Creative Art Director

Lifted, an Upwork Company™

$95K — $115K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Lead creative vision and brand expression across campaigns
  • Transform business strategies and consumer insights into creative platforms
  • Direct multidisciplinary teams through the creative process
  • Ensure creative work aligns with brand standards and quality
  • Collaborate with marketing and leadership on strategy and creative direction
  • Mentor talent and maintain craft standards
  • Make crucial decisions on visual concepts and brand evolution

Responsibilities

  • Build a network of top-tier Creative Art Directors for potential projects
  • Match candidates to future opportunities based on their skills and availability
  • Develop and oversee creative presentations and storytelling frameworks
  • Guide teams in executing visual direction across campaigns
  • Present creative work and incorporate team feedback for improvement

Benefits

  • Flexible full or part-time employment opportunities
  • Networking with industry-leading enterprise partners
  • Potential for diverse project engagements
  • Opportunity for creative leadership and talent mentoring
  • Involvement in high-impact creative campaigns and brand initiatives
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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