Art Director: Lead Creative Direction with Flexible Hours

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

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.