Art Director

Universal Studios; Yakima (WA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning stipends

Flexible hours

Job summary

Universal Studios in Yakima, WA seeks an Art Director with 12 years of proven point of view to lead prioritization and shape design direction across teams.

You will steer decisions, wireframe information architecture, translate research into visuals, and deliver pixel-perfect files to engineering and print.

This freelance opening invites candidates who combine creative rigor with practical execution, driving consistency and impact in a nimble, Yakima-based studio.

Qualifications

• Familiar with Washington state regulations relevant to creative work.
• Keen eye for quality and consistency in output.
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet.
• Storytelling instincts that turn data into a decision.
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first.

Responsibilities

• Steer a director review toward decisions instead of opinions about decisions
• Wireframe the unglamorous Information Architecture screens with the same care as the hero shot
• Translate Zeplin research findings into a visual the whole floor can act on
• Drill into analytics to learn which creative actually moved the creative needle
• Salvage usable frames from a shoot the weather in Yakima half-ruined
• Deliver pixel-perfect, production-ready files to engineering and print teams
• Curate the reference wall that keeps a 12-person studio pointed the same way

Skills

WA regulations

Quality output

Stakeholder diplomacy

Storytelling instincts

Integrity to flag mistakes

Job description

We're collecting makers, not mouse-pushers, and the Art Director role at Universal Studios is reserved for someone with 12 years of genuine point of view. This role blends $114,000 - $171,000 pay with the autonomy to shape Prioritization work and a team that grows together.

Key Responsibilities

• Steer a director review toward decisions instead of opinions about decisions
• Wireframe the unglamorous Information Architecture screens with the same care as the hero shot
• Translate Zeplin research findings into a visual the whole floor can act on
• Drill into analytics to learn which creative actually moved the creative needle
• Salvage usable frames from a shoot the weather in Yakima half-ruined
• Deliver pixel-perfect, production-ready files to engineering and print teams
• Curate the reference wall that keeps a 12-person studio pointed the same way

What You'll Bring

• Knowledge of WA-specific regulations relevant to creative work
• A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet
• Storytelling instincts that turn data into a decision
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first

At Universal Studios, a nimble Yakima-based studio, the whole mission boils down to making Prioritization feel effortless for everyone downstream. Feedback flows in every direction at Universal Studios, from the newest hire to the people signing the $114,000 - $171,000 checks.

At Universal Studios the paycheck opens at $114,000 - $171,000 and the perks, from learning stipends to flexible Yakima, WA hours, only widen from there.

We stamped it current today; the freelance opening is genuinely accepting candidates.