Art Director: On-Set Creative Leader

POLA Marketing; Covington (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

POLA Marketing is seeking an Art Director to drive concepts from a blank page to final frames. You will lead deck design and on-set styling, collaborating with directors and DP to ensure the filmed work matches the pitch.

This hands-on role blends creative direction with practical production tasks, requiring strong storytelling, set dressing, and prop coordination across campaigns for major clients.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of art direction experience at an agency, production company, brand studio, or as a freelancer.
• Strong deck design and visual storytelling, with polished presentations.
• On-set experience; able to solve problems without stalling the crew.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop.
• Clear communicator who defends ideas to clients and takes notes well.
• Organized in tracking props, sourcing, and budgets across productions.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative concepts and visual territories for pitches across social, branded content, and campaigns.
• Build and design pitch decks with treatments, mood boards, look references, and layouts.
• Translate concepts into shootable plans: shot lists and prop/set requirements.
• Act as art director on set for photo and video shoots, styling and design.
• Collaborate with producers on budgets, sourcing, and rentals.
• Work with editors to maintain the look through delivery.
• Stay current with visual trends for short-form and social formats.

Skills

Art direction

Deck design

Visual storytelling

On-set production

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Creative Suite

Communication

Prop budgeting

Tools

Figma

Keynote

InDesign

Job description

POLA Marketing is seeking an Art Director to drive concepts from a blank page to final frames. You will lead deck design and on-set styling, collaborating with directors and DP to ensure the filmed work matches the pitch.

This hands-on role blends creative direction with practical production tasks, requiring strong storytelling, set dressing, and prop coordination across campaigns for major clients.