Senior Art Director, Demand Gen

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$128K/yr – $196K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own the visual strategy and execution for global demand generation campaigns, shaping multi-channel assets from concept to launch and iterating with performance data.

  • Lead end-to-end design across paid, landing pages, emails, and interactive tours.
  • Collaborate with demand gen and copywriters to translate briefs into compelling visuals and scalable toolkits.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead Campaign Art Direction: Serve as the visual creative lead for integrated, global demand generation campaigns, establishing distinct aesthetic direction, narrative hierarchy, and design standards that elevate the Okta brand across digital channels.
  • Direct End-to-End Digital Systems: Concept, design, and direct cohesive multi-channel asset suites across the entire conversion funnel, including paid acquisition (social, programmatic, and search display), high-converting landing pages, interactive product tours, gated research reports, and email journeys.
  • Partner on Growth Strategy: Collaborate closely with Demand Gen leaders, Global Campaign managers, and copywriters to translate campaign briefs, pipeline targets, and technical concepts into compelling visual narratives.
  • Iterate with Performance Data: Partner with marketing operations and growth marketers to evaluate campaign analytics, engagement heatmaps, and creative A/B testing results, translating quantitative findings into iterative design refinements.
  • Scale Brand Guidelines in Performance Channels: Extend Okta’s core brand identity into high-conversion environments, ensuring visual consistency, accessibility (WCAG compliance), and responsive web standards without sacrificing design integrity.
  • Build Reusable Design Toolkits: Develop modular Figma components, campaign templates, and layout systems that empower the team to scale asset production quickly while maintaining exceptional quality.
  • Foster Creative Collaboration: Partner closely with dedicated copywriters, motion designers, web producers, and external creative agencies from initial brief through final asset handoff.

Requirements

  • Extensive Experience: 6+ years of art direction or senior visual design experience, with a proven focus on multi-channel digital campaigns, demand generation, or performance creative within B2B SaaS, enterprise tech, or top-tier digital agencies.
  • A Stellar Digital Portfolio: A comprehensive portfolio showcasing sophisticated typography, visual hierarchy, layout design, and modular creative systems across digital touchpoints (ad packages, conversion web pages, editorial assets, and interactive experiences).
  • Deep Conversion Design Intuition: Demonstrated expertise in UX/UI best practices, digital visual hierarchy, mobile-first design, and conversion rate optimization (CRO) methodologies.
  • Mastery of Creative Tooling: Advanced proficiency with Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), paired with modern asset management and workflow tools.
  • Data-Informed Creative Mindset: Comfort reviewing performance metrics, understanding A/B testing frameworks, and using data to inform creative iteration.
  • Cross-Functional Communication & Storytelling: Strong verbal and visual presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale and strategic thinking clearly to marketing executives, product teams, and cross-functional partners.
  • Collaborative Spirit: A proactive, self-starter mentality with experience partnering closely with copywriters and mentoring junior or mid-level designers.

Preferred

  • Direct experience designing for enterprise cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms.
  • Working knowledge of motion design (After Effects, Lottie) or rich media animation for paid social and digital ad units.
  • Familiarity with front-end web technologies (HTML, CSS) and web design frameworks.

Benefits

  • Health, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Flexible spending account
  • paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
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Founded in 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
6.7K employees (499 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
75% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$128K/yr – $196K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$1.2B
Last Raise
$1B
Post IPO Equity, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2020
    Post IPO Equity • $1B
  • Mar 2017
    Secondary Market
  • Sep 2015
    Series F • $75M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
175.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$318.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
10%
Direct
60.2%
Referral
27.9%
Social
0.2%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.7K

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Senior Art Director, Demand Gen

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