Art Director

Capital Partners; Columbia Township (MO); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Paid learning days

Mentor focused on Maze growth

Job summary

Capital Partners in Columbia, MO is seeking an Art Director who sets the mood and leads creative direction. You’ll own the vision, guide projects end-to-end, and collaborate with a tight-knit team to deliver bold campaigns.

With 10 years of experience and fluency in A/B testing and Adobe InDesign, you’ll balance creative ambition with budget and timeline while mentoring others and fueling growth in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience demonstrating industry mastery and judgment.

Responsibilities

• Pair Innovation craft with Maze thinking to solve fuzzy creative problems.
• Pitch the uncomfortable direction when the safe one has clearly run dry.
• Steer a director review toward decisions instead of opinions about decisions.
• Read the room mid-presentation and reorder the deck on the fly.
• Reverse-engineer a competitor's hit to understand the mechanic, not copy the look.
• Pace a product walkthrough so the unfussy payoff lands at the right second.
• Balance creative ambition with budget, timeline, and technical constraints.
• Mine customer interviews for the one phrase that becomes the whole campaign.

Skills

A/B Testing

Adobe InDesign

Teamwork

Independent work

Growth mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Lottie

Job description

You don't follow the moodboard, you set it, and that instinct is what makes you the Art Director Capital Partners has been quietly waiting for. The whole arrangement rewards initiative — $123,000 - $183,000 to start, creative ownership throughout, and Capital Partners backing every step.

Key Responsibilities

• Pair Innovation craft with Maze thinking to solve fuzzy creative problems
• Pitch the uncomfortable direction when the safe one has clearly run dry
• Steer a director review toward decisions instead of opinions about decisions
• Read the room mid-presentation and reorder the deck on the fly
• Reverse-engineer a competitor's hit to understand the mechanic, not copy the look
• Pace a product walkthrough so the unfussy payoff lands at the right second
• Balance creative ambition with budget, timeline, and technical constraints
• Mine customer interviews for the one phrase that becomes the whole campaign

What You'll Bring

• Comfort owning creative decisions in a MO market
• Ability to thrive both independently and as part of a tight-knit team
• 10 years that taught you which corners can be cut
• Fluency across A/B Testing and Adobe InDesign, with strong opinions on both
• A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Capital Partners is a customer-centric, fiercely independent Columbia company that would rather earn trust slowly than buy attention quickly. We onboard you to the creative mission first and the Lottie tooling second, in that order.

This Columbia, MO role comes with $123,000 - $183,000, hybrid work, paid learning days, and a mentor focused on your Maze growth.

Updated within the day, the Art Director position keeps welcoming resumes.