Art Director, Social & Brand - Remote

Coinscapture; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 139,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

Upstart invites a skilled Art Director, Brand Social to join its Remote United States team. You will craft platform-native art direction for organic social and collaborate with the Creative team on brand campaigns, keeping culture and brand voice at the forefront.

You will translate trends into timely, on-brand visuals while managing high-volume social work and occasional larger campaigns, across a distributed, digital-first environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in art direction, design, or a related creative discipline.
• Experience creating organic social content, including trend-responsive and always-on creative.
• On-set production experience across photo or video.
• Proficiency in design software, including Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Bachelor's degree in Design, Visual Communications, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead art direction for organic social content, ensuring cultural relevance, platform fluency, and brand consistency across every asset.
• Partner directly with Social leadership to concept and execute work, taking ideas from concept through final execution.
• Contribute to brand campaigns alongside the Creative team, bringing craft and creative perspective to projects beyond social.
• Track cultural and platform trends closely, translating them into timely, on-brand creative.
• Balance a high volume of fast-turn social work with occasional campaign-scale production, applying judgment on where deeper investment is warranted.
• Direct on commercial and campaign sets, whether leading independently or supporting senior creative leadership.

Skills

Art direction

Social content creation

On-set production

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design/Visual Communications

Tools

Figma

Job description

Upstart invites a skilled Art Director, Brand Social to join its Remote United States team. You will craft platform-native art direction for organic social and collaborate with the Creative team on brand campaigns, keeping culture and brand voice at the forefront.

You will translate trends into timely, on-brand visuals while managing high-volume social work and occasional larger campaigns, across a distributed, digital-first environment.