Art Director, SPECS Marketing

Snap•Santa Monica, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Snap Inc. is seeking an Art Director to support the SPECS Marketing team. This hands-on individual contributor develops ideas, sets visual tone, creates decks and assets, directs photo and film productions, and brings creative to life across brand, product, digital, social, web, and experiential work. The role partners with senior creatives, designers, copywriters, strategists, marketers, producers, and external partners, and owns assigned workstreams from concept through final delivery. The Art Director is expected to communicate clearly, make sound creative and production decisions, provide actionable feedback, and deliver work to a high standard of craft and impact. The role includes developing creative concepts, visual territories, campaign platforms, and design systems; creating presentations and production materials; presenting recommendations; and concepting and art directing photo shoots, film productions, and other content production. The Art Director participates on set and collaborates with creative and production partners, manages day-to-day creative production with producers and project leads, and designs campaign assets using Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. Snap follows a “default together” approach, expecting team members to work in an office four or more days per week. Snap describes itself as an equal opportunity employer. The position offers benefits including paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that include long-term company success. The position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs. U.S. base salary ranges vary by pay zone: Zone A (CA, WA, NYC), $130,000–$196,000; Zone B, $124,000–$186,000; and Zone C, $111,000–$167,000 annually.

Requirements

Strong portfolio demonstrating high-impact, culturally relevant brand campaigns and visually driven creative work.
Ability to take creative work from brief through concept, visual development, production, and final execution.
Strong art direction skills across photography, film, digital, web, social, and experiential work.
Hands-on design craft, including creating production-ready visuals, decks, presentations, and campaign assets.
Exceptional eye for composition, typography, color, photography, motion, visual storytelling, and craft.
Strong understanding of photo and film production, including pre-production, on-set execution, and post-production.
Strong presentation, storytelling, collaboration, and stakeholder communication skills.
Ability to give concise, direct, actionable conceptual and design feedback.
Ability to work independently on moderately complex projects, manage multiple stakeholders, and make sound decisions with appropriate guidance.
Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with comfort working directly in files.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving, and sometimes ambiguous environment.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
5+ years of relevant creative experience.
Experience as an Art Director or in a similar creative role at an agency, studio, or in-house environment.
Track record of concepting and executing visually driven brand, product, or marketing campaigns across multiple channels.
Experience taking creative work from initial concept through production and final execution.
Experience concepting and art directing photography and film productions, including participating in or directing work on set.
Experience developing creative decks, treatments, storyboards, mood boards, and presentations.
Hands-on design experience using Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, or comparable tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in or alongside luxury, fashion, design, premium lifestyle, consumer technology, hardware, or wearable technology brands.
Background in luxury and/or technology, with an understanding of how to make emerging products desirable, human, and culturally relevant.
Experience developing integrated brand or product campaigns across photography, film, digital, social, web, and experiential channels.
Experience producing creative projects and managing production details from planning through delivery.
Experience working with photographers, directors, production companies, agencies, and other external creative partners.
Familiarity with AR, AI, immersive experiences, or other emerging creative formats.

Responsibilities

Develop creative concepts, visual territories, campaign platforms, and design systems from briefs or insights.
Set the visual tone and craft standard for projects from concept through final delivery.
Collaborate with copywriters, strategists, designers, marketers, producers, and senior creative leadership on integrated ideas.
Build creative decks, treatments, mood boards, storyboards, presentations, and visual explorations.
Present concepts and recommendations to creative leadership, marketers, strategists, and other stakeholders.
Concept and art direct photo shoots, film productions, and other content productions, including treatments, shot lists, casting, wardrobe, production design, lighting, and visual language.
Participate on set and collaborate with photographers, directors, cinematographers, stylists, editors, production companies, and other creative partners.
Own day-to-day creative production for assigned projects, helping manage timelines, deliverables, reviews, risks, and final delivery with producers and project leads.
Concept, design, and build campaign assets and marketing materials using Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
Translate campaign ideas into cohesive visual systems across digital, web, social, experiential, and other relevant touchpoints.
Provide clear, specific, actionable feedback that strengthens ideas, improves craft, and moves work forward.
Manage multiple priorities while maintaining creative quality, visual consistency, and attention to detail.