Junior Art Director

Liaison Creative; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Liaison Creative is seeking a hands-on Junior Art Director to bring big ideas to life for a global technology brand. You will develop concepts, partner with copywriters, and shepherd ideas from concept through production across social, digital, web, and print channels.

You’ll work with AI-assisted tools to accelerate iterations, maintain brand consistency, and explore new creative techniques. A strong design portfolio and collaboration skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of relevant experience in an advertising agency or in-house creative agency environment.
• Experience developing creative for large national or global campaigns.
• Strong conceptual thinking paired with hands-on design skills.
• Experience concepting and art directing integrated campaign work.
• Curiosity about AI, emerging creative technology, and new ways of making great work.
• Bachelor's or associate degree in design, advertising, art direction, or a related discipline.
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to bring others along and influence without authority.
• Production chops and the hands-on skills to help create what you visualize when needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative concepts and visual directions for integrated national and global marketing campaigns.
• Partner with copywriters and creative leads to turn strong ideas into engaging and memorable creative.
• Take ideas from initial concept through design, iteration, production, and final delivery.
• Create campaign work across social, digital display, web, print, and other marketing channels.
• Use AI‑assisted creative tools to explore concepts, generate possibilities, accelerate iterations, and enhance your creative process.
• Maintain a high level of visual craft and brand consistency across campaign deliverables.
• Experiment with emerging creative tools and techniques to discover new ways of bringing ideas to life.
• Collaborate with the creative team to solve challenges and keep projects moving from concept to completion.

Skills

Conceptual thinking

Hands-on design

Communication skills

Production chops

Collaboration

AI curiosity

Education

Design/Advertising/Art Direction degree

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Generative AI tools

Google Gemini

Jasper

Claude

Synthesia

Job description

Bring big ideas to life for a global technology brand as a hands‑on Junior Art Director.

• Develop creative concepts and visual directions for integrated national and global marketing campaigns.
• Partner with copywriters and creative leads to turn strong ideas into engaging and memorable creative.
• Take ideas from initial concept through design, iteration, production, and final delivery.
• Create campaign work across social, digital display, web, print, and other marketing channels.
• Use AI‑assisted creative tools to explore concepts, generate possibilities, accelerate iterations, and enhance your creative process.
• Maintain a high level of visual craft and brand consistency across campaign deliverables.
• Experiment with emerging creative tools and techniques to discover new ways of bringing ideas to life.
• Collaborate with the creative team to solve challenges and keep projects moving from concept to completion.

• 2–3 years of relevant experience in an advertising agency or in‑house creative agency environment.
• Experience developing creative for large national or global campaigns.
• Strong conceptual thinking paired with hands‑on design skills.
• Experience concepting and art directing integrated campaign work.
• Curiosity about AI, emerging creative technology, and new ways of making great work.
• Bachelor's or associate degree in design, advertising, art direction, or a related discipline.
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to bring others along and influence without authority.
• Production chops and the hands‑on skills to help create what you visualize when needed.

• Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Some experience with generative AI tools for creative concepting, exploration, and production.
• Familiarity with AI creative platforms and tools such as Google Gemini, Jasper, Claude, or Synthesia.