Digital Art Director

Desert Publications Inc; Palm Springs (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Desert Publications Inc. in Palm Springs, CA, is seeking a Digital Art Director who combines hands-on design leadership with strategic thinking to deliver integrated creative across digital, social, email, web, events and print.

This full-time role requires 5+ years of professional design experience, a strong command of responsive design and UX principles, and the ability to translate marketing objectives into visually compelling campaigns while maintaining brand quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional design experience with integrated digital campaigns.
• Strong responsive design and user experience knowledge.
• Experience developing concepts, messaging, and storyboarding.
• Ability to work independently with marketing, editorial, sales, events and leadership.
• Awareness of emerging technologies and AI-assisted tools.

Responsibilities

• Translate marketing objectives into compelling creative solutions.
• Design, build, test, and deploy responsive email campaigns using ESP platforms.
• Develop creative concepts and visual direction for integrated campaigns.
• Create platform-appropriate assets for social media including static, animated, and video content.
• Own projects from concept through production and delivery.
• Ensure consistency across print, digital, email, web, social and events.
• Design and produce website content using WordPress.
• Manage multiple projects and production schedules to meet deadlines.
• Adapt print campaigns into digital, email, and social executions.

Skills

Integrated digital design

Email marketing campaigns

Responsive design

Project management

Communication

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

WordPress

HTML/CSS/JS

Job description

Desert Publications Inc., publisher of Palm Springs Life and other luxury lifestyle and visitor publications, seeks a Digital Art Director with strong digital art directing skills to deliver creative solutions for a diverse range of marketing and integrated communications needs. This is a hands‑on role responsible for concepting, designing, and producing integrated creative across digital, social, email, web, events, and print. The Digital Art Director will independently develop concepts, determine visual approaches, translate marketing objectives into compelling creative executions, and carry projects through final production while maintaining brand consistency and a high standard of quality across channels. Strong independent judgment and problem‑solving skills are essential.

This is a full‑time, salaried position located in Palm Springs, CA. This position is not remote.

Responsibilities

• Translate marketing objectives into compelling creative solutions
• Design, build, test, and deploy responsive email marketing campaigns using ESP/email marketing platforms
• Develop creative concepts and visual direction for integrated campaigns
• Develop platform‑appropriate creative assets for social media, including static, animated, and video content
• Own projects from concept and design through production and delivery
• Ensure consistency and quality across print, digital, email, web, social and event applications
• Design and produce website content using web editing platforms such as WordPress
• Manage multiple concurrent creative projects and production schedules, ensuring assets are delivered accurately and on deadline
• Adapt print campaigns into digital, email, and social executions

Desired Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of professional design experience, with demonstrated experience developing and executing integrated digital creative
• Strong understanding of responsive design, digital design best practices, and user experience principles
• Strong understanding of the process of concept development, creative messaging, and storyboarding
• Ability to work independently partnering with marketing, editorial, sales, events, digital/web, and leadership
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, software, and AI‑assisted creative tools, and appropriately incorporate them into workflows
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Maintain organized project files, creative assets, and production documentation

Technical Skills/Software

• Working cross‑platform (PC and Mac) and with various presentation devices/OS platforms
• Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Animate, Dreamweaver, and Acrobat Pro
• MS Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Online web editing platforms (knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS a plus but not required)

Salary Range: $70,000 - $74,000 per year