Creative Art Director

Upwork; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted is building a talent pool of senior creatives to support enterprise partners across campaigns and brand initiatives. This role focuses on leading creative direction, visual identity, and storytelling from concept through production.

As a senior creative leader, you will mentor teams, steer brand strategy, review creative work, and ensure alignment with standards while collaborating with cross-functional partners to deliver high-quality, on-brand assets.

Qualifications

• Lead creative vision and brand expression across campaigns
• Translate business goals into compelling platforms
• Direct multidisciplinary teams through concepting to execution
• Review and uphold brand standards and quality

Responsibilities

• 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, and leadership to align on strategy and direction
• Mentor and elevate talent; set craft standards and culture expectations
• Make final decisions on concepts, visual tone, and brand evolution
• Develop visual concepts, storyboards, and creative territories for campaigns

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand strategy

Concept development

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

Art direction

Visual storytelling

Presentations

Quality assurance

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.