Senior Art Director: Brand & Campaign Studio Lead

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a Senior Art Director to bring big ideas, exceptional design craft, and a strong point of view to our consumer-brand work. You will shape visual direction across campaigns, product launches, e-commerce, social, and video from concept to delivery.

You’ll collaborate with the Creative Director and design team, mentor designers, and ensure visuals align with brand strategy while delivering compelling consumer experiences.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of art direction and design experience in an agency or brand environment.
• Brand identities, visual systems, and large-scale brand/product guidelines.
• Packaging and POP/display experience is a plus.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and Figma/Sketch.
• Strong typography, color, photography, composition, layout, and UX.
• Experience directing photo and video production.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Highly organized with an exceptional eye for detail.

Responsibilities

• Take on large design initiatives and product launches with a high craft bar and brand vision.
• Direct large-scale photoshoots and video shoots with shot lists, style references, mood boards, storyboards.
• Oversee retouching to ensure final delivery is polished and consistent.
• Bring passion for Beauty and Food spaces using category insights to drive creative.
• Partner with DEX/Strategy, and Account/Ops to align content hierarchy and approvals.
• Help build PDP experiences blending visuals and copy for purchase intent.
• Extend campaigns across channels: retail, site, paid/social with consistent messaging.
• Collaborate with Creative, Studio and clients to align visuals with product needs.
• Interpret brand guides across all communications.
• Utilize Airtable and DAM tools to manage content workflows.

Skills

Art direction

Brand building

Creative concepting

Storytelling

Design craft

Photography direction

Video direction

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Sketch

DAM tools

Job description

Socket.dev is seeking a Senior Art Director to bring big ideas, exceptional design craft, and a strong point of view to our consumer-brand work. You will shape visual direction across campaigns, product launches, e-commerce, social, and video from concept to delivery.

You’ll collaborate with the Creative Director and design team, mentor designers, and ensure visuals align with brand strategy while delivering compelling consumer experiences.