Creative Art Director

Lifted, an Upwork Company

• $100K — $120K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Santa Fe, NM
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven leadership in creative vision and brand expression across diverse media.
  • Ability to translate complex business strategies into successful creative campaigns.
  • Experience directing multidisciplinary teams through the full creative process.
  • Strong review and approval skills to maintain brand standards and quality.
  • Skilled in developing compelling presentations and storytelling for pitches and concepts.

Responsibilities

  • Lead creative teams from ideation to execution across projects.
  • Develop and approve visual and creative concepts aligned with brand strategy.
  • Mentor junior talent and cultivate a strong creative culture within the team.
  • Ensure brand consistency and quality across all project deliverables.
  • Collaborate with marketing and leadership to refine creative direction.

Benefits

  • Flexible full or part-time employment opportunities.
  • Potential exposure to various enterprise partners and projects.
  • Opportunity to work with a network of experienced professionals in creative fields.
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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