Creative Art Director Lifted Charleston, WV, US Workplace 12 hours ago

Content Creators; Charleston (WV); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted is building a talent pool of senior creatives to support enterprise partners with flexible engagement options. The role focuses on leading creative direction, brand expression, and cross-functional collaboration across campaigns and channels.

You will mentor teams, set craft standards, and drive visual storytelling from concept to execution while ensuring alignment with brand identity and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Lead creative vision across campaigns and channels.
• Translate business strategies and insights into compelling creative platforms.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams from concept to execution.
• Review work for consistency, quality, and brand standards.
• Partner with marketing, product, and leadership to align strategy.
• Mentor teams, set craft standards, and elevate culture.
• Make final decisions on concepts, tone, and brand evolution.
• Develop visuals, storyboards, and creative territories.
• Guide designers, photographers, videographers, and copy partners.
• Present work and incorporate feedback.
• Ensure assets meet brand guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative direction for campaigns across channels.
• Oversee production of visuals from concept to delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistency.
• Present work internally and respond to feedback.

Skills

Lead creative vision

Brand expression

Creative direction

Cross-functional leadership

Brand standards

Storytelling

Pitch development

Mentorship

Visual concepts

On-set direction

Typography & layout

Collaboration

Job description

Company 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.

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.