Associate Director of Creative, Acquisition - Talent Pool

Overview

Associate Director of Creative, Acquisition - Talent Pool

Darkroom Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Note : This role will be opening again in the next two quarters, and we’d love to hear if you’d be interested in joining our talent pool.

We’re building the future of advertising and are looking for the minds to help us do it. Darkroom is a vertically integrated digital agency pioneering the next generation of consumer-facing brands. A category leader in results-driven growth marketing, Darkroom’s success is attributed to our unique partnership model, purposefully built to launch brands to market and accelerate growth across direct-to-consumer. Our model is predicated on three major partnership structures - Growth & Scaling, Digital Platforms, and Brand & Product Launches – threaded by one cohesive, interdisciplinary team. Taking the startup mindset to the agency space, the collective expertise of our team of entrepreneurs and senior digital marketers are deeply aware of the newest trends in e-commerce, development, and digital marketing. Our learned experience has allowed us to take clients (and internal ventures) from $0 to millions in revenue in just a few months. We work with game-changing brands : Crate & Barrel, Popchips, FEED, Olipop, & CALPAK.

We’re looking for a visionary creative leader with deep experience in developing ad concepts for acquisition marketing on Meta. You’ll report to the Director of Creative and lead the management of Designers and Editors to execute paid media assets across a variety of formats, including static ads, short-form videos, motion graphics, and UGC content. This is a fully remote role operating in the EST Time Zone and all business is conducted 100% in English. Open to candidates in Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, and Spain.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 2-4 designers focused on paid ad creative, with room to grow the team over time.
• Provide creative direction, actionable feedback, and career support through regular 1 : 1s and project reviews.
• Oversee creative quality, ensuring assets align with brand identity, platform best practices, and campaign objectives.
• Partner with performance marketers and strategists to develop and iterate on high-performing ad campaigns.
• Help refine internal processes, establish creative standards, and lead collaborative sessions to drive creative innovation.
• Lead concept development and execution for paid media campaigns across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and display platforms.
• Translate client’s marketing strategy and performance data into clear, compelling ad concepts.
• Design and direct a range of assets including static ads, animations, mobile-first videos, and storyboards for short-form content.
• Present creative work to stakeholders and clients with clarity, confidence, and strategic rationale.
• Monitor performance data in collaboration with the marketing team to inform creative iterations and improve results over time.

Qualifications

Benefits and work environment

Equal Opportunity Statement

Darkroom is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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