Art Director, SPECS Marketing

Snap Inc.•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$111,000 - $196,000•Onsite

About The Position

Snap Inc. is seeking an Art Director to support the SPECS Marketing team. This hands-on individual contributor role combines art direction, creative development, production, and design. The Art Director develops ideas, sets visual direction, creates decks and assets, directs photo and film productions, and brings creative work to life across brand, product, digital, social, web, and experiential channels. The role works with senior creatives, designers, copywriters, strategists, marketers, producers, and external partners. The Art Director owns assigned workstreams, communicates clearly, makes creative and production decisions, provides actionable feedback, and helps deliver work that meets a high bar for craft and impact. Snap notes that job descriptions describe primary responsibilities but do not limit the scope of contribution. Snap follows a “default together” approach, expecting team members to work in an office 4 or more days per week. The position offers a U.S. base salary range that varies by pay zone: $130,000–$196,000 annually in Zone A; $124,000–$186,000 in Zone B; and $111,000–$167,000 in Zone C. The position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.

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, sometimes ambiguous environment.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
At least 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 feel 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 assigned projects, from concept through final delivery.
Collaborate with copywriters, strategists, designers, marketers, producers, and senior creative leadership on integrated ideas.
Create high-fidelity 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 advances the work.
Manage multiple priorities while maintaining creative quality, visual consistency, and attention to detail.