Art Director

Sym World Sdn Bhd; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent integrated marketing firm in Petaling Jaya is looking for a creative individual with strong visual instincts to craft key visuals for various campaigns. You will lead art direction, maintain creative quality, and contribute to overall aesthetics. The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of experience in creative agencies and a strong portfolio. Competitive salary, performance bonuses, and growth opportunities await in this dynamic, collaborative environment.

Benefits

Free beverages and snacks

Yearly performance bonus

Work-Life Balance

Team outings once a month

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in creative, branding, or advertising agencies.
• A strong portfolio showcasing refined layouts and impactful visuals.
• Proficiency in typography, composition, visual hierarchy, and color theory.

Responsibilities

• Craft visually striking key visuals, campaign layouts, and brand systems.
• Lead art direction from concept to execution with strong design thinking.
• Maintain and elevate visual consistency and creative quality across projects.
• Contribute to conceptual development, layout systems, and overall campaign aesthetics.
• Stay on top of visual trends and bring fresh ideas to the table.

Skills

Strong visual instincts

Design skills

Typography

Composition

Visual hierarchy

Color theory

Adobe Creative Suite

Photography

Video editing

3D animation

AI tools

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

We’re looking for someone withstrong visual instincts, high design standards, and a sharp eye for detail— someone who can craft key visuals that make people stop scrolling, shape brand identities that last, and bring fresh ideas to every campaign.

You’ll help define the visual standard of our team, working alongside passionate creatives under the guidance of the Head of Creative. If you take pride in your craft and want to build a portfolio that stands out — this is the role for you.

Why join us today:

• Free beverages and snacks
• Yearly performance bonus and increment (based on company & individual performance)
• Work Life Balance, depends how you manage the task given!
• Team outing, Saturday outdoor activity (Once a month)
• Be part of a forward-thinking agency that embraces the latest trends, technologies, and platforms.
• Work with a passionate, creative team that values fresh ideas and collaboration.
• Competitive salary and benefits with opportunities for professional growth.

What You’ll Do:

• Craft visually strikingkey visuals, campaign layouts, and brand systemsacross social, digital, and print
• Leadart directionfrom concept to execution with an emphasis on strong design thinking
• Maintain and elevatevisual consistency and creative qualityacross projects
• Contribute toconceptual development, layout systems, and overall campaign aesthetics
• Stay on top of visual trends and bring fresh, relevant ideas to the table

What We’re Looking For:

• 3–5 years of experience in creative, branding, or advertising agencies
• A strong portfolio that showcasesrefined layouts, impactful visuals, and thoughtful design direction
• Excellent grasp oftypography, composition, visual hierarchy, andcolor theory
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite
• Bonus: Skills inphotography, video editing, or3D animation
• Bonus: Interest inAI tools or new design technology
• A team-first mindset with strong creative ownership and accountability
• 📩Include a link to your portfolio(Behance, website, or PDF) — we’re excited to see what you’re capable of. If visual craft is your language and you’re ready to own the art direction — we’d love to meet you!!!

Sym World is an integrated marketing firm specializing in innovative marketing solutions, digital marketing, creative design services, media planning and booking. Our expertise in integrated marketing communications has helped us achieve recognition and accolades at the prestigious Malaysia Entrepreneur 50 Award consecutively for four years, where we subsequently emerged as the E50 Awards First Prize Winner in 2013.

Working at Sym World offers exciting opportunities, a conducive environment, a collaborative culture and wholesome benefits that just aren’t found together anyplace else.