Senior Art Director, Customer & Brand Partnerships Creative

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$143K/yr – $217K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead the visual direction of customer marketing and brand partnerships, shaping multi-format campaigns from concept through delivery.

  • Own art direction across campaigns and partnerships; ensure a unified story across formats.
  • Translate complex tech narratives into human, compelling visuals and lead cross-functional teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead art direction across customer marketing and brand partnership creative — including customer campaigns, co-branded activations, editorial design, digital and social, and experiential touchpoints
  • Shape and maintain visual coherence across complex, multi-format programs — ensuring every design decision ladders up to a unified story with real emotional impact
  • Translate complex business outcomes and technology narratives into visual concepts that feel human, compelling, and strategically aligned
  • Act as a senior creative voice and visual lead on cross-functional teams — partnering with creative directors, copywriters, strategists, and brand partnership managers from brief through delivery
  • Concept and execute across a wide range of formats and surfaces — from bold campaign hero imagery and motion to editorial layouts, social creative, and environmental design
  • Drive creative concepting and ideation, bringing a strong visual perspective to the earliest stages of a project
  • Mentor and provide creative direction to junior designers and art directors, elevating the quality and consistency of visual output across the team
  • Uphold and evolve Salesforce brand visual identity across all customer and partnership outputs
  • Manage multiple workstreams simultaneously across pods and programs, meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, high-output environment
  • Incorporate feedback with grace and iterate quickly — balancing creative conviction with collaborative flexibility

Requirements

  • 7–10 years of art direction experience, with a strong track record in brand, customer marketing, integrated campaigns, or editorial contexts
  • A portfolio that demonstrates visual range and strategic depth — work that builds across touchpoints and connects with a real audience
  • Proven ability to translate complex technology or B2B subject matter into visual concepts that feel simple, human, and compelling
  • Deep understanding of brand visual identity and how to apply, protect, and evolve it across diverse formats, surfaces, and partnership contexts
  • Experience leading creative on cross-functional teams and collaborating closely with copywriters, strategists, and senior stakeholders
  • Exceptional craft instincts: composition, typography, color, hierarchy, and visual economy at every scale
  • Experience working within or alongside brand partnerships, sponsorships, or co-branded programs is a strong plus
  • Agency experience — whether in-house or external — is a strong plus
  • Comfortable working at both the strategic and executional level — moving fluidly between big-picture visual concepting and hands-on design execution

Preferred

  • Experience working within or alongside brand partnerships, sponsorships, or co-branded programs is a strong plus

Benefits

  • Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best , and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best.
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