Creative Director / Art Director

Bold Orange; Minneapolis, Saint Paul (MN, MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer contribution

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Free parking and commuter support

Job summary

Bold Orange is seeking a talented, collaborative Creative Director with a strong art direction and design background. You will lead creative problem solving, ideation, and team leadership across brands, channels, and particularly email marketing, from conception to execution.

You’ll collaborate with marketing strategists, client services, copywriters, designers and developers to deliver strong, cohesive work that exceeds client expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic arts, design, or related field with significant agency leadership experience.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership at Creative Director level in marketing/advertising.

Responsibilities

• Lead ideation and design of campaigns with multiple touchpoints.
• Oversee design and production teams to meet high creative standards.
• Direct photo/video shoots and animation.
• Present work internally and to clients.
• Collaborate with strategists, services, copywriters, designers and developers.

Skills

Leadership

Creative direction

Cross-channel design

Email marketing

Mentoring

Presentation skills

Competitive research

Education

Bachelor’s degree in design/Graphic arts

Tools

Figma

Photoshop

Illustrator

XD

Sketch

InDesign

Animate

InVision

Job description

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Hires local to the Twin Cities Metro-Area can anticipate an in-office component of 1-2 days a week, employed with Bold Orange. If this position lists, “Open to Remote”, hires outside of the metro area can anticipate travel to our Minneapolis, MN office on an as-requested basis. We value human connection and some travel is anticipated.

About Bold Orange:

Bold Orange (BOCO) is a customer experience company. We believe authentic human connections are the single most important driver of business and societal progress. We exist to create these connections across the customer lifecycle, from acquisition to engagement to retention. Our culture is one of curiosity, collaboration, proactivity and always bringing the outside, future focused perspective to our clients.

Position Summary:

Role Location: Minneapolis, MN (hybrid with some in-office required)

About Bold Orange:

Bold Orange is a customer experience company. We believe authentic human connections are the single most important driver of business and societal progress. We exist to create these connections across the customer lifecycle, from acquisition to engagement to retention. Our culture is one of curiosity, collaboration, proactivity and always bringing the outside perspective to our customers.

Position Summary:

We understand the power of creativity and purposeful design. We’re looking for a talented, collaborative, and future focused creative director who can strategically communicate through the visual language of design.

As a creative director with an art direction and design background, you will be responsible for creative problem solving, ideation, individual contribution, and team leadership for a variety of brands, industries, and channels, and in particular, a passion for email marketing. You’ll work closely from conception to reality with peers from every discipline from kickoff to execution to create strong, smart and cohesive projects that over exceed our clients expectations.

Position Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead project ideation and design of conceptual campaigns with multiple touchpoints
• Work with marketing and brand strategies to creatively problem solve and create meaningful work that delivers on the project objective
• Lead the design and production team through execution to ensure our creative standard for excellence
• Lead and direct photo/video shoots and animation
• Present creative work internally as well as externally to Bold Orange clients
• Research and source assets for inspiration and design
• Stay current with trends in market and lead the team in concept through execution.
• Demonstrate strong design skills and understanding in typography, color, imagery, illustration, motion design and design systems
• Demonstrate diverse design skills across a variety of channels and mediums
• Design for a variety of channels/tactics‚Äî including web, email, video, brand identity, print, social
• Think boldly and broadly‚Äîsolving the problem at-hand, in addition to exploring fresh ways of doing so and bringing the ‘And then some’ beyond the ask
• Desire to own initiatives end to end with individual contribution and leadership of the over arching creative team
• Collaborate with marketing strategists, client services, copywriters, designers and developers.
• Manage, oversee and consult on a variety of projects for a diverse set of clientele

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor‚Äôs degree in graphic arts, design, visual communications and/or demonstrated equivocal agency experience in a creative director role
• At minimum, 5 years of leadership at the CD level in a creative marketing and/or advertising environment
• At minimum, 5-10 years of previous art director and design experience
• Working knowledge of Figma (required), Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Sketch, InDesign, Animate, InVision and other creative applications
• Cross-channel expertise including website, email, print and social
• Comprehensive knowledge and skills working with and creating brand and style guides
• Understanding of design principles in typography, color, imagery, illustration, motion design and design systems
• Highly creative, conceptual and strategic
• Excitement to mentor and lead creative initiatives
• A strong desire to constantly seek relevance and innovation
• Desire and ability to be ‘in’ and ‘on’ the work
• Collaborative both in ideation and ability to pivot with new insights
• Ability to guide with a clear POV on creative needs/ideas/choices
• Ability to comprehend and leverage insights from research and data to connect with a target audience
• Understanding and adherence of best practices and trends in digital experiences
• Strong presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Self-starter with ability to multi-task, while adhering to deadlines

Who We Are:

Our tone is professionally sassy. We embrace meat raffles, hot seats, and the occasional Jell‚ÄëO shot. We like staff meetings that are informative, educational, and at times, damn funny. We believe in no hierarchy, no bullshit, no politics. Just honest, hard work and great fun.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis including race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, familial status, ancestry, status as a veteran, status with regard to public assistance and any other characteristic protected by law. Bold Orange does not and will not discriminate against employees, prospective employees, clients or vendors.

Benefits That Matter:

Our benefits are designed to support life’s many stages—expected and unexpected. Eligible employees can access:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Virtual mental health support
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts (including dependent care)
• Infertility and critical illness benefits
• 401(k) with generous 6–10% employer contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Free parking and commuter support

Note: Some benefits apply only to full-time employees.

Who We Are:

Our tone is professionally sassy. We embrace meat raffles, hot seats, and the occasional Jell-O shot. We like staff meetings that are informative, educational, and at times, damn funny. We believe in no hierarchy, no bullshit, no politics. Just honest, hard work and great fun.

Important to note:

While we value AI as a tool, AI is not invited to Bold Orange interviews. We want to meet the wonderfully talented human you! Any suspected use of AI to inform or assist, while actively in an interview with Bold Orange, will result in exclusion from consideration for the role to which you applied or were referred.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis including race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, familial status, ancestry, status as a veteran, status with regard to public assistance and any other characteristic protected by law. Bold Orange does not and will not discriminate against employees, prospective employees, clients or vendors.