Art Director

JetFuel; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

JetFuel in Austin/New York seeks an Art Director to lead experiential marketing concepts through production. You will craft bold visuals, push breakthrough thinking, and collaborate with clients, producers, and service leads to deliver outstanding work.

Ideally 3–7 years of art direction experience, with a passion for innovative experiences and a strong visual craft across campaigns and live events. The role is hybrid with onsite presence required.

Qualifications

• Design skills with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ability to concept and pitch big ideas.
• Strong presentation design for decks and proposals.
• Experience across multiple formats and mediums.
• Understanding of retail-forward activation.

Responsibilities

• Execute the creative process from concept to completion with teams.
• Translate marketing objectives into big ideas.
• Communicate ideas clearly to be Buyable and exciting.
• Ensure visual communications and brand standards are met.
• Develop pitch decks, proposals, and reports independently or with a team.
• Support design needs across graphic and production tasks.
• Lead brand storytelling with relevant tactics for execution.

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Concepting

Presentation design

Multi-format design

Retail activation

Job description

This is a hybrid role based out of Austin Texas, or New York, NY. The role is onsite 3xs a week.

At JetFuel, the role of Art Director, is held by an emerging creative who is dedicated to ideating world-class experiential ideas, and delivering them with best-in-class visual execution from pitch through to production.

As a key member of the team, they create great work, while also contributing to a positive, creative culture across the organization, demonstrating a commitment to big thinking, innovation, and a relentless dedication to visual craft – demonstrated with 3-7 years of prior art direction experience.

Duties:

Balance the creative concept across a variety of brief and campaign styles – with a focus on experiential marketing.

Concept & Art Direction

A strategic-minded creative with a passion to create & ideate across experiential & live event marketing channels, with a focus on breakthrough thinking, art direction and visuals, and an understanding of creating impactful experiences across all stages of the consumer journey. You’ll push for new and innovative experiential thinking, while championing brand stands, experience design, and visual approach to all projects. You’ll be passionate about industry trends and innovation and partner will fellow creative, producers, client service leads all along the way.

Specifics Include:

• Execute the creative process in tandem with our client service & Production teams, from concept to completion – collaborating with partners within creative and beyond to deliver best in class work.
• Translate marketing objectives and briefs into big ideas
• Communicating big ideas succinctly and clearly in a way that makes them buyable, easy and exciting
• Ensure all visual communication and brand standards are met, both internally and externally
• Develop pitch decks, proposals and reports that encapsulate those ideas – working both independently and with a team
• Supports the design function, able and willing to jump in on graphic and productions design needs as is
• Lead brand storytelling coupled with creative relevant tactics applicable for execution

Desired Skills:

• Design skills/abilities (Adobe platforms)
• Is able to comp up own work and ideas
• Understand PowerPoint/presentation design
• Can work across multiple formats and mediums
• Possesses an understanding of retail-forward activation

Eat. Breathe. JetFuel.

• People Minded – Must show dignity and respect to all people
• Integrity – Must exemplify the highest degree of ethical behavior
• Results Oriented – Must show passion, pride and commitment to succeed with HUSTLE
• Highly Organized – With consistent and timely communications
• Trust – Must be honest, sincere and confident
• Teamwork – Must build trusting relationships and have each other’s backs
• Innovation – Must progress through a combination of creativity, common sense & vision
• Balance – Must maintain an optimistic, “go get it” attitude & be able to balance it with a healthy work / life balance