Art Director - Multi-Channel Campaign Architect

RIESTER SONORAN LLC; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid flexibility

Dog-friendly offices

401(k)

PTO

Job summary

Riester is an independent, award-winning advertising agency seeking a midlevel Art Director to lead campaigns for resort and gaming brands from concept to execution in Phoenix. You will partner with a copywriter to develop integrated campaigns across TV, OOH, digital, social, and on-property formats, ensuring distinctive brand identities.

You’ll drive visual systems, craft typography and layout, and maintain high craft across multiple channels while collaborating with production teams and

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of art direction experience, preferably within an advertising agency.
• Portfolio that shows campaign thinking across multiple placements.
• Experience art directing produced photo and video shoots.
• Strong typography, layout, and design skills.
• Experience designing for social platforms in their native formats.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign); motion design and Figma experience a plus.
• Strong presentation and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines without lowering the bar.
• Experience in hospitality, gaming, entertainment, or tourism is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Advertising, Fine Arts, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Concept integrated campaigns with your copywriter partner, from first idea to the deck that sells it.
• Build visual systems that work across every placement, not just the hero spot.
• Pressure-test ideas against the brief and the brand before they go up the ladder.
• Art direct broadcast and streaming, OOH, print, digital display, paid and organic social, web, plus on-property and experiential work.
• Translate one idea across multiple formats.
• Hold your own work to a high craft bar for typography, hierarchy, and detail.
• Design within regulatory guardrails, including responsible-gaming standards, without flattening the work.
• Carry ideas through production with copywriters, designers, producers, studio, and account teams.
• Art direct photo and video shoots, and protect the idea from casting through final retouch and edit.
• Present work internally and to clients with clarity and conviction.
• Take feedback well, push back with reasons when it matters, and revise quickly.

Skills

Art direction

Campaign thinking

Typography

Layout

Presentation

Collaboration

Deadline management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Figma

Motion design

Job description

Riester is an independent, award-winning advertising agency seeking a midlevel Art Director to lead campaigns for resort and gaming brands from concept to execution in Phoenix. You will partner with a copywriter to develop integrated campaigns across TV, OOH, digital, social, and on-property formats, ensuring distinctive brand identities.

You’ll drive visual systems, craft typography and layout, and maintain high craft across multiple channels while collaborating with production teams and