Creative Art Director

Upwork; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted partners with enterprise companies to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent. We’re building a talent pool of senior creatives to lead visual direction for campaigns across global partners.

The role involves executive-level creative leadership, mentoring teams, and ensuring brand consistency while delivering compelling storytelling across channels.

Qualifications

• Lead creative vision and brand expression across campaigns and channels.
• Translate business strategies and consumer insights into compelling creative platforms.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams through concepting to execution.

Responsibilities

• Oversee creative direction for campaigns ensuring brand consistency.
• Mentor and elevate talent; set craft standards and culture expectations.
• Present work internally and incorporate feedback to align with strategy.

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand strategy

Team mentorship

Concept development

Visual storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

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.

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.