Contract Art Director — High-Impact, Autonomous, Mentorship

Energy Innovation Corp; Murrieta (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor guidance

Life outside Snapchat benefits

Job summary

Snapchat in Murrieta, CA is seeking an Art Director to lead the creation of bold visuals and scalable design systems. The contract role emphasizes ownership, accountability, and the ability to ship high-impact work that meets ambitious timelines.

You will drive experiments, ensure accessibility from the outset, and coordinate with studio and development teams to deliver consistent results. Expect mentorship and meaningful responsibility throughout the engagement.

Qualifications

• 11+ years of standing behind your own estimates.
• Demonstrated wins in creative work somewhere near Murrieta, CA.
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions.
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written.
• Clear thinking under pressure Murrieta, CA deadlines bring.
• Comfort being accountable for an ownership-driven outcome in a contract role.

Responsibilities

• Test and optimize creative variations through A/B experiments
• Fold accessibility into the first sketch, not the final QA pass
• Maintain organized source files, asset libraries, and version histories
• Pitch the uncomfortable direction when the safe one has clearly run dry
• Choreograph the handoff so nothing fast-growing gets lost between studio and dev
• Rescue a stalled concept by attacking it from an Interpersonal Skills angle nobody tried
• Translate a founder's gut feeling into a system someone else can extend

Skills

11+ years experience

Experience in Murrieta, CA

Delivery track record

Ownership mindset

Ambiguity tolerance

Under pressure

Contract role accountability

Job description

Snapchat in Murrieta, CA is seeking an Art Director to lead the creation of bold visuals and scalable design systems. The contract role emphasizes ownership, accountability, and the ability to ship high-impact work that meets ambitious timelines.

You will drive experiments, ensure accessibility from the outset, and coordinate with studio and development teams to deliver consistent results. Expect mentorship and meaningful responsibility throughout the engagement.