Senior Art Director

Role overview

A fully remote Senior Art Director position based anywhere in the United States (excluding New Mexico and Hawaii), focused on conceptualizing and executing integrated campaign work for high-profile brands. The role blends hands-on conceptual thinking with visual craft leadership, partnering closely with Creative Directors to translate complex briefs into cohesive campaign ecosystems across digital and physical touchpoints.

Responsibilities

- Lead conceptual development of campaign ideas, turning client briefs into big visual platforms and distinctive brand aesthetics. - Build high-level visual treatments, moodboards, and design systems to pitch concepts to internal leads and client stakeholders. - Partner with Creative Directors to guide visual direction, presenting work with confidence and grounding design decisions in strategic rationale. - Drive visual execution across multidisciplinary teams, including designers, copywriters, strategists, motion designers, and photographers. - Mentor and support junior and mid-level designers, cultivating a collaborative culture of craft and visual storytelling. - Set and uphold art direction standards across typography, photography, layout, motion, and digital design. - Direct creative production, including photo and video shoots, 3D assets, and digital builds, ensuring flawless execution across deliverables.

Requirements

- 7+ years of art direction and design experience within an integrated brand creative agency or high-growth in-house creative team. - Portfolio demonstrating campaign-level art direction, design systems, and storytelling for major brands. - Proven ability to develop original big-idea concepts and adapt them across multi-channel digital and physical touchpoints. - Strong presentation and communication skills, with confidence articulating creative rationale to clients and internal teams. - Hands-on mastery of Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and related tools, with deep knowledge of grid systems, typography, color theory, and motion. - Experience art directing photo and video shoots, including post-production workflows.

Nice to have

- Collaborative mindset for working across copy, strategy, production, and technology disciplines. - Strong organizational skills with the initiative to own deliverables and maintain craft under tight timelines. - Active awareness of emerging design trends, visual culture, and new technologies.

Benefits and work setup

- Fully remote within the United States, with a current exclusion on hires based in New Mexico and Hawaii. - Salary range of $87,000–$113,000 USD, with placement dependent on experience, specialization, and market conditions. - Equal opportunity employer committed to inclusive hiring, accessible recruitment processes, and accommodation support for candidates.