Senior Designer/Senior Art Director

Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

$68K/yr – $105K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 9 days ago

Job Summary

Own the visual development and art direction across multi‑channel campaigns, translating strategy into scalable design systems and leading the use of AI in creative.

  • Own end‑to‑end creative direction for digital and social
  • Lead AI-generated creative with craft and storytelling

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the visual development and art direction of creative across paid and organic social, digital, display, email, web, video, and other experiences.
  • Translate creative strategy and audience insights into strong visual concepts, campaigns, and scalable design systems.
  • Bring a strong point of view to imagery, typography, composition, layout, motion, photography, and visual storytelling.
  • Push the creative possibilities of AI, using image and video generation tools to explore ideas, develop visual concepts, and create compelling finished work.
  • Art direct AI-generated creative with intention—shaping visual style, composition, storytelling, and execution rather than simply generating assets.
  • Develop storyboards, motion concepts, animations, video concepts, PR-ready assets, and experiential creative as needed.
  • Create flexible visual systems that allow ideas to scale across audiences, channels, and formats while maintaining a cohesive brand experience.
  • Partner with copywriters, strategists, designers, producers, and other creative disciplines to shape and elevate ideas from brief through final delivery.
  • Present creative internally and to clients, clearly articulating the thinking behind the work and building confidence in the creative direction.
  • Stay curious about new creative tools, technologies, and cultural trends, and bring fresh thinking and experimentation to the work.

Requirements

  • 3+ years in an art direction or design direction role in advertising, creative, tech, or a related discipline.
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual taste, conceptual thinking, design craft, and art direction across digital and social.
  • Strong experience using AI tools for image and video generation, with the ability to develop, refine, and art direct AI-generated creative.
  • A strong understanding of how to use AI as part of the creative process, while maintaining a high bar for originality, craft, and visual quality.
  • Advanced design skills and expert-level proficiency in Figma, including component libraries and systems-based design.
  • Strong understanding of composition, typography, imagery, photography, motion, and visual storytelling.
  • Experience developing creative for digital and social channels, with an understanding of how audience, message, format, and channel influence the work.
  • Strong technical design and production skills, including file setup, asset creation, and scalable systems.
  • Experience working within established brand systems and the ability to extend them into new creative territories.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate creative thinking and collaborate across disciplines.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
  • Life insurance,
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
  • 401k,
  • Flexible paid time off,
  • At least 15 paid holidays per year,
  • Paid sick and safe leave, and
  • Paid parental leave.
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Senior Designer/Senior Art Director

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