Senior Art Director

Role Overview

• Lead the development and evolution of the enterprise visual identity, brand platform, and creative direction
• Oversee concept creation, storyboarding, design planning, and visual storytelling for digital and print materials
• Direct creative teams in producing graphics, campaign assets, multimedia, and integrated visual products
• Ensure consistency of brand voice and visual design across all communication channels and content types
• Collaborate with UX, multimedia, marketing, and communications teams to unify creative approaches
• Review and approve design deliverables, ensuring adherence to accessibility, quality, and brand standards
• Guide development of templates, component libraries, creative toolkits, and visual governance artifacts
• Translate complex strategic and technical requirements into compelling visual narratives
• Oversee vendor or subcontractor creative output to ensure alignment with enterprise expectations
• Support high-priority campaigns, leadership communications, and mission-critical design needs
• Analyze creative performance metrics and incorporate insights into continuous creative improvement

Requirements

• Strong creative leadership and ability to define visual strategy
• Exceptional communication skills for interacting with stakeholders and design teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive high-quality creative execution
• Strong attention to detail, brand consistency, and design rigor
• Ability to guide, mentor, and elevate multidisciplinary creative teams
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
• Deep understanding of visual hierarchy, layout, color theory, typography, and accessibility (508/WCAG)
• Experience with design systems, component libraries, and brand governance
• Ability to translate abstract concepts and strategic inputs into compelling visual communication
• Demonstrated success leading visual strategy across digital, print, and multimedia platforms
• Experience producing unified visual systems, brand standards, and enterprise design frameworks

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

• Family & parental support 12 weeks’ full pay for Primary Carers and 6 weeks for Secondary Carers (after one year of service; return requirements apply for subsequent leave)
• Applies to birth, adoption, and surrogacy
• Up to 10 days’ paid fertility leave per year (5 per cycle)
• 2 days’ paid leave for new grandparents
• $2,500 annual interest-free parental loan
• $6,000 interest-free fertility treatment loan
• Healthcare & wellbeing Three medical plans (HSA at $0 cost; EPO 75% employer funded; PPO 65% employer funded)
• $0 employee-cost dental and vision
• 10 days’ health leave per year (mental and physical)
• 24/7 mental health support through Self Space Wellhub subscription
• Financial & practical support 401(k) match (3% after 3 months; 4% after 1 year)
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• 10 days’ paid military leave
• Full pay for jury duty (state/city payments declined)
• Uber/taxi home after 9:30pm
• Time off & flexibility 23 days’ PTO (with 3 discretionary carryover days; CA/CO policies follow state mandate)
• 10 federal holidays, plus the day after Thanksgiving
• Option to swap 2 federal holidays (excluding Thanksgiving and the day after)
• Office closed between Christmas and New Year
• 10 days’ special emergency leave (including bereavement)
• 10 days’ volunteering leave (5 paid, 5 unpaid)
• Half-day for blood donation
• Work from anywhere for up to 2 weeks per year (subject to approval)
• Culture & development $300 annual cultural stimulation allowance (accrued monthly; available after 90 days)
• Weekly Thursday happy hour
• Mentorship and Buddy programmes