Associate Creative Lead — TreeHouse - Georgia-Pacific

We are seeking a strategic, collaborative, and dynamic creative leader to join Georgia-Pacific's in-house agency team, TreeHouse. As Associate Creative Lead (ACL), you will supervise a team of art directors and lead creative project teams (including copywriters, designers, and external vendors) to deliver cohesive, impactful content for consumer and B2B brands such as Angel Soft®, Brawny®, Dixie®, and EnMotion®. This role requires a balance of creative vision, leadership, and business acumen to drive innovation, inspire excellence, and achieve results.

The ideal candidate is passionate about creative leadership and delivering integrated campaigns across diverse touchpoints. You will steer the creative vision while fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture within the team.

What You Will Do

• Supervise and mentor the art direction team, providing feedback, guidance, and accountability to support professional growth and maximize contributions.
• Cultivate an inclusive, collaborative environment that values diverse perspectives, encourages new ideas, and supports creativity and continuous learning.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing competing priorities while leading employees and ensuring high-quality deliverables on time and on brief.
• Lead creative project teams to ensure excellence across digital, social, print, video, and experiential platforms.
• Provide creative direction throughout the ideation, development, and execution of campaigns to ensure cohesive brand expression.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g., brand, media, insights, and legal) to align creative solutions with business goals.
• Work with content operations to manage resources, timelines, and approvals, ensuring smooth project delivery that meets or exceeds expectations.
• Champion brand standards and creative excellence across all deliverables, ensuring consistency and alignment with brand identity.
• Stay current on emerging trends and technologies (e.g., AI, design tools) and apply innovations to optimize workflows and creative processes.
• Act as a hands-on leader when needed, contributing to creative development on campaigns and content.
• Partner with in-house agency leadership to support the growth and development of the TreeHouse team.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in graphic design, marketing, communications, or a related field
• 2 years of experience leading creative teams in a corporate or agency setting
• 5 years of experience developing creative concepts and campaigns across multiple channels and platforms
• Experience leading marketing campaigns from concept to production-on time, on budget, and aligned with business objectives
• Experience delivering integrated content across digital, social, broadcast, print, and experiential platforms
• Portfolio showcasing leadership in creative direction and high-quality photography and video content
• Expertise in design fundamentals (color theory, typography, imagery, layout) and branding principles
• Experience in Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Outlook, Word)
• Experience with project management tools like Workfront (or equivalent)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Understanding of brand strategy and the ability to create impactful consumer-facing content
• Experience with storytelling and the ability to translate creative ideas into compelling consumer experiences
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and navigating complex business environments
• Experience with managing budgets, timelines, and production schedules without compromising creative quality
• Experience integrating GenAI tools into creative workflows

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.

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