Creative Art Director

Upwork; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted is building a talent pool and partnering with enterprise teams to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent for high-visibility projects. The role leads creative direction and brand expression across campaigns, directing multidisciplinary teams through concepting to execution while mentoring rising talents.

You will collaborate with marketing, product, and leadership to ensure brand consistency, oversee on-set direction, and guide visual storytelling from concept to delivery,

Qualifications

• Must 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 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.
• Provide on-set art direction during photo/video shoots.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative vision, concept development, and brand expression across campaigns and channels.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams through concepting to execution and ensure timely delivery of assets.
• Review and approve creative work to maintain consistency, quality, and brand standards.
• Partner with marketing, product, and leadership to align on strategy and creative direction.
• Mentor and elevate talent; set craft standards and culture expectations.
• Make final decisions on creative concepts, visual tone, and brand identity evolution.
• Develop visual concepts, storyboards, and territories for campaigns and content.
• Guide designers, photographers, videographers, and copy partners in executing visual direction.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency across deliverables.
• Present work internally and incorporate feedback.

Skills

Lead creative vision

Brand strategy

Direct multidisciplinary teams

Review and approve creative work

Cross-functional collaboration

Pitches and presentations

Mentor and develop talent

Decision-making on concepts

Visual concepts and storyboards

On-set art direction

Brand consistency across deliverables

Feedback incorporation

Asset quality and guidelines adherence

Education

Senior creative leadership background

Job description

About Lifted

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.

About Lifted

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
• Provide on-set art direction during photo/video shoots
• 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.