Art Director

The Soze Agency•New York, NY

14d•Remote

About The Position

The Art Director plays a key role in shaping Soze’s creative output — translating complex stories into compelling visual narratives across digital, social, experiential, content, and brand platforms. This is both a maker role and a directional role. You will conceptualize, design, build, and guide visuals that live across integrated campaigns, brand systems, public installations, videos, and interactive experiences. The ideal candidate is a culturally curious, equity-centered creative thinker who moves seamlessly between design execution, art direction, conceptual ideation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

7+ years of design or art direction experience in a creative agency, design studio, or equivalent environment.
Strong conceptual and visual design abilities across multiple mediums.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign required).
Strong experience with Keynote, Figma/Slides, and presentation design.
High-level typographic, layout, color, and composition skills.
Experience preparing files for print, fabrication, digital asset production, and experiential execution.
Comfort storyboarding and collaborating with directors, photographers, videographers, and content teams.
Ability to translate briefs and client objectives into visual concepts and directions.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.
Ability to provide creative feedback and support design development for teammates.

Nice To Haves

Experience with motion graphics, After Effects, or 2D animation.
Comfort directing photographers, illustrators, or animators.
Environmental or experiential design background (2D/3D).
Experience with Figma, Adobe XD, Cinema4D, Blender, or prototyping tools.
Familiarity with emerging creative technologies, AI, AR/VR, or interactive media.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute visual concepts for branding, experiential installations, social/digital campaigns, OOH, storytelling platforms, and integrated cultural work.
Bring ideas to life through sketches, mockups, decks, brand directions, style frames, and storyboards.
Translate creative strategy into visual systems that are coherent, impactful, and culturally resonant.
Provide art direction for designers, photographers, videographers, illustrators, animators, and production partners.
Produce high-quality design deliverables including branding, key visuals, typography systems, editorial layouts, environmental graphics, signage, and content graphics.
Create assets for video, photo, digital, print, experiential, and emerging media formats.
Oversee visual execution on shoots, experiential installations, and key production moments.
Collaborate with Experiential Production on feasibility, vendor selection, fabrication, and execution details.
Work closely with Creative Directors, Designers, Producers, Strategists, and Accounts to develop cohesive, integrated creative work.
Partner with Strategy to ground visual approaches in insight and cultural nuance.
Contribute to pitch decks, brainstorms, and client-facing presentations with strong visual storytelling.
Present creative concepts and design rationale clearly and confidently.
Translate client needs into thoughtful visual solutions that elevate storytelling and clarify direction.
Build collaborative, trust-based relationships with clients and partners.
Provide constructive feedback and direction to junior designers and cross-functional creative team members.
Uphold Soze’s values of compassion, courage, and equity in all creative decisions.
Bring new inspirations, references, and creative approaches to the team.
Contribute to a healthy, inclusive, imaginative, and experiment-friendly creative culture.