commercial mindset with the ability to translate business priorities into creative decisions.
Experience building scalable creative operations, workflows, and delivery models.
Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills.
Sound judgment in balancing competing priorities and making timely decisions.
Experience applying AI and automation to improve creative workflows is a plus.

Skills

Design
Copywriting
Creative Direction
Project Management
Stakeholder Management
AI-enabled workflows
Automation

Location

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Associate Director
Leadership

Salary/Compensations

USD $118,000 to USD $175,000 per annum

Benefits

Participation in the company incentive program
Equity
Medical, dental, vision insurance
401(k) match
Paid company holidays
Paid time off
Paid parental leave
Health plan savings accounts
Life and disability plans
Global employee assistance programs
Legal, pet, home, and auto coverage at preferential group rates and discounts
Retirement and financial education and tools
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount)

About the Company

Getty Images is a leading visual content creator with three brands: Getty Images, iStock, and Unsplash, offering a full range of content solutions.
The company believes in the power of visuals to move the world and help brands communicate effectively.
Getty Images aims to be one of the best places to work globally, dedicated to providing experiences and resources for employees to do their best work.
The company culture is founded on Leadership Principles emphasizing collaboration, trust, transparency, care, and rejecting biased behavior.
Getty Images fosters a collaborative and supportive environment that prioritizes efficient results and work-life balance, valuing rest and recovery.
The company offers premier benefits and flexible time off.
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. is a publicly traded company listed on the NYSE under the symbol "GETY".
Employee growth, development, belonging, and engagement are important investments, with offerings like leadership development, diversity and inclusion training, mentoring, and professional skills development.
The company prioritizes connection in a hybrid-working world through global morale events, local gatherings, and Employee Resource Groups.
Getty Images believes diversity is critical to success and is committed to creating an inclusive, mutually respectful environment.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.