Senior Art Director

Flywheel; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rewards package

Hub Offices 3x a week

Paid time off & holidays

Learning and development

Parental leave

Volunteering opportunities

Employee ERGs

Job summary

Flywheel is seeking a Senior Art Director to craft strategic storytelling and compelling design solutions that drive commerce for our clients. You will elevate projects from concept through flawless execution while mentoring junior designers and serving as a lead design voice within the team.

You will steward multiple brands, ensuring cohesive visual storytelling and pushing creative boundaries. This high-impact role blends strategy with hands-on design leadership in a fast-paced agency

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional design experience.
• Extensive mastery of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Proficiency with generative AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead & Upskill: Mentor Art Director peers and protect a quality bar across projects.
• Execute 360 Creative: Develop design concepts across mediums and platforms.
• Be a Brand Guardian: Maintain cohesive storytelling for multi-brand portfolio.
• Collaborate Strategically: Work with cross-functional teams to execute briefs.
• Master The Pace: Thrive in a fast-paced, high-turnaround environment.
• Leverage Modern Agency Tools: Use AI tools to accelerate concept development.

Skills

8+ years design experience

Adobe Creative Suite

Generative AI tools

Brand storytelling

Visual design leadership

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

About Flywheel

Flywheel's suite of digital commerce solutions accelerate growth across all major digital marketplaces for the world's leading brands. We give clients access to near real-time performance measurement and improve sales, share, and profit. With teams across the Americas, Europe and APAC, we offer a career with real impact, endless growth opportunities and the support you need to be the best you can be.

Agency

Flywheel

Job Function

Creative

Job Subfunction

Copywriting

Job Description

Senior Art Director

About Flywheel

Flywheel's suite of digital commerce solutions accelerate growth across all major digital marketplaces for the world's leading brands. We give clients access to near real-time performance measurement and improve sales, share, and profit. With teams across the Americas, Europe and APAC, we offer a career with real impact, endless growth opportunities and the support you need to be the best you can be.

The Opportunity

Flywheel is seeking a Senior Art Director to craft strategic storytelling and compelling design solutions that drive commerce for our clients. In this role, you’ll elevate projects to their highest creative potential, managing visual design elements from concept through flawless execution with minimal oversight (across our client’s diverse beverage portfolio). As a key contributor, you’ll ensure on-time and on-budget delivery while engaging with clients directly to shape project direction. Reporting into the Group Creative Director, you’ll be a lead designer responsible for mentoring junior designers and elevating output while delivering top-tier creative solutions.

You’ll serve as the brand steward across a multi-brand portfolio, ensuring cohesive visual storytelling while fearlessly pushing the boundaries of what we’re creating. This is a high-impact, fast-paced role where creative strategy meets execution, and where your design leadership will elevate the entire team.

What You’ll Do

• Lead & Upskill: Manage and mentor Art Director peers, establishing and protecting a quality bar that reflects our commitment to excellence. Proactively identifies and formulates solutions to potential challenges. Supervises the production of concepts and manages creative process with vendor and production partners and all other suppliers.
• Execute 360 Creative: Bring innovative design solutions and concepts to life across all mediums and platforms (including key visual evolution, retail displays, off-and-on premise tactics, social/digital, and beyond). Develop materials required for effective client presentation.
• Be a Brand Guardian: Steward multiple brands within the portfolio, ensuring strategic consistency while championing creative innovation. Exhibit proficient knowledge of assigned brands, categories and competitive landscape. Strong knowledge of typography, layout, composition, color theory, and visual storytelling.
• Collaborate Strategically: Work with team members and cross-functional partners to execute briefs with purpose and precision—and the confidence to push thinking while creatively solving client challenges.
• Master The Pace: Thrive in a fast-turnaround environment where agility and quality are non-negotiable
• Leverage Modern Agency and Industry Tools: Utilize our AI tools to accelerate concept development and bring ideas to life

Who You Are

• 8+ years of professional design experience
• Extensive mastery of Adobe Creative Suite
• Proficiency with generative AI tools
• Proven ability to execute cohesive 360 degree brand campaigns across touchpoints
• Retail and on-premise design experience
• Strong conceptual thinking paired with excellent execution skills
• Detail-oriented with a collaborative mindset and comfort operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Experience managing and mentoring creative teams

Working at Flywheel

We are proud to offer all Flywheelers a competitive rewards package and unparalleled career growth opportunities and a supportive, fun and engaging culture.

We have office hubs across the globe where team members can go to feel productive, inspired, and connected to others - team members go into Hub Offices 3x a week

Competitive paid time off, including annual leave plus paid public holidays

Great learning and development opportunities

Benefits that help you live your best life

Parental leave and benefits

Volunteering opportunities

If you’re looking to connect with teammates on a topic of inclusion and identity, chances are there’s an ERG for that.

The Interview Process

Every role starts the same, an introductory call with someone from our Talent Acquisition team. We will be looking for company and values-fit as well as your professional experience; there may be some technical role-specific questions during this call.

Every role is different after the initial call, but you can expect to meet several people from the team 1:1 and there might be further skill assessments in the form of a Take Home Assignment/Case Study Presentation or Pair Programming/Live Coding exercise depending on the role. In your initial call, we will walk you through exactly what to expect the process to be.

Inclusive Workforce

Flywheel Commerce Network’s goal is to create a culture where all individuals of all backgrounds feel comfortable in bringing their authentic selves to work. We want all people to feel included and empowered to contribute fully to our vision and goals. Flywheel Commerce Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. All applicants will receive fair consideration for employment. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party Recruitment Firms.

$70,000 - $80,000 USD

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice

For US Job Seekers

It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.

$70,000 - $80,000 USD