Growth Creative Lead, Art Director

Ruggable • Los Angeles, CA

15h • $140,000 - $165,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ruggable is seeking a Growth Creative Lead with strong art direction and design skills to create compelling work across paid advertising, organic social, email, and the website. The role turns customer insights into engaging stories and repeatable content engines, while using creative performance metrics to improve and scale successful work. The position partners with Creative Strategy and Brand & Marketing leadership, and is hands-on from concept through production and channel-specific execution. The successful candidate is comfortable creating work, directing others, and providing clear feedback to creators, designers, editors, and production partners. The role requires an interest in interior design, an understanding of how storytelling changes across short- and long-form channels, and familiarity with the Los Angeles creative community. The position is onsite in Torrance, California 2–3 days per week.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in art direction and design craft, with a portfolio spanning social-first video, digital campaigns, and work across channels and formats.
• Highly skilled in Figma.
• A maker’s mindset, including the ability to develop an idea, create or prototype elements, and guide it through production and edit.
• Experience directing creators, designers, editors, agencies, and production partners, and providing clear, useful feedback.
• Genuine interest in interiors and design, with a point of view on making spaces, products, and the people who live with them compelling on screen.
• Fluency in short- and long-form storytelling and adapting ideas for channel and audience.
• Understanding of creative performance metrics and experience using results to improve work, develop variations, and scale promising ideas.
• Familiarity with the Los Angeles maker and creator landscape and ability to find and collaborate with talent.
• Judgment to balance creative ambition with the pace of an evergreen team, and curiosity to keep learning what resonates with customers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience or interest in mentoring or managing others.
• In-house experience.
• Prior title such as Art Director, Senior Art Director, Associate Creative Director, or Creative Lead; the strength and range of work matter more than the exact title.

Responsibilities

• Concept, create, and art direct creative across paid advertising, organic social, email, and the website, adapting ideas for short- and long-form formats.
• Partner with Creative Strategy to turn customer insights, product opportunities, and cultural observations into repeatable content series and creative tests.
• Use performance metrics to evaluate and improve creative, develop variations, and scale work around products gaining traction.
• Apply an informed perspective on interiors, design, and how people live with Ruggable products to create useful, inspiring, and specific stories.
• Translate concepts and scripts into storyboards, shot lists, and visual references for creators and production partners.
• Partner with Brand to stage and style rooms for shoots or CGI initiatives, selecting furniture, props, lighting, and rug placement.
• Build relationships with Los Angeles makers, creators, and production talent.
• Lead visual development from concept through shoot, edit, sound, and delivery; make work directly when useful.
• Partner with the senior writer and videographers on hooks, scripts, and storytelling, and guide designers, editors, creators, and production partners through execution.
• Work with channel partners to tailor creative to its placement and use learnings to guide future work.

Benefits

• Annual bonus percentage that varies based on level of role.
• Employer matching up to 3% of base salary for the company-sponsored 401(k) plan.
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages.

What This Job Offers

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