Art Director

Living Spaces; La Mirada, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical (full-time)

Dental (full-time)

Vision (full-time)

401(k) with company match

Vacation (full-time)

Paid sick leave

Flex or Health Spending Account

Employee Assistance Program

Holiday pay

Life insurance

Job summary

Living Spaces in La Mirada, CA seeks an experienced Art Director to develop and execute creative concepts that elevate the brand across print, digital, social and retail channels. You will lead concepts, craft briefs, supervise photo and video productions, and ensure brand consistency while collaborating with Marketing, Merchandising, E-Commerce, and Studio teams to deliver integrated campaigns.

A Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Art Direction and 3+ years in a similar role are required;

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Marketing, Art Direction or related field required.
• 3+ years in a similar art direction role, agency or in-house.
• Strong design concepts, color, typography and TV production knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Senior Art Director to uphold brand guidelines across campaigns.
• Lead and present creative concepts from ideation to execution.
• Develop briefs, mood boards, storyboards, and visual presentations.
• Create assets for print, digital, social, email, website, and paid media.
• Direct photography and video productions, including on-site direction.

Skills

Art direction

Brand guidelines

Creative concept development

Cross-functional collaboration

TV campaigns

Color & typography

Photography direction

Editing & motion graphics

AI-generated content

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or Art Direction

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

MS Office

Job description

## Art DirectorApply: La Mirada, CA - Corporate: Full time: Posted Today: R45920## Position Summary The Art Director develops and executes creative concepts and visual communications that bring the Living Spaces brand to life across print, digital, social media, and retail marketing channels. This role ensures brand consistency, delivers compelling customer experiences, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to support business and marketing objectives.## Position Description**Essential Duties and Responsibilities** include the following. Other duties may be assigned.* Partner with the Senior Art Director to manage and uphold brand guidelines, ensuring consistent application of the Living Spaces brand across all marketing initiatives, campaigns, and customer touchpoints.* Lead and present creative concepts from initial ideation through final execution, ensuring alignment with brand strategy, campaign objectives, and target audiences.* Develop creative briefs, mood boards, storyboards, visual presentations, and other materials that effectively communicate creative direction to internal teams and external partners.* Create compelling creative assets for print, digital, social media, email, website, paid media, and emerging marketing channels while maintaining brand consistency and visual excellence.* Collaborate with Marketing, Merchandising, E-Commerce, Studio, Production Design, and other cross-functional teams to translate business objectives into impactful creative solutions and execute integrated marketing campaigns.* Direct photography and video productions, including location scouting, pre-production planning, on-site creative direction, and oversight of talent, styling, set design, composition, lighting, and overall visual execution.* Utilize and develop AI-generated content, including photography, video, and other visual assets, while evaluating and implementing emerging technologies to improve creative efficiency, scalability, and innovation.* Review and provide creative feedback to designers, production teams, agencies, and other creative partners to ensure high-quality deliverables that adhere to established brand standards.* Research design, advertising, AI, and visual content trends and recommend innovative approaches that strengthen brand engagement and improve creative performance.* Manage multiple creative projects simultaneously, balancing competing priorities and deadlines while proactively identifying risks and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality work.## Qualifications**Education/Experience:** Bachelor's degree (B. A. or B. S.) or equivalent from four-year college in Marketing, Art Direction, or related business field. Three plus years of experience in a similar role at an agency or in-house marketing team. Mastery of advanced design concepts, including composition, color & typography. Thorough understanding of TV productions, photography and printing techniques. Must have experience in creating TV campaigns from concept to execution. Thorough understanding of color correction, editing, graphics/animation, music selection and sound. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.**Computer Skills:** To perform this job successfully, an individual must have strong proficiency in MS Office applications including Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Advanced skill level in the Adobe Creative Suite.**Certificates and Licenses:** None required.**Supervisory Responsibilities:** This position will not have any supervisory responsibilities.## **Position Hiring Range**The hiring pay range provides a good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage that Living Spaces expects to pay for the position upon hire. Pay will be determined by several factors, including, but not limited to: applicant's education, relevant work experience, knowledge, applicable and relevant skills and abilities, market demand, Company budget, as well as internal equity and alignment with geographic market data. Living Spaces reserves the right to modify this page at any time.Compensation: $85,050.00 - $113,400.00Overtime pay is available for eligible, non-exempt Team Members. Reimbursement for expenses as required by applicable law and Company policy. Retail, Guest Services and Distribution Center Team Members are eligible to receive team bonus based on meeting specific goals and KPI's.Additional available benefits upon meeting eligibility requirements include:* Medical (full-time only)* Dental (full-time only)* Vision (full-time only)* 401(k) with Company match (full and part-time)* Vacation (full-time only or as otherwise required by applicable law)* Paid Sick Leave (full and part-time)* Flex or Health Spending Account (for eligible full-time only)* Employee Assistance Program (full and part-time)* Holiday pay (full-time only)* Life insurance (full-time only)