Senior Art Director, Events & Experiences Creative

Responsibilities

• Own art direction for assigned events, ensuring every touchpoint — environmental graphics, signage, stage design, activations — reflects a cohesive, on-brand story
• Design event footprints and map user journeys, choreographing how attendees move through and experience a space from arrival to departure
• Concept and design interactive and experiential elements — activations, installations, digital or tech-enabled moments — that add engagement layers on top of the physical environment
• Translate strategy into experience — turning a marketing or brand strategy into a tangible, well-paced physical narrative
• Provide creative direction and informal mentorship to junior designers on assigned projects
• Partner with brand design, copy, producers, and strategists to translate concepts into production-ready creative
• Maintain strict quality control across all design deliverables, catching inconsistencies and detail issues before they reach production
• Travel to events to oversee on-site design execution and setup, making real-time creative and production calls
• Present creative direction and rationale to stakeholders, building alignment across cross-functional partners
• Manage your own workload across multiple concurrent event programs, balancing creative ambition against production timelines and budgets

Requirements

• 5-8 years of design/art direction experience, with a portfolio spanning event design and brand design
• Experience designing event footprints and user journeys for large-scale activations
• Exposure to interactive or experiential design — activations, installations, digital or tech-driven experiences
• Comfort providing creative direction to junior designers, even without formal management experience
• Deep fluency in environmental and spatial design — stage design, signage, wayfinding, large-format production
• Strong brand design background, with an eye for how identity systems translate into physical space
• A track record of translating strategy into experience — turning briefs into tangible, on-brand spaces
• Meticulous attention to detail and a track record of maintaining quality under tight deadlines
• Comfortable presenting and pitching creative direction to stakeholders
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively to oversee on-site event design and setup

Preferred

• B2B and/or tech experience is a strong plus
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma; familiarity with 3D/rendering tools or interactive prototyping tools is a plus
• You bring strong craft and a growing point of view on experiential design
• You think in journeys and narratives, not just visuals
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively to oversee on-site event design and setup

Benefits

• time off programs
• medical, dental, vision, mental health support
• paid parental leave
• life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• employee stock purchasing program
• More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com