Principal, Art Direction - Performance Marketing at DEPT® | USA | $95K/yr – $125K/yr

Principal, Art Direction - Performance Marketing

USA (Remote)

$95K/yr – $125K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end creative execution for digital campaigns and lead a design team while aligning with copy, strategy, and client briefs.

Creative Execution: Own concepting and production of scroll-stopping assets across social and video.
Team Leadership: Mentor junior and mid-level designers and art directors and guide cross-discipline feedback.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Align with copy, strategists, producers, PMs, and client teams to meet goals and brand voice.

Job Description

Deliver High-Impact Creative: Concept and design best-in-class digital creative across social, and video, with a strong focus on visual storytelling and performance.
Mentor & Lead: Act as a direct supervisor and mentor to junior and mid-level Art Directors and Designers. Provide clear, constructive feedback to creatives across disciplines (for example, to copy) to elevate the team's output and foster professional growth.
Support Video + Content Production: Contribute to pre-production planning, support on-set shoots, and collaborate with editors and designers in post to ensure work comes to life as intended.
Partner Across Disciplines: Work closely with copywriters, strategists, producers, project managers, and client teams to ensure creative aligns with brief goals, brand voice, and business objectives.
Manage Creative Execution: Own the work from end to end. Concepting and producing polished on-brand, performance-minded assets that meet timelines and briefs. As an Associate Director, Art Direction, you will lead by doing, driving execution while strategically delegating portions of our projects to our junior team members to support efficiency, mentorship and delivery while remaining accountable for the final output.
Be a Problem Solver: Navigate ambiguity with CD support, adapt to shifting priorities, and bring proactive solutions to creative and production challenges. These solutions should come in the form of daily brainstorming and inspiration sharing with the team.
Cultivate Culture: Foster an inclusive, high-energy environment. Lead daily brainstorms and inspiration-sharing sessions to keep the team’s creative pulse sharp.

DEPT®

3.6 Glassdoor

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Coach, eBay, and OpenAI. Certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

Founded in 2016

Amsterdam, North Holland, NLD

4.5K employees (1,449 in marketing)

www.deptagency.com

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