Associate Creative Director
We’re looking for a creative leader who can think clearly, ideate boldly, and bring ideas to life with craft and purpose. In this role, you’ll help shape how our brands look, sound, and grow – from initial concept to every digital touchpoint. As Associate Creative Director, you will have a unique opportunity to lead the creative direction across our portfolio of 14+ digital publications, reaching millions of professionals around the world. You’ll guide a multidisciplinary team of designers, writers, and content creators (across branding, digital design, UX/UI, multimedia, and copywriting) to produce work that not only looks great and performs well, but also defines how our brands show up in the world. This is a hands-on leadership role with real creative ownership – ideal for someone eager to move from pitching ideas to building the brands behind them. You’ll have the autonomy to experiment and make decisions, helping shape a design culture that values craft, clarity, and impact.
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This full time position is available as a remote or hybrid position (if located within a commutable distance of our office in Vancouver, BC), with an annual salary in the range of $140,000 to $160,000 CAD. The range is a guide for the expected skills, knowledge and experience for new hires based in Canada only. Seniority level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. This means ranges will vary for candidates based outside of Canada and/or at different seniority levels. In addition to annual salary, full time employees are eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
About Us:
Black and White Zebra is a rapidly growing, independent media tech company headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Since 2012, our portfolio of influential digital publications has been helping millions of people succeed at work.
Our brands cover project management, product management, people management, customer experience, quality assurance and others, with the goal of connecting people with the knowledge, skills and tools they need to succeed professionally.
We got our start in 2011 as The Digital Project Manager blog, founded by our CEO Ben Aston. Since then, we’ve grown into an international team of 70+ creators, strategists, and innovators with a portfolio of more than 14 online publications. We enjoy an impact-driven environment that combines the agility of a startup with the creativity of an agency and the diversity of a global company.
We’ve recently ranked #30 in The Globe and Mail’s Fastest Growing Company list and received a CMI award for Best Digital Publication for The Digital Project Manager—and we’re listed in both Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers, and Best Employers in BC.
All of this growth is driven by our commitment to our mission: In a world of evolving skills, practices, and technology, we’re creating a playbook for the future of work and empowering communities to create it with us.
Want to learn more? Watch this video to learn why the team love working at BWZ!
Diversity Equity and Inclusion:
Black and White Zebra is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran’s status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law. We celebrate all backgrounds and attributes that continue to help make our team impactful, iterative, adaptable, and fun!
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