Creative Art Director

Lifted, an Upwork Company

$88K — $105K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in leading creative vision and brand expression across various campaigns.
  • Ability to translate strategic insights into compelling creative concepts.
  • Experience managing multidisciplinary teams through the full creative process from concept to execution.
  • Strong decision-making skills regarding visual tone and brand identity evolution.
  • Capable of mentoring and elevating creative talent within the team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative vision for campaigns and ensure alignment with business strategies.
  • Direct teams in concept development and execution across various creative disciplines.
  • Review and approve creative work to maintain brand consistency and quality.
  • Collaborate with multiple stakeholders on creative direction and strategy alignment.
  • Manage and execute creative pitches and present finalized concepts to stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Engagements can vary from full-time to part-time based on candidate availability.
  • Opportunities to work with diverse enterprise partners on various projects.
  • Potential for talent development with mentorship roles in creative teams.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Why We're Building a Talent Pool

We're continuously building our network of experienced talent across Creative Art Directors who are interested in being considered for full or part-time employment engagements with assignments to work with our enterprise partners. While this is not tied to one specific project, selected candidates may be matched to future employment opportunities based on experience, availability, and alignment with project needs.

Qualifications

What We Look For
  • Lead creative vision, concept development, and brand expression across campaigns and channels
  • Translate business strategies and consumer insights into compelling creative platforms
  • Direct multidisciplinary creative teams (design, copy, motion, production) through concepting to execution
  • Review and approve creative work to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to brand standards
  • Partner with marketing, product, global/regional creative, and leadership to align on strategy and creative direction
  • Manage creative presentations, storytelling, narrative frameworks, and pitch development
  • Mentor and elevate talent; set craft standards and creative culture expectations
  • Make final decisions on creative concepts, visual tone, and brand identity evolution
  • Develop visual concepts, storyboards, and creative territories for campaigns and content
  • Guide designers, photographers, videographers, and copy partners in executing visual direction
  • Oversee composition, typography, color, layout, and brand visual identity application
  • Provide on-set art direction during photo/video shoots
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency across deliverables
  • Present creative work internally and incorporate feedback
  • Ensure all assets meet brand style guidelines and quality standards

Additional Qualifications (if relevant)
  • Background in Senior creative leadership overseeing visual direction & concept development.


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