Creative Art Director

Lifted, an Upwork Company

$90K — $110K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Lead creative vision and concepts across various channels
  • Ability to translate business strategies into compelling creative
  • Experience directing multidisciplinary creative teams
  • Proven track record in creative review and brand consistency
  • Strong partnership skills with marketing and leadership teams
  • Expertise in managing presentations and narrative development
  • Experience mentoring creative talent and setting craft standards

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative vision and concept development for campaigns
  • Translate consumer insights into effective creative platforms
  • Direct and coordinate cross-functional creative teams
  • Review and approve creative work for quality and brand adherence
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to align on creative strategy
  • Manage storytelling and pitch development processes
  • Ensure all creative assets comply with brand standards

Benefits

  • Opportunity for full or part-time employment
  • Flexibility in project assignments based on availability
  • Collaboration with enterprise partners
  • Access to a network of experienced creative professionals
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.


Additional Information

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Lifted, an Upwork Company

More Media Jobs

Find similar Creative Art Director jobs: