Creative Art Director

Lifted, an Upwork Company™; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted, an Upwork Company™, seeks a senior creative leader in Des Moines to drive vision across campaigns, ensure brand consistency, and elevate visual storytelling for enterprise partners.

You will mentor designers, copywriters, and production teams, collaborate with marketing and product, and shape creative direction that aligns with business goals.

This on-site role offers the opportunity to influence multiple brands, oversee diverse assets, and set craft standards for a high-growth network.

Qualifications

• Senior creative leadership overseeing visual direction and concept development.
• Experience guiding brand expression across campaigns and channels.
• Proven ability to mentor diverse creative teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative vision across campaigns and channels.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams through concepting to execution.
• Review and approve creative work to ensure quality and brand consistency.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and leadership to align on strategy.
• Mentor talent and set craft standards for the team.

Skills

Brand strategy

Creative leadership

Storytelling

Design direction

Brand identity

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Lifted partners with enterprise companies to help them scale smarter. We offer a single solution designed to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent. For talent in our network, Lifted provides access to enterprise-level projects while handling engagement setup, contracting, compliance, and payments in the background, so you can focus on delivering high-quality work.

Job Description

Why We’re Building a Talent Pool

We’re continuously building our network of experienced talent across Creative Art Directors who are interested in being considered for full or part-time employment engagements with assignments to work with our enterprise partners. While this is not tied to one specific project, selected candidates may be matched to future employment opportunities based on experience, availability, and alignment with project needs.

Qualifications

What We Look For

• Lead creative vision, concept development, and brand expression across campaigns and channels
• Translate business strategies and consumer insights into compelling creative platforms
• Direct multidisciplinary creative teams (design, copy, motion, production) through concepting to execution
• Review and approve creative work to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to brand standards
• Partner with marketing, product, global/regional creative, and leadership to align on strategy and creative direction
• Manage creative presentations, storytelling, narrative frameworks, and pitch development
• Mentor and elevate talent; set craft standards and creative culture expectations
• Make final decisions on creative concepts, visual tone, and brand identity evolution
• Develop visual concepts, storyboards, and creative territories for campaigns and content
• Guide designers, photographers, videographers, and copy partners in executing visual direction
• Oversee composition, typography, color, layout, and brand visual identity application
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency across deliverables
• Present creative work internally and incorporate feedback
• Ensure all assets meet brand style guidelines and quality standards

Additional Qualifications (if relevant)

• Background in Senior creative leadership overseeing visual direction & concept development.

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