Director of Art & Design

Acquisition.com • Las Vegas, NV

10d • $145,000 - $175,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Art & Design is the senior leader responsible for building and operating the creative design engine across ACQ Media and, over time, the broader company.
This role owns all design output tied to content performance: thumbnails, branding systems, motion graphics, in-episode graphics, pitch decks, title treatments, set visual identity, and any visual assets that materially impact click-through rate, retention, and brand perception.
This is not a “graphic design manager.” This is a creative systems leader who builds a scalable design department that can service multiple brands at once while maintaining high creative standards and fast delivery timelines.
This role must also be AI-native. The design team should leverage AI to increase speed, expand creative range, and reduce production time - without compromising taste, polish, or brand consistency. The expectation is not to “use AI sometimes.” The expectation is to build a department that competes unfairly because it uses AI better than anyone else.
Reports directly to the Chief Media Officer and must be in Las Vegas, NV or willing to relocate.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in design leadership, creative direction, or high-output digital media environments
• Proven experience managing a team of designers across multiple deliverables and deadlines
• Strong understanding of YouTube packaging, thumbnail psychology, and performance-driven creative
• High taste level with the ability to create premium visuals that still optimize for clicks
• Comfortable building systems, templates, and scalable workflows (not just designing assets)
• Deep familiarity with AI tools in creative design OR demonstrated obsession with learning and implementing them
• Ability to move fast, iterate constantly, and maintain quality at high volume
• Strong communicator with the ability to collaborate across post, production, content, and marketing

Nice To Haves

• Experience with motion graphics and post-adjacent workflows is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Design Department Leadership & Team Management
• Lead the Art & Design department across all Acquisition.com brands
• Manage designers, motion designers, thumbnail designers, and future creative specialists
• Set design standards, review processes, creative benchmarks, and performance expectations
• Build a culture of speed, iteration, and excellence without creative ego or bottlenecks
• Thumbnail & Performance-Driven Design
• Own thumbnail strategy and output across Alex, Leila, and Sharran’s YouTube ecosystems
• Build repeatable systems for testing, iterating, and improving CTR through design
• Create brand-specific thumbnail rulesets while maintaining scalability across the department
• Collaborate with creative producers and marketing to align packaging with video performance goals
• Brand Identity & Visual Systems
• Build scalable visual identity systems for each brand that apply across long-form, social, and marketing assets
• Ensure all assets feel cohesive, premium, and aligned with Acquisition.com positioning
• Maintain and evolve style guides, design libraries, templates, and brand assets
• Create systems that allow design output to increase without reinventing the wheel every time
• Graphics, Motion, and In-Episode Design
• Own creation and delivery of in-episode graphics, lower thirds, overlays, title sequences, and motion packages
• Build reusable motion systems that can be deployed across multiple shows and formats
• Ensure design output improves storytelling and clarity, not just aesthetics
• Create fast-turn systems for social graphics and promotional assets tied to episode launches
• AI Integration & Creative Automation
• Identify, test, and implement AI tools that increase speed of design production and iteration
• Partner with Tech team to build AI-assisted workflows for thumbnails, visual concepting, image generation, background design, mockups, and graphics
• Create internal AI playbooks and expectations for how the design team operates
• Ensure AI output meets brand quality standards and does not create sloppy or generic visuals
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with post-production and content teams to ensure design integrates cleanly into editing workflows
• Collaborate with marketing team to align ad creative, funnels, and visual messaging with content assets
• Build a shared service model where design becomes a reliable internal resource across all ACQ business units rather than an external bottleneck
• Reducing Vendor Reliance
• Transition key design functions from external vendors to internal team execution
• Ensure internal team can deliver higher quality work faster than vendors
• Maintain clear tracking of what work is still outsourced, why, and when it gets brought in-house

Benefits

• Flexible Unlimited Paid Time Off and Company-wide Holidays
• Employer sponsored Medical, Dental, & Vision plans
• $1,950 annual Employer HSA contribution
• FSA options including dependent care
• Employee assistance program and mental health resources
• Employer match program for 401(k), eligible for both Traditional and Roth accounts
• $1,200 annual wellness reimbursement through JOON that supports health, family care, pet care, fitness, and more!
• For local or visiting team members, enjoy access to a state of the art gym at our HQ in Las Vegas

What This Job Offers

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