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 multiple channels.
  • Ability to translate business strategies and consumer insights into effective creative platforms.
  • Experience directing multidisciplinary teams through the creative process from concept to execution.
  • Strong skills in reviewing and approving creative work for quality and brand alignment.
  • Collaborative experience with marketing and leadership teams to align on creative strategies.
  • Proficient in storytelling, narrative development, and pitch presentation.
  • Experience in mentoring creative talent and elevating team standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creation of compelling campaigns and brand expressions.
  • Translate insights into impactful creative concepts for various platforms.
  • Direct creative teams throughout the entire creative process.
  • Approve final creative work to ensure quality and brand consistency.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for aligned creative direction.
  • Oversight of narrative frameworks and development of creative pitches.
  • Guide execution of visual direction across all media.

Benefits

  • Flexible work opportunities, including full or part-time engagements.
  • Diverse assignments across various enterprise partnerships.
  • Opportunity for professional growth and mentoring roles within creative leadership.
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

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