Art Director

POLA Marketing; Covington (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

POLA Marketing is seeking an Art Director to drive concepts from a blank page to final frames. You will lead deck design and on-set styling, collaborating with directors and DP to ensure the filmed work matches the pitch.

This hands-on role blends creative direction with practical production tasks, requiring strong storytelling, set dressing, and prop coordination across campaigns for major clients.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of art direction experience at an agency, production company, brand studio, or as a freelancer.
• Strong deck design and visual storytelling, with polished presentations.
• On-set experience; able to solve problems without stalling the crew.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop.
• Clear communicator who defends ideas to clients and takes notes well.
• Organized in tracking props, sourcing, and budgets across productions.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative concepts and visual territories for pitches across social, branded content, and campaigns.
• Build and design pitch decks with treatments, mood boards, look references, and layouts.
• Translate concepts into shootable plans: shot lists and prop/set requirements.
• Act as art director on set for photo and video shoots, styling and design.
• Collaborate with producers on budgets, sourcing, and rentals.
• Work with editors to maintain the look through delivery.
• Stay current with visual trends for short-form and social formats.

Skills

Art direction

Deck design

Visual storytelling

On-set production

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Creative Suite

Communication

Prop budgeting

Tools

Figma

Keynote

InDesign

Job description

Company: POLA Marketing Location: Covington [on-site] Type: Full-time Reports to: Creative Director

About Us

POLA Marketing is a full-service agency for national brands, and we make work that refuses to be scrolled past. Bold. Graphic. Loud in the right places. If it blends in, it didn't come from us.

"Full-service" isn't a line on our website; it’s a 10,000 square foot production studio in-house. Concept, shoot, and finish all happen under one roof, which means the idea you pitch on Monday can be lit and rolling by Thursday, with you in the room for all of it. Our work runs for clients like MGM, Welch’s, and Unilever.

The role

We’re looking for an Art Director who can take an idea from a blank page to a finished frame. You’ll build the creative concepts that win the work, then stand on set and make sure what we pitched is what we shoot.

This is a hands-on role. Half of it lives in the deck, concepting, references, mood, layout, pitch craft. The other half lives on set, set dressing, props, wardrobe direction, styling calls, and the hundred small decisions that separate a good frame from a flat one. You should be comfortable moving between both in the same week.

What you’ll do

• Develop creative concepts and visual territories for pitches across social, branded content, and campaign work
• Build and design pitch decks that sell the idea, treatments, mood boards, reference reels, styleframes, and layout
• Translate approved concepts into shootable plans: shot lists, look references, prop and set requirements
• Art director on set for photo and video shoots, set design and dressing, props, color, styling collaboration, framing input alongside the director and DP
• Partner with producers on art department budgets, sourcing, and rentals
• Work closely with editors and post to protect the look through delivery
• Keep an eye on visual trends in short-form and social, so our work looks current, not last year

What we’re looking for

• [3–5+] years of art direction experience at an agency, production company, brand studio, or as a freelancer
• A portfolio that shows range, we want to see both the decks and the finished work they became
• Genuine strength in deck design and visual storytelling (Figma, Keynote, InDesign, whatever you’re fastest in, but it needs to look considered)
• Real on-set experience. You know how a shoot day actually runs, and you can solve problems in the moment without stalling the crew.
• Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills, especially Photoshop
• Clear communicator who can defend an idea to a client and take notes without ego
• Organized enough to track props, sourcing, and budgets across multiple productions

Bonus points

• Retouching chops, compositing, color, cleanup, and finishing to a high standard
• Motion or design experience (After Effects, Premiere)
• Experience art directing specifically for vertical / short-form social formats
• Set design, prop styling, or fabrication background
• Photography or directing experience of your own

POLA Marketing is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.