Art Director

StartupSphere; Sitka (AK); On-site; USD 155,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

StartupSphere is seeking an Art Director in Sitka, AK to shape campaigns, brand systems, and the creative bar. You’ll frame initiatives around a $155,000 - $228,000 salary, guide a performance-driven creative mandate, and mentor the next generation of leaders.

You’ll translate data into compelling recommendations, drive a warm yet rigorous user-centered design approach, and partner across teams to deliver standout pitches and prototypes.

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Ability to translate data findings into clear recommendations.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, transparent environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to complete the essential 20% tasks that unlock the rest.

Responsibilities

• Pitch fresh concepts in cross-functional reviews and stakeholder presentations
• Grow a scrappy Accountability toolkit into a documented system the next hire inherits
• Keep current with Service Design and Affinity Diagramming to expand the creative toolkit
• Champion a warm-yet-rigorous approach to user-centered design in every project
• Knit copy and art into a single argument instead of two parallel monologues
• Build the candidly-kind pitch deck that wins the $155,000 - $228,000 account in the room
• Coax usable feedback out of a divided review with a sharper set of questions
• Prototype interface ideas fast enough to kill the weak ones cheaply

Skills

Project management

Data interpretation

Team collaboration

Written and verbal communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Craft campaigns, build brand systems, and set the creative bar high as StartupSphere's newest Art Director. Frame it as StartupSphere trusting your 12 years with $155,000 - $228,000, a creative mandate, and the room to grow into leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Pitch fresh concepts in cross-functional reviews and stakeholder presentations
• Grow a scrappy Accountability toolkit into a documented system the next hire inherits
• Keep current with Service Design and Affinity Diagramming to expand the creative toolkit
• Champion a warm-yet-rigorous approach to user-centered design in every project
• Knit copy and art into a single argument instead of two parallel monologues
• Build the candidly-kind pitch deck that wins the $155,000 - $228,000 account in the room
• Coax usable feedback out of a divided review with a sharper set of questions
• Prototype interface ideas fast enough to kill the weak ones cheaply

What You'll Bring

• Practical Project Management skills sharpened in a part-time setting
• Comfort interpreting data and translating findings into clear recommendations
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• A collaborative mindset and genuine enthusiasm for teamwork
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, transparent environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter

For all its customer-centric ambition, StartupSphere still operates like the scrappy Sitka startup that first cracked creative years ago. At StartupSphere you're trusted with the why, not just handed the what.

Beyond the $155,000 - $228,000 headline, we hand you a mentor, room to grow into director work, and the freedom to shape your own week.

The Sitka, AK office is bringing people on this season, and this is one of those roles.

Don't wait for the perfect moment to switch into creative work, because it's right now.