Art Director, Design

Apple Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 142,600 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and services

Free services and education reimburse‑

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Los Angeles seeks an Art Director for the Marcom LA team to craft identities and identity-led campaigns for Apple’s services, products and events.

You’ll build scalable identity systems and translate briefs into clear design concepts, collaborating with external partners and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work. Requirements include 7+ years in brand identity and campaigns, a strong design portfolio, and advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building brand identities and campaigns.
• Portfolio demonstrating design principles, art direction, typography, color, and visual communication.
• Industry experience as a designer and art director, contributing to the creative development process from concept to final production.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute brand identities and identity-led campaigns from initial concept through final production.
• Build scalable identity systems that support multiple campaigns, ensuring consistency, clarity, and creative excellence across applications.
• Translate strategic briefs into clear, compelling design concepts grounded in strong conceptual thinking and systematic design.
• Art-direct external partners including vendors, illustrators, photographers, and graphic designers, providing clear guidance and actionable feedback.
• Contribute to presentations and reviews, synthesize feedback, and refine work to align with creative and strategic goals.
• Collaborate across functions and manage personal workload across concurrent projects to deliver high-quality work on schedule.
• Ensure excellence in craft across typography, color, composition, imagery and visual systems.

Skills

Brand identity

Art direction

Typography

Color

Visual communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)

Job description

Marcom LA is Apple’s Global Marketing Communications group creating and overseeing the world‑class marketing and advertising driving Apple’s rapidly‑growing Services sector including Apple Sports, Apple Music, App Store, Apple Pay, Apple Arcade, Apple News, Apple Books, Apple Podcasts, Apple Maps, iCloud, Creator Studio and more. Whether we’re launching the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, launching F1 on Apple TV, sharing the next generation of games in the App Store, or celebrating the seamless joy of using Apple Pay, Marcom LA’s mission is to build brand love for Apple every day. We do that with inspiring creative, a culture‑first mindset, and the belief our Services make our incredible Apple devices even better. The Marcom LA Design team is a creative team of designers, art directors and motion art directors—thinkers and makers who focus on ideas as much as craft. We create identities that are unmistakably Apple, rooted in the DNA of its products and experiences, and expressed with simplicity, elegance, and purpose.

Description

The Art Director crafts identities and identity‑led campaigns for Apple’s services, products, and events—bringing ideas to life through conceptual rigor, hands‑on ideation, and systems thinking.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute brand identities and identity‑led campaigns from initial concept through final production.
• Build scalable identity systems that support multiple campaigns, ensuring consistency, clarity, and creative excellence across applications.
• Translate strategic briefs into clear, compelling design concepts grounded in strong conceptual thinking and systematic design.
• Art‑direct external partners including vendors, illustrators, photographers, and graphic designers, providing clear guidance and actionable feedback.
• Contribute to presentations and reviews, synthesize feedback, and refine work to align with creative and strategic goals.
• Collaborate across functions and manage personal workload across concurrent projects to deliver high‑quality work on schedule.
• Ensure excellence in craft across typography, color, composition, imagery and visual systems.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building brand identities and campaigns, with design as a core discipline.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong design principles, art direction, typography, color, and visual communication across identity or campaign work.
• Industry experience as a designer and art director, contributing to the creative development process from concept to final production.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
• Strong understanding of how identity systems scale and translate across multiple applications, formats, and contexts.
• Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Outstanding conceptual design and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience pitching and executing original design concepts from ideation through final delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to develop cohesive visual languages and extend them across multi‑channel campaigns and applications.
• Experience designing within established brand systems, with strong instincts for where to push and where to stay consistent.
• Strong visual storytelling instinct—able to use imagery, typography, and composition to communicate ideas with clarity and purpose.
• Skilled collaborator—earns trust quickly, engages confidently with competing creative perspectives, and builds alignment without diluting the work.
• Clear communicator, able to articulate a strong rationale for creative decisions in presentations and reviews.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working toward a clear direction without a fully defined brief.
• Versatility across brand identity and campaign design, combining systematic thinking with high‑level craft.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $142,600 and $215,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

You’ll also receive benefits including: comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

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