Creative Art Director
- Role
- Design
- Experience
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
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No BS summary
A senior creative art director who can own visual direction, concept development, and brand expression for enterprise clients. You will direct multidisciplinary creative teams and make final creative decisions, while mentoring talent and setting brand standards.
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About Lifted Lifted partners with enterprise companies to help them scale smarter. We offer a single solution designed to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent. For talent in our network, Lifted provides access to enterprise-level projects while handling engagement setup, contracting, compliance, and payments in the background, so you can focus on delivering high-quality work.
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.
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.
What you'll do
- 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
- Lead creative vision, concept development, and brand expression across workstreams
- Review and approve creative work to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to brand guides
- Make final decisions on creative approaches, including the evolution of visual identity
- Guide designers, photographers, videographers, and copywriters in executing visual direction
- Oversee layout, typography, color, composition, and brand visual identity application
- Present creative work to internal stakeholders and incorporate feedback
- Ensure all assets meet brand style guides and quality standards
What they require
- Background in Senior creative leadership overseeing visual direction and conceptual development.
- 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 define creative so the work meets brand standards, quality, and consistency
- 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
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