Associate Director, Art Direction - Performance Marketing

USA (Remote)

$123K/yr – $180K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the visual narrative and craft for multi-channel campaigns while building and mentoring a design team and integrating AI-enabled tools to stay future-ready.

  • Lead the visual evolution and art direction for pitches and flagship projects across film, digital, social, and physical experiences.
  • Guide junior to mid-level designers with craft-focused feedback that grows their visual voice and output.
  • Set design standards and workflows with Creative leadership, pairing tooling and AI methods to keep craft forward-looking.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the visual evolution of brands and art direction for pitches and flagship projects to ensure world-class design, typography, and composition.
  • Guide a team of junior to mid-level Art Directors and Designers with craft-focused feedback that helps them develop their visual voices.
  • Own the visual narrative across multi-channel campaigns to ensure cohesive look and feel across film, digital, social, and physical experiences.
  • Lead the visual side of production from selecting photographers and directors to overseeing color grading, retouching, and motion design to match the creative vision.
  • Act as the visual authority in client meetings, presenting design systems and art direction with clarity and strategic rationale.
  • Partner with Creative leadership to evolve workflows, raise quality standards, and identify new tools or AI-driven tech to keep the team craft-forward.
  • Foster an inclusive, design-forward culture that encourages experimentation and relentless visual excellence.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in art direction or design within a creative agency or high-growth brand environment or related field.
  • Mastery of art direction, layout, typography, and integrated visual storytelling across various platforms.
  • Expertise in performance marketing
  • Experience leading small teams or overseeing freelancers and junior creatives.
  • Expert-level knowledge of Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.), motion design, or AI image generation.
  • Ability to ensure every visual choice serves the client’s business goals and brand identity.
  • Ability to articulate complex visual concepts to non-visual stakeholders and clients.

Benefits

  • Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • 401k plan, plus matching
  • PTO
  • Paid Company Holidays
  • Parental Leave
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Founded in 2016
Amsterdam, North Holland, NLD
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Traffic Signals

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186.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.2K
Traffic Source Mix
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40%
Direct
50.1%
Referral
7.4%
Social
1.8%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~4.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
850 (19% of company)
Median Career Experience
8 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
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