Apple

Narrative Designer, Apple Ads

Apple$120K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in branding, product, or communication design.
  • Strong background in storytelling for engaging global communications.
  • Portfolio showcasing high-quality presentations aligned with Apple's aesthetic.
  • Expertise in visual and communication design fundamentals like typography and iconography.
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills across all levels and functions.
  • Proficiency in Keynote, Adobe Creative Cloud, Sketch, and Final Cut.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and handle confidential information.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creation of strategic narratives and cohesive communication campaigns.
  • Manage brand identities and multimedia assets for internal communications.
  • Design visually compelling presentations that maintain Apple's aesthetic.
  • Collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to define and execute visual communications.
  • Translate complex ideas into engaging designs for innovative audiences.
  • Ensure a unified visual language across various channels in alignment with Apple's standards.
  • Adapt design styles for different contexts, including written, visual, and experiential.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with Apple's renowned creative team.
  • Involvement in high-impact internal communications and campaigns.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge design technologies and practices.
  • Chance to influence the visual identity of a global brand.
  • A collaborative, dynamic work environment that encourages innovation.
Full Job Description
Apple Ads is looking for a Narrative Designer to lead the creation and production of strategic and innovative design and communication solutions for our internal communications and experiences.

Description

As a Narrative Designer on the Apple Ads team, you will be the driving force behind our internal visual narrative. Your work will play a crucial role in maintaining Apple's distinctive aesthetic across all internal communications, from visually compelling presentations and campaign designs to broader creative deliverables.

In this role, you will manage the development of strategic narratives, cohesive communication campaigns, brand identities, and multimedia assets. You will be responsible for activating graphic design across channels, ensuring a unified visual language that meets Apple's high standards.

You will act as a decisive visual leader, partnering with senior leaders, strategists, cross-functional stakeholders, producers, and program managers to define, guide, and execute communications. By translating strategic direction into fresh, high-quality work, you will turn complex ideas into clear, compelling designs for our most innovative audiences.

You bring a deep appreciation for the mechanics of narrative-rhythm, pacing, iconography, and tone. Thriving in ambiguous spaces, you operate with high autonomy to bring clarity to complex challenges, seamlessly shifting between focused, independent execution and collaborative iteration.

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of experience in branding, product, or communication design.

Proven track record of using storytelling to create compelling communications that drive engagement for global audiences.

Expertise in crafting high-quality presentations and communications design, with a portfolio showcasing an aesthetic aligned with Apple's visual identity.

Command of visual and communication fundamentals (typography, grids, iconography) applied effectively to narrative assets.

Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, adept at working both independently and cross-functionally across all levels.

Proven mastery of Keynote, Adobe Creative Cloud, Sketch, and Final Cut.

Medium-agnostic approach to design, tailoring your expression to the context: written, visual, spatial, or experiential.

Demonstrated ability to prioritize and drive multiple concurrent projects from ideation to execution in a fast-paced environment.

Direct experience handling sensitive and confidential information with integrity and discretion.

Ability to be onsite; this role is an in-person, onsite position.

Available to work nights and weekends as needed.

Up to 20% + travel required; both domestic and international.

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to communicate concepts through sketches and/or prototypes.

Hands-on proficiency in video editing and motion graphics.

A deep understanding of the Apple design aesthetic, UI, and history.

Comfortable experimenting with emerging technologies and media formats to deliver exceptional outcomes.

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Interaction, Media Arts, or equivalent practical experience.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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Net Income
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1976
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