Associate Director, Art Direction – Performance Marketing

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 75.000 - 105.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Art Director to shape brand visuals across pitches and flagship projects, ensuring world-class design, typography, and composition. You will guide a small team of junior to mid-level designers, oversee multi-channel campaigns, and lead production from casting to color grading, while communicating the strategic why behind visual choices.

Join us to evolve workflows, set quality standards, and foster an inclusive, design-forward culture that keeps craft

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of art direction or design in a creative agency or high-growth brand environment.
• Mastery of art direction, layout, typography, and integrated visual storytelling across platforms.
• Expertise in performance marketing.
• Experience leading small teams or freelancers.
• Expert-level knowledge of Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, motion design, or AI image generation.
• Ability to ensure visual choices align with client business goals and brand identity.
• Ability to articulate complex visual concepts to non-visual stakeholders.

Aufgaben

• Lead the visual evolution of brands across pitches and flagship projects with world-class design.
• Guide a team of junior to mid-level Art Directors and Designers with craft-based feedback.
• Own the visual narrative across multi-channel campaigns for cohesive look and feel.
• Lead production visuals from casting to color grading, retouching, and motion design.
• Present design systems and art direction to clients with passion and clarity.
• Collaborate with Creative leadership to evolve design workflows and adopt new tools or AI-driven technologies.
• Foster an inclusive, design-forward culture that encourages experimentation and excellence.

Kenntnisse

Art direction

Typography

Layout

Integrated visual storytelling

Performance marketing

Team leadership

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Motion design

AI image generation

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Jobbeschreibung

Responsibilities

• Lead the visual evolution of brands. You’ll oversee the art direction for pitches and flagship projects, ensuring all work meets a world-class standard of design, typography, and composition.
• Guide a team of junior to mid-level Art Directors and Designers. You’ll provide specific, craft-based feedback that pushes their work further while helping them develop their own visual voices.
• Take ownership of the visual narrative across multi-channel campaigns. You’ll lead the aesthetic side of "the big idea," ensuring a cohesive look and feel across film, digital, social, and physical experiences.
• Lead the visual side of production, from selecting photographers and directors to overseeing color grading, retouching, and motion design, ensuring the final product matches the original creative vision.
• Act as the visual authority in client meetings. You’ll present design systems and art direction with passion and clarity, helping clients understand the strategic "why" behind visual choices.
• Partner with Creative leadership to evolve design workflows, establish quality standards, and identify new tools or AI-driven technologies to keep the team’s craft future-ready.
• Foster an inclusive, design-forward culture that encourages experimentation, shared learning, and a relentless pursuit of visual excellence.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in art direction or design within a creative agency or high-growth brand environment or related field.
• Showcasing a mastery of art direction, layout, typography, and integrated visual storytelling across various platforms.
• Expertise in performance marketing
• Experience leading small teams or overseeing the work of freelancers and junior creatives.
• Expert-level knowledge of Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.), motion design, or AI image generation.
• The ability to ensure that every visual choice, from color palette to casting, serves the client’s business goals and brand identity.
• The ability to articulate complex visual concepts to non-visual stakeholders and clients.

Tools & Technologies

• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• InDesign