Senior Art Director, Events & Experiences Creative

Responsibilities

• Set and own the art direction vision 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
• Translate strategy into experience — turning a marketing or brand strategy into a tangible, well-paced physical narrative
• Direct copy across environmental and wayfinding touchpoints to ensure the event narrative holds together from entrance to exit
• Lead and mentor a team of designers and art directors, providing hands-on creative direction and a consistent bar for craft
• 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 senior stakeholders, building alignment across cross-functional partners
• Manage multiple concurrent event programs, balancing creative ambition against production timelines and budgets

Requirements

• 8+ years of design/art direction experience, with a portfolio spanning event design and brand design
• Demonstrated experience designing event footprints and user journeys for large-scale activations
• Proven experience leading and mentoring designers or art directors
• 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
• Experience directing copy or working closely with copywriters to shape a cohesive event narrative
• 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
• Confident presenter, comfortable pitching and aligning senior stakeholders
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively to oversee on-site event design and setup

Preferred

• You love leading a team just as much as you love pulling the details tight yourself.
• You get energized turning a strategy brief into a space people actually walk through and feel.
• You have zero tolerance for sloppy execution and take pride in catching what others miss.
• You want ownership over the full arc — from footprint and narrative to the last piece of tape on the floor.