Art Director

OLIVER Agency • Baltimore, MD

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Art Director is a craft specialist and independent creative contributor within the OLIVER studio. You deliver high-quality design across multiple brands and formats, working from clear creative briefs set by the Associate Creative Director. You collaborate with Senior Copywriters and fellow Art Directors to produce integrated, multi-channel creative that is brand-true, audience-relevant, and SLA-compliant.

Requirements

• A portfolio demonstrating strong art direction and design craft across digital channels — email, social, display, and/or video
• Professional proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and/or Figma
• Experience working in high-volume, multi-brand content production environments, with a structured, detail-oriented approach to delivery
• Understanding of accessibility, email design specifications, and digital production requirements
• Experience with or genuine interest in AI-assisted design tools and workflows
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent briefs without losing quality or missing deadlines
• Proficiency with AI design and image generation tools (Pencil, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, or equivalent) to enhance creative output and iteration speed
• Experience building personal AI-assisted design workflows to improve efficiency and quality
• Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated design outputs and apply creative judgment to ensure brand quality
• Agentic approach to multi-brief creative execution: organized, systematic, and proactive

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with higher education, healthcare, or mission-driven marketing is a meaningful differentiator

Responsibilities

• Design across a wide range of digital formats — email, paid social, display, digital OOH, web, and video support
• Maintain brand integrity across all visual output, applying each institution's distinct identity with precision and care
• Work from briefs provided by the Associate Creative Director, delivering design concepts and executions to the agreed quality standard and timeline
• Partner with Senior Copywriters and Copywriters to ensure visual and verbal elements of every asset are fully integrated
• Use Pencil and other AI-assisted design tools to enhance production speed and creative iteration, applying rigorous human quality judgment at every stage
• Work within OMG to manage your active workload, update project status, and flag capacity or scheduling issues proactively
• Contribute to the QA and review process, ensuring all design assets are technically accurate, brand-compliant, and delivery-ready before approval
• Participate in brand immersion sessions to build deep knowledge of five university brands, their audiences, and the compliance requirements of higher education marketing
• Adapt and version existing creative across formats, sizes, and channels — including both manual adaptation and AI-assisted resizing and reformatting

Benefits

• The total compensation package includes a base salary range of $110,500.00 to $123,500.00, which may vary based on job-related factors such as location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed