Art Director

24 Seven Talent; Broomfield (CO); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

24 Seven Talent is seeking an experienced Art Director for Partnerships & Collectibles in Broomfield, CO. This freelance role focuses on shaping creative expressions for collaborations across campaigns, packaging, digital, and experiential channels.

You will translate partner strategies into visually resonant systems, leading multiple projects in a fast-paced consumer lifestyle environment. 8+ years of design leadership and a strong portfolio are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 8+ years of experience in brand, campaign, digital, experiential, packaging, or integrated design.
• 3+ years of experience mentoring junior designers and production partners.
• A strong portfolio showing conceptual thinking, visual storytelling, and high-quality execution.
• Expertise in art direction, typography, layout, composition, color, image-making, and visual systems.
• Experience with motion design, animation, and art direction for photo/video production.
• Experience in brand collaborations, cultural moments, product launches, collectibles, entertainment, fashion, footwear, lifestyle, or consumer brands preferred.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; ability to articulate creative rationale to diverse stakeholders.
• Highly organized, adaptable, collaborative, with strong craft.

Responsibilities

• Concept and design partnership-led storytelling for collaborations, collectibles, and limited product drops.
• Develop visual ideas that merge multiple brand identities coherently.
• Create integrated design across campaigns, digital, social, retail, packaging, e-commerce, experiential, and presentations.
• Build flexible visual systems supporting product moments, launches, and supporting assets.
• Lead art direction for photo and video production from pre- to post-production.
• Apply motion design thinking to elevate digital, social, launch, and campaign storytelling.
• Mentor designers and production partners with clear creative direction and feedback.
• Partner with creative, marketing, product, merchandising, operations, collaborators, and cross-functional teams.
• Own projects from concept through final production amid shifting priorities and deadlines.
• Explore emerging tools, AI, motion, design technologies and evolving processes.

Skills

Brand design

Creative direction

Mentoring

Design systems

Typography

Motion design

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design

Job description

Title: Art Director, Partnerships & Collectibles

Employment Type: Freelance

Timing: 9/7/26

Duration: Through 12/31/26

Hrs/wk: 40

Location: Broomfield, CO (hybrid onsite)

Pay Range: $70-80/hr.

We are seeking an experienced Art Director to help shape the creative expression of culturally relevant collaborations, limited drops, collectible storytelling, and partner-led initiatives across campaign, product, packaging, retail, digital, social, and experiential channels.

Reporting to the Creative Director, Partnerships & Collectibles, this role will translate partnership strategy into highly visual, emotionally resonant creative systems that balance a distinctive brand identity with the unique voice of each collaborator. The ideal candidate brings strong conceptual thinking, exceptional craft, and the ability to lead overlapping projects in a fast-paced consumer lifestyle environment.

What You’ll Do

• Concept and design partnership-led storytelling for collaborations, collectibles, and limited product drops.
• Develop visual ideas that bring multiple brand identities together in a cohesive, authentic way.
• Create integrated design across campaigns, digital, social, retail, packaging, e-commerce, experiential, and presentation materials.
• Build flexible, scalable visual systems that support product moments, launch campaigns, packaging, and supporting assets.
• Lead art direction for photo and video production, from pre-production through post-production.
• Apply motion design thinking to elevate digital, social, launch, and campaign storytelling.
• Manage and mentor designers, providing clear creative direction, feedback, and development support.
• Partner with creative, marketing, product, merchandising, operations, external collaborators, and other cross-functional teams.
• Own projects from concept through final production while managing shifting priorities and competing deadlines.
• Explore emerging creative tools, AI, motion, design technologies, and evolving creative processes.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Communication Design, Visual Communication, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 8+ years of experience in brand, campaign, digital, experiential, packaging, or integrated design.
• 3+ years of experience managing, mentoring, and providing creative feedback to junior designers and production partners.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, visual storytelling, and high-quality execution across multiple channels.
• Expertise in art direction, typography, layout, composition, color, image-making, and visual systems.
• Experience with motion design, animation, and art direction for photo and video production.
• Experience in brand collaborations, cultural moments, product launches, collectibles, entertainment, fashion, footwear, lifestyle, or consumer brands strongly preferred.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate creative rationale to diverse stakeholders.
• A highly organized, adaptable, collaborative approach and a strong commitment to craft.