Senior Art Director, Customer & Brand Partnerships Creative

Salesforce•Chicago, IL

1d•$143,400 - $216,900•Hybrid

About The Position

Salesforce is looking for a Senior Lead Art Director to join our Customer & Brand Partnerships Creative team. This is a role for someone who understands that the most powerful design and ideas clarify the complex, and make people feel something. You know how to find the visual story inside a customer's success and shape it into something that resonates far beyond the brand. You understand what it means to design in service of a partnership honoring both brands and brand mission without losing coherence or creative conviction. You're equally at home art directing a flagship customer campaign, a co-branded activation, and the social asset that makes someone stop scrolling. At Salesforce, our customer stories and brand partnerships are among our most visible and strategically important creative outputs. You'll help guide visual creative across the full ecosystem: integrated campaigns, long-form storytelling, editorial design, digital, and more and you'll do it with intelligence, craft, and a strong aesthetic point of view.

Requirements

7–10 years of art direction experience, with a strong track record in brand, customer marketing, integrated campaigns, or editorial contexts
A portfolio that demonstrates visual range and strategic depth — work that builds across touchpoints and connects with a real audience
Proven ability to translate complex technology or B2B subject matter into visual concepts that feel simple, human, and compelling
Deep understanding of brand visual identity and how to apply, protect, and evolve it across diverse formats, surfaces, and partnership contexts
Experience leading creative on cross-functional teams and collaborating closely with copywriters, strategists, and senior stakeholders
Exceptional craft instincts: composition, typography, color, hierarchy, and visual economy at every scale
Comfortable working at both the strategic and executional level — moving fluidly between big-picture visual concepting and hands-on design execution

Nice To Haves

Experience working within or alongside brand partnerships, sponsorships, or co-branded programs is a strong plus
Agency experience — whether in-house or external — is a strong plus

Responsibilities

Lead art direction across customer marketing and brand partnership creative — including customer campaigns, co-branded activations, editorial design, digital and social, and experiential touchpoints
Shape and maintain visual coherence across complex, multi-format programs — ensuring every design decision ladders up to a unified story with real emotional impact
Translate complex business outcomes and technology narratives into visual concepts that feel human, compelling, and strategically aligned
Act as a senior creative voice and visual lead on cross-functional teams — partnering with creative directors, copywriters, strategists, and brand partnership managers from brief through delivery
Concept and execute across a wide range of formats and surfaces — from bold campaign hero imagery and motion to editorial layouts, social creative, and environmental design
Drive creative concepting and ideation, bringing a strong visual perspective to the earliest stages of a project
Mentor and provide creative direction to junior designers and art directors, elevating the quality and consistency of visual output across the team
Uphold and evolve Salesforce brand visual identity across all customer and partnership outputs
Manage multiple workstreams simultaneously across pods and programs, meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, high-output environment
Incorporate feedback with grace and iterate quickly — balancing creative conviction with collaborative flexibility