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senior associate creative director, Brand & Design Systems - Global Creative Studio

Starbucks 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States

Full-time Senior

Lead and mentor a team of creatives to develop and direct the Starbucks brand expression, design systems, and packaging. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency and push creative boundaries across global channels.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of creatives to develop and direct the Starbucks brand expression, design systems, and packaging. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency and push creative boundaries across global channels.

Requirements

  • Requires 10+ years of progressive experience in design, branding, or advertising with a strong portfolio showcasing high-quality creative expertise. Must possess advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma, along with proven experience in team leadership and strategic presentation.

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short-term disability
  • Long-term disability
  • Paid parental leave
  • Family expansion reimbursement
  • Paid vacation
  • Sick time
  • Paid holidays
  • Personal days
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Discounted company stock program
  • Equity program
  • Incentivized emergency savings
  • Tuition coverage
  • Student loan management resources
  • Backup care
  • DACA reimbursement

Key Skills

Brand strategy Design systems development Packaging design Creative direction Team leadership Mentoring Adobe Creative Suite Figma Visual communication Cross‑functional collaboration Strategic presentation Concept development Global brand consistency Stakeholder management Project planning Typography Color theory Photography direction Print production oversight Digital asset management

About Starbucks

At Starbucks, we like to say that we are not in the coffee business serving people, but in the people business serving coffee. Here, our employees - who we call partners – are the heart of the Starbucks experience, and being a partner means aspiring to become part of something bigger: inspiring positive change in the world and growing in your career and in your community. ​ It’s an opportunity to be your personal best. ​ In everything we do, we are dedicated to our mission: To be the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world, inspiring and nurturing the human spirit — one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time. Starbucks is an equal opportunity employer. Explore opportunities, benefits and more at careers.starbucks.com

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