Senior Brand Art Director - Lead Creative & Identity

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC; Richmond (VA); In loco; USD 76.000 - 114.000; Tempo pieno

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Paid sick leave

Vacation time

Holiday time

8 hours of paid holidays + floating

Bonus and equity eligibility

Descrizione del lavoro

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC seeks a Senior Art Director, Brand to lead creative across channels and stores in Richmond, VA. This onsite role combines brand strategy, art direction, and design to align with brand guidelines and strategic objectives.

You will drive the creative vision, lead ideation, and ensure outputs meet channel needs and business goals while collaborating with cross-functional teams and production vendors.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, Digital Media, Advertising, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in art direction, branding, or a related creative role.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in art direction, identity, brand storytelling, and creative leadership.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign, and Figma is a plus.
• Experience designing layouts for print and digital channels, brand systems, motion graphics, and brand/installation guidelines.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate concepts to diverse audiences.
• Attention to detail and passion for delivering high-quality, customer-centric work.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Mansioni

• Proactively contribute ideas to Brand Communications through brainstorming and trend identification.
• Identify opportunities to evolve CarMax’s brand and communicate rationale to stakeholders.
• Support development and ongoing maintenance of style guides and installation guides for channels and stores.
• Lead brainstorming sessions to generate innovative project ideas aligned with marketing strategy.
• Apply art direction across visual design, branding, motion graphics, and design systems for channel needs.
• Plan for GenAI campaign impacts and build brand templates that align with briefs.
• Maintain proficiency in creative tools and evaluate technology improvements for creative development.
• Capture content and asset recommendations from legal, using shareable formats and established processes.
• Source inspiration from digital and video assets and refine ideas to meet brand guidelines.

Conoscenze

Art direction

Branding

Brand storytelling

Creative leadership

Communication

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or related field

Strumenti

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

InDesign

Figma

Descrizione del lavoro

CarMax Enterprise Services, LLC seeks a Senior Art Director, Brand to lead creative across channels and stores in Richmond, VA. This onsite role combines brand strategy, art direction, and design to align with brand guidelines and strategic objectives.

You will drive the creative vision, lead ideation, and ensure outputs meet channel needs and business goals while collaborating with cross-functional teams and production vendors.