Art Director (1 Year Contract)

Level Agency

4d•CA$85,000 - CA$95,000•Remote

About The Position

This is a one-year contract role for an Art Director who can step into an established creative team and lead from day one. The role involves setting creative direction, providing feedback, and holding the line on quality. It requires the ability to handle ambiguity, juggle multiple clients and projects, and translate performance data into sharper creative. The company, Level Agency, is a performance marketing agency that partners with brands in complex markets. They are a remote-first company with over 250 employees across the US and Canada, utilizing AI to power their services. The Art Director will lead visual direction across client campaigns, ensuring strategic grounding and visual sharpness, and focusing on performance beyond aesthetics. They will partner with media and strategy teams to turn data insights into stronger creative iterations and use AI tools daily in their workflow.

Requirements

3 to 5 years of art direction experience, ideally within an agency or performance marketing environment
A strong conceptual thinker who generates original ideas, not just polished executions of someone else's
A portfolio that shows range, from brand storytelling to high-performing paid social and performance creative
Working knowledge of performance creative principles: testing, iteration, platform best practices, and creative optimization
AI tools already built into how you ideate, produce, and execute, not something you're bolting on
Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain creative decisions to creative and non-creative stakeholders alike
Sharp eye for typography, layout, composition, and visual hierarchy
Comfort managing multiple priorities and shipping high-quality work on tight timelines
A collaborative, adaptable, proactive approach, with a willingness to jump in wherever the work needs you

Nice To Haves

Experience with Premiere Pro, After Effects, CapCut, or other video editing tools
Basic French proficiency

Responsibilities

Leading visual development across campaigns, from concepting through execution, ensuring every asset is strategically sound and built to the highest creative bar
Developing campaign concepts, visual systems, and social-first creative independently or alongside copywriters
Defining look, feel, and tone across every brand touchpoint, keeping consistency and quality tight across platforms
Presenting creative work confidently to internal teams and clients, and refining ideas through feedback without losing the point of view that got you there
Designing with performance in mind. Understanding how visual decisions move CTR, engagement, and conversion, not just aesthetics
Bringing a working understanding of the broader marketing landscape (CRM, lifecycle, paid social, programmatic) into sharper creative decisions across the funnel
Partnering with media and strategy to turn data insights into stronger creative iterations, including versioning for A/B testing
Using AI tools daily as part of how you ideate, produce, and move faster, and helping the team get sharper with them too
Giving designers and writers clear direction and actionable feedback throughout execution
Bringing a solution-first mindset to every project, every deadline, every curveball