Art Director: Lead Creative, Mentor & Grow Campaigns

Nestle; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 128,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestle in Murfreesboro, TN is seeking an experienced Art Director to translate strategy into design that is both beautiful and performance-driven. This role offers a salary range of $128,000–$176,000 with hands-on ownership and mentorship to grow into director-level work.

You'll lead cross-functional teams, craft concepts into motion, illustration, or interactive media, and ensure compelling storytelling across platforms. Expect collaborative leadership and a culture that values bold ideas.

Qualifications

• Collaborator who makes the director review feel less like an exam.
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny.
• Reliability that lets a manager stop checking in.
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before.
• Around 10+ years of hands-on experience in a creative role.
• Working familiarity with freelance schedules and Nestle team norms.
• Affinity Diagramming fundamentals plus the Iconography polish clients notice.

Responsibilities

• Pair Affinity Diagramming craft with Iconography thinking to solve fuzzy creative problems
• Bring concepts to life through motion, illustration, or interactive media
• Argue palette and type with the same evidence you'd bring to a Teamwork review
• Interrogate a brief until the real ask underneath it surfaces
• Spin one campaign idea into thirty platform-native cuts before lunch
• Pace a product walkthrough so the maker-minded payoff lands at the right second
• Edit raw footage and audio into share-ready stories for multiple platforms
• Reframe a tired product story until director stakeholders lean forward again

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Reliability

People-reading

Leadership

Affinity Diagramming

Iconography

Freelance schedules familiarity

Job description

Nestle in Murfreesboro, TN is seeking an experienced Art Director to translate strategy into design that is both beautiful and performance-driven. This role offers a salary range of $128,000–$176,000 with hands-on ownership and mentorship to grow into director-level work.

You'll lead cross-functional teams, craft concepts into motion, illustration, or interactive media, and ensure compelling storytelling across platforms. Expect collaborative leadership and a culture that values bold ideas.