Art Director

New York City, NY (On-site)

$39/hr – $66/hrMid Level6+ years expContract

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own production-led creative for beauty and D2C campaigns from concept to final delivery, balancing platform rules, timelines, and social-first storytelling.

  • Lead production-ready creative from concept to on-set delivery and final edits, with clear storyboard and moodboard outputs.
  • Translate ideas into visual direction that fits production scope and platform requirements while guiding shoots and post-production.
  • Drive brand-right, social-first outputs and present post-campaign insights to internal and client teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the ECD and Executive Producer, as well as CDs and Producers, to develop production-ready creative for campaigns, evergreen content, and new business.
  • Translate concepts into clear visual direction that aligns with production scope, timelines, and platform requirements.
  • Provide creative oversight across shoots and post-production, ensuring continuity from edit through final delivery.
  • Create storyboards, shot lists, moodboards, visual references, and other creative production materials.
  • Review and approve edits and final assets to ensure creative quality and platform best practices.
  • Support campaign design, including visual systems, key art direction, social-first campaign assets, and content frameworks.
  • Write, edit, or refine campaign copy, social copy, scripts, captions, supers, and other short-form content as needed.
  • Lead creative direction on set, ensuring the final output aligns with the approved concept, brand direction, and production goals.
  • Guide photographers, videographers, stylists, talent, and production teams during shoots.
  • Partner with producers, designers, copywriters, strategists, and account leads to bring creative work from concept through execution.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in Art Direction, with a focus on creative production for beauty, D2C, or consumer brands.
  • Prior experience as an Art Director, Associate Creative Director, or senior creative in an agency, production, social, or brand environment.
  • Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, with experience creating production-ready assets and motion mockups.
  • Strong campaign concepting experience, ideally across social, digital, content, and/or integrated campaigns.
  • Experience leading or art directing photo and video shoots.
  • Strong understanding of production workflows, including pre-production planning, on-set execution, and post-production feedback.
  • Ability to storyboard and communicate visual ideas clearly.
  • Comfortable writing and shaping copy, particularly for social-first campaigns, scripts, captions, and short-form content.
  • Experience with campaign design, visual identity systems, key visuals, and content look-and-feel development.
  • Strong taste level and understanding of what performs well in social and digital environments.
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Artisan Council

Artisan Council, a boutique marketing agency based in Soho New York, was established in early 2013 after discovering a void in the social media and strategy spheres. ArtCo is a collective of young professionals with a history that stems from the world's leading social and content verticals; music, fashion & online start-ups; professionals who value attention-to-detail and rapid growth. Our experience & clients include the world's biggest artists, cutting edge fashion brands, and the fastest growing start-ups in the US today.Artisan Council’s mission and journey is to create products and solutions that will answer, entertain, and satisfy your strategic needs of today and tomorrow. Based out of New York City, with clients across the US, Australia & the UK, our team of highly dynamic innovators have helped Artisan Council become one of the most sought after solutions in the digital marketing spaces today.To find out more about Artisan Council and the services we provide, please email info@artisancouncil.com.

Founded in 2013
New York, New York, USA
35 employees (26 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.9%
Direct
46.8%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.2%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~35

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
19 (54% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
4.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 10 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2016
    Venture Round