Agency:
OCX
Job Function:
Creative
Job Subfunction:
Art Direction
Job Description:
Senior Art Director
Location: Los Angeles
Department: Creative / Design
Experience Level: Senior (5+ Years)
Job Description
We are seeking a creative, hands-on Senior Art Director who combines strong conceptual thinking, visual leadership, and systematic design execution. You will lead creative initiatives from initial concept through global rollout, setting the visual direction while guiding creative teams and ensuring a high bar for design across markets, channels, and formats.
You will establish primary campaign creative, master style guides, design systems, and creative frameworks that scale across global teams and locales. Working alongside copywriters, project managers, program managers, production teams, and other creative leads, you will lead a wide range of digital marketing campaigns, customer experiences, brand communications, and high-volume asset programs across channels and markets. You will navigate complex client structures and evolving business needs while maintaining a clear creative vision. You will also remain hands-on in the work, using your design expertise to shape key creative moments, solve complex visual challenges, and elevate the final output.
You have an exceptional eye for visual storytelling, design, and creative composition, with a strong understanding of how to communicate products, technology, and customer experiences through visual language. You know how to establish and extend creative systems across global markets while maintaining design integrity, brand consistency, and local relevance.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead multi-channel creative initiatives from concept through global rollout, setting the visual direction and guiding Art Directors, Designers, and production teams toward a high bar for creative quality.
• Establish and own master style guides, visual toolkits, and design systems that enable consistent adaptation across markets, channels, and formats.
• Work directly with clients and cross-functional partners to understand objectives, present creative concepts and visual strategies, and confidently represent the creative point of view through reviews, presentations, and ongoing collaboration.
• Direct design reviews and quality control across large-scale asset programs, identifying opportunities to strengthen the work and resolve complex visual challenges.
• Guide designers, studio production, through localization and adaptation needs, balancing global brand consistency with the nuances of individual markets and audiences.
• Occasional on-set art direction for film, digital video, and photography shoots, collaborating with creative directors, photographers, stylists, and post-production partners to ensure the creative vision carries through production.
• Establish effective approaches to Generative AI, dynamic templates, and emerging design tools that help teams scale creative efficiently without compromising design quality.
Basic Qualifications
• 5+ years of experience as an Art Director, Senior Designer, or Creative Lead in a fast-paced creative agency or high-output in-house creative environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or equivalent work experience.
• Portfolio showcasing strong art direction, exceptional typography, strong design sensibility, sophisticated visual storytelling, scalable design systems, and complex digital campaigns across multiple channels.
• Proven ability to lead creative teams, provide clear art direction, and maintain a high bar for design quality across multiple projects.
• Comfortable working directly with clients and senior stakeholders, presenting creative work and explaining design decisions.
• Expert proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, with experience applying Generative AI tools to creative development and production workflows.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience managing high volume and tight deadlines across complex, fast-moving digital initiatives.
• Experience working with technology, retail, consumer, or enterprise brands.
• Experience working with large client asset libraries and maximizing the potential of existing brand photography and visual assets.
• Strong understanding of adapting creative systems and style guides across channels, formats, and audiences.
• Experience with motion, animation, or dynamic digital assets.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment where rapid iteration and alignment to global brand guidelines are the norm.
$80,000 - $92,000
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