Creative Art Director

Lifted, an Upwork Company

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

Qualifications

  • Proven ability to lead and execute creative vision across various campaigns and channels
  • Experience translating business strategies and consumer insights into engaging creative platforms
  • Strong leadership skills directing multidisciplinary creative teams from concept to execution
  • Expertise in reviewing and approving creative work for brand consistency and quality
  • Ability to collaborate with marketing, product, and leadership teams to align on strategy and creative direction
  • Experience in managing creative storytelling, presentations, and pitch development
  • Ability to mentor emerging talent and set high standards for creative culture

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative vision and concept development for multiple campaigns
  • Translate business insights into compelling creative platforms
  • Direct diverse creative teams through the production process
  • Review and approve creative work for quality assurance
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency
  • Manage presentations and frameworks for pitching creative concepts
  • Mentor junior creatives and establish a strong creative culture

Benefits

  • Flexibility of full or part-time employment opportunities
  • Potential to engage with various enterprise partners
  • Opportunity to be part of a continuously evolving talent pool
  • Possibility of future project alignment based on skills and availability
  • Access to diverse and multidisciplinary project experiences
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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