Creative Art Director

Lifted, an Upwork Company™

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

Qualifications

  • Proven experience leading creative vision and brand expression across various channels
  • Ability to translate business objectives and consumer insights into effective creative strategies
  • Skilled in directing multidisciplinary teams including design and production
  • Experience in ensuring creative consistency and adherence to high brand standards
  • Strong collaborative skills with marketing and leadership teams to align on direction
  • Ability to mentor talent and uphold creative culture standards

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of creative concepts and branding for campaigns
  • Direct and manage creative teams from concepting through execution
  • Review and approve final creative pieces to ensure quality and alignment with brand standards
  • Facilitate strategic partnerships across departments to enhance creative output
  • Present and critique creative concepts, incorporating team feedback
  • Provide guidance during production phases, including photo and video shoots
  • Oversee the application of visual identity elements like typography and color

Benefits

  • Flexible engagement options with full or part-time employment
  • Opportunity to work with enterprise partners across diverse creative projects
  • Continuous professional development through mentoring and leadership opportunities
  • Potential for future employment opportunities based on fit and readiness
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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