Responsibilities

• Develop big, ownable campaign ideas in partnership with writers, contributing equally to the concept as well as its visual expression.
• Create and develop key executions and visual systems, bringing ideas from early concept through polished design.
• Bring exceptional craft to typography, composition, imagery, identity, campaign design, and visual storytelling.
• Create visual systems that can extend coherently across film, digital, social, print, experiential, and other channels.
• Turn early-stage ideas into compelling creative presentations that make clients want to buy them.
• Guide creative development from concept through production and delivery, ensuring the idea remains as strong in execution as it was on the page.
• Art direct photography, film, illustration, motion, and other forms of visual production.
• Give clear, actionable creative direction that makes both the work and the people creating it better.
• Champion a culture of high standards, experimentation, collaboration, and craft.
• Present ideas and campaigns persuasively to clients and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Minimum 7+ years of agency experience spanning both design and art direction, with significant hands-on experience as a designer.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional personal design craft, not simply work created under your creative direction.
• A background developing integrated campaign ideas from concept through execution.
• Exceptional visual taste and judgment, with a highly developed point of view on typography, imagery, composition, design, and contemporary visual culture.
• Deep understanding of brand identities, design systems, and how campaign ideas extend across channels.
• Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to develop ideas collaboratively with writers.
• Expert command of Adobe Creative Suite and fluency with the tools required to personally create and develop sophisticated design work.
• Experience art directing photography and film production.
• Fluency with contemporary creative workflows, including generative AI, and the ability to effectively direct motion, 3D, and other specialist disciplines.
• Strong client-facing presentation skills and the ability to clearly articulate and defend creative decisions.

Preferred

• Experience developing creative for global brands and/or across multiple markets is a plus.
• B2B experience is a plus.