Join Our Talent Pool: Art Director

Idea Peddler LLC.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision, and dental benefits

401k matching

Generous paid time off

Tech kit

Health club stipend

Cell phone credit

Catered weekly meal

Recurring educational opportunities

Job summary

A creative agency in Austin is seeking an Art Director to lead visual direction across integrated campaigns. The role requires collaboration with copywriters, strategists, and production teams to develop compelling concepts. Candidates should be skilled in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with experience in integrated campaigns. This is a hands-on leadership position that demands creativity and high standards. The agency offers a robust benefits package and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

Qualifications

• A strong conceptual thinker with a refined visual eye.
• Skilled in modern design tools and Adobe Suite.
• Experienced in executing integrated campaigns across multiple media.

Responsibilities

• Lead visual direction for integrated campaigns.
• Collaborate with teams to develop compelling concepts.
• Present creative work to internal teams and clients.

Skills

Strong conceptual thinking

Refined visual eye

Skilled in Figma

Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite

Experience in integrated campaigns

Confident presentation skills

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

We’re always on the lookout for creative, passionate, and talented individuals to join our team! While this is a pipeline position, applying now means you’ll be added to our talent pool—so when the right opportunity opens up, you’ll be first in line.

The Art Director is responsible for leading the visual expression of ideas across integrated campaigns. This role shapes how brands show up in the world—visually, emotionally, and culturally—ensuring creative work is not only beautiful but strategically grounded and effective.

You will collaborate closely with copywriters, strategists, media, and production teams to develop compelling concepts and bring them to life across digital, social, print, video, and experiential touchpoints.

This is a hands‑on creative leadership role for someone who can think big, execute flawlessly, and elevate the work around them.

What You’ll Do

Creative Concepting & Execution

• Partner with copywriters and strategists to develop breakthrough campaign concepts rooted in strong insight.
• Lead visual direction across multiple channels, ensuring consistency and brand integrity.
• Translate strategic briefs into compelling visual ideas that move audiences and drive results.
• Create and oversee the production of high-quality design across digital, social, print, OOH, video, and experiential.
• Present creative concepts clearly and confidently to internal teams and clients.

Creative Leadership

• Set the visual standard for projects and ensure excellence in craft and detail.
• Provide thoughtful feedback to designers and junior creatives.
• Collaborate with production teams to ensure ideas are feasible, efficient, and well‑executed.
• Maintain high creative integrity while balancing timelines and budgets.

Brand Stewardship

• Develop and evolve brand visual systems.
• Ensure all creative outputs adhere to brand guidelines while pushing for innovation.
• Safeguard brand consistency across channels and partners.

Collaboration & Client Partnership

• Work closely with media, social, PR, and strategy teams to ensure fully integrated campaigns.
• Engage in client meetings and creative presentations.
• Respond to feedback with professionalism and clarity, elevating work through iteration.

Continuous Improvement

• Stay current with design trends, cultural shifts, and emerging platforms.
• Bring new inspiration, tools, and thinking to the agency.
• Champion curiosity, accountability, and high standards.

Who You Are

• A strong conceptual thinker with a refined visual eye.
• Equally comfortable generating big ideas and executing the details.
• Skilled in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite and modern design tools.
• Experienced in integrated campaigns across multiple media.
• Confident presenting and defending creative decisions.
• Motivated, accountable, and allergic to big agency B.S.
• Energized by doing good work for nice people.

About Idea Peddler

What’s it like to work at Idea Peddler?

We’re the rehab for big agency life. If you love doing smart and thoughtful work, but hate the big agency B.S., Idea Peddler might be the place for you. With appreciative and purpose‑driven clients, a caring and transparent team culture, and true work‑life balance, Idea Peddler is a place where you can thrive based on your own drive; a true meritocracy. In addition to having the chops to concept and execute campaigns flawlessly, curiosity, adventure, and a damn good attitude will carry you far here. We are a team of self‑starters who hold dear our core values of adventure, accountability, discernment, motivation and no B.S. Full‑time members of our team are rewarded for hard work and have immediate access to a robust benefits package that includes health, vision and dental benefits; 401k matching; generous paid time off; tech kit; health club stipend; cell phone credit; catered weekly meal; recurring educational opportunities and more.

Idea Peddler, founded in 2011, is a full‑service agency operating on a hybrid work model that offers big agency expertise with boutique agency service. We create bespoke campaigns that deliver on clients’ unique goals and follow through with exceptional execution. In uncertain times, ideas win. Ideas that inspire. Ideas that shift behavior. And ideas that create growth. Idea Peddler holds true to the promise of doing good work for nice people. www.ideapeddler.com

Idea Peddler is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable environment for all employees. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit and business need.