Creative Art Director

Lifted, an Upwork Company™

$80K — $95K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in leading creative vision and brand expression across multiple campaigns.
  • Ability to translate business strategies and consumer insights into effective creative platforms.
  • Experience directing multidisciplinary teams in concept-to-execution processes.
  • Strong skills in reviewing and approving creative work to maintain quality and brand standards.
  • Demonstrated success in mentoring creative talent and fostering a positive creative culture.
  • Background in overseeing visual direction and managing presentations and pitch developments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative vision and concept development for campaigns.
  • Direct creative teams from concept through execution.
  • Review and approve creative work for quality and brand consistency.
  • Collaborate with various teams to align on strategy and creative direction.
  • Mentor creative talent and set standards for craft and culture.
  • Provide art direction for photo and video shoots to ensure high production quality.
  • Develop visual concepts and storyboards that resonate with target audiences.

Benefits

  • Flexible full- or part-time employment opportunities.
  • Potential for ongoing collaborations across various enterprise partners.
  • Opportunity to be part of a continuously evolving talent network.
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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