Associate Creative Director, SharkNinja
Design, Ninja
+ employee stock purchase options
Home devices and appliances
Open for applications
Home devices and appliances
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ employee stock purchase options
1001+ employees
Company mission
To positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world.
Role
Who you are
- 8 to 10 years in design or art direction at a senior or lead level
- Portfolio showing strong conceptual thinking and visual systems
- Demonstrated ability to define and launch product identities and systems from 0 to 1
- Experience working upstream with product and insights teams to shape positioning
- Ability to design across brand and performance channels
- Strong instincts for social and motion design
- Experience across packaging, DTC, Amazon, and retail
- High standards for craft and visual taste
- Fluency in Figma and modern workflows
- Experience using AI in the creative process
- Think like a builder, not just a designer
- Care about creating demand, not just aesthetics
- Can define and execute design systems
- Push for stronger, more ownable ideas
- Move fast and iterate often
- Lead by example and elevate others
What the job involves
- We are looking for an Associate Creative Director, Design to help define what Ninja looks like next
- This is a role for a design leader who does not just execute campaigns. You build product identities, shape visual systems from day one, and create ideas that drive demand across the entire funnel
- You will partner closely with product, insights, and marketing from the earliest stages, influencing how products are positioned, named, and brought to life visually
- You think in systems, not assets. Platforms, not one-offs. Work that scales across every touchpoint and performs
- You are fluent in modern creative tools including AI and Figma, using them to accelerate exploration and iteration while maintaining a high bar for taste and originality
- This is a hands-on, player coach role. You lead teams while actively designing and pushing the work forward
- Define product identities from the ground up with product and insights teams
- Work upstream to help shape product positioning and opportunity areas
- Lead scalable campaign platforms and visual systems
- Own the visual ecosystem across packaging, Amazon, DTC, retail, video, and social
- Design for modern attention with platform-native systems
- Create work that balances brand building and performance
- Use AI tools and Figma to accelerate concepting and production
- Act as a hands-on player coach leading by example
- Mentor and elevate designers
- Present and sell creative work to stakeholders
Salary benchmarks
Our take
With more people looking for home products that work harders and smarter, SharkNinja has become a household name. Through its Shark line of cleaning and home care tools and Ninja range of kitchen appliance the company creates solutions that simplify daily routines and overall enhance modern living.
SharkNinja has been in operation since 1994, which is testament to the quality and popularity of its products. Since its initial launch in Canada, the company has expanded into the US and the UK. In 2017 SharkNinja was bought by CDH Private Equity for over $1.5 Billion, further proof of its impressive market value. Perhaps more evidence is that it brings in annual revenues of around $4B.
It continues to hold a strong position in the home appliance market too, competiting with big brands like Dyson. Its Shark line lead the US upright vacuum, segment, while its presence in robotics vacuums reflects steady growth in a compeititve space. Since going public, the company has m,aintained a rapid pace of innovation, launching numerous new products eacxh pear and expanding into adjecent categories such as outdoor coolers and grills. With a growing global footprint and a focus ons mart design, usabiluity, and category expansion, SharkNinja is very well positioned to continue shaping the futur of home appliances.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Needham Heights, Needham, MA
Leadership
Mark Rosenzweig
(Founder)Founded SharkNinja in 1994. Has won three Red Dot Awards for product Design.
Mark Barrocas
(CEO)Mark joined SharkNinja in 2008 as CEO. Prior to this, he spent 3 years at Aramark Uniform Services as the President of the WearGuard Division. Prior to that, he spent 4 years at Broder Bros as the President and 2 years at Perry Ellis International as VP of Corporate Sales.
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