Art Director

Energy Innovation Corp; Simi Valley (CA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental, and vision

Mentorship from day one

Real-time internship recruitment

Job summary

Phillips 66, based in Simi Valley, CA, seeks an Art Director intern to refine messaging and visuals using data-driven insights and to translate strategy into compelling storytelling within a fast-moving creative team.

You will gain hands-on ownership of campaigns, work with tools like Zeplin, and benefit from real mentorship from day one in a dynamic internship for the Phillips 66 brand.

Qualifications

• Must meet a clear director bar.
• Proficiency in Design Thinking and Atomic Design.
• Familiarity with Zeplin and Affinity Diagramming is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Refine messaging and visuals using performance data and audience insight.
• Distill a hour-long strategy deck into one image that survives the hallway test.
• Develop creative campaigns that translate Phillips 66's strategy into compelling storytelling.
• Prototype three creative concepts cheap so the fourth can go deep.
• Craft layouts, typography, and imagery that elevate the Phillips 66 experience.
• Reframe a rejected idea as the seed of the one that finally lands.
• Grow a scrappy Persona Development toolkit into a documented system the next hire inherits.
• Produce polished assets using Goal Setting and Affinity Diagramming from concept through final delivery.

Skills

Design Thinking

Atomic Design

Zeplin

Tools

Zeplin

Affinity Diagramming

Job description

The Art Director we're describing dreams in layers, argues in references, and resolves it all into something disarmingly simple for Phillips 66. Strip away the buzzwords and here's the deal — $186,000 - $262,000, internship hours, and a creative team at Phillips 66 that actually hands you the keys.

Key Responsibilities

• Refine messaging and visuals using performance data and audience insight
• Distill a hour-long strategy deck into one image that survives the hallway test
• Develop creative campaigns that translate Phillips 66's strategy into compelling storytelling
• Prototype three creative concepts cheap so the fourth can go deep
• Craft layouts, typography, and imagery that elevate the Phillips 66 experience
• Reframe a rejected idea as the seed of the one that finally lands
• Grow a scrappy Persona Development toolkit into a documented system the next hire inherits
• Produce polished assets using Goal Setting and Affinity Diagramming from concept through final delivery

What You'll Bring

• Comfort being measured against a clear director bar
• A knack for Design Thinking that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• Comfort with the internship cadence of a Simi Valley-based operation
• Practical command of Atomic Design, with bonus points for Affinity Diagramming

Phillips 66 grew out of a Simi Valley, CA research lab and never lost its results-oriented, question-everything approach to Zeplin. Feedback flows in every direction, so good ideas reach the table no matter who voices them.

Expect $186,000 - $262,000 plus full medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous paid time off, and real mentorship from day one.

Recruiting for this internship position is happening in real time, not on a backlog.

Join the people at Phillips 66 who chose interesting work over a comfortable rut.