Senior Art Director

TruePoint Communications•Dallas, TX

About The Position

TruePoint Communications is seeking a Senior Art Director in Dallas, Texas, to elevate creative work across clients and channels. The role leads visual direction for high-visibility campaigns and projects while remaining hands-on with concept development and execution. The Senior Art Director turns strategy and briefs into cohesive visual systems, campaignable ideas, and distinctive visual territories; directs photo, video, and motion work; and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams from initial concept through final delivery. The role also includes leading creative reviews and quality control, presenting work to clients, and coaching Art Directors and junior creatives while maintaining a substantial hands-on workload. The successful candidate will contribute distinctive ideas and strong visual craft that connect with audiences and produce client results, build trust with clients and colleagues, contribute to pitches, and strengthen creative standards and workflows while developing toward a Creative Director role.

Requirements

Five to seven years of art direction or design experience; agency experience is preferred.
An online portfolio of integrated campaigns across digital, social, and emerging media.
Broadcast, video, or motion experience, including shoot direction and post-production review.
Fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere or After Effects; Figma; and presentation tools.
Experience managing multiple projects on time and within budget.
Bachelor’s degree in design, advertising, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Agency experience.
Content creation experience.

Responsibilities

Work with the creative team to concept, design, and produce campaigns, pitches, and complex projects from brief to final delivery.
Translate strategy and briefs into cohesive visual systems, campaignable ideas, and distinctive visual territories.
Lead visual direction on assigned accounts in collaboration with the Associate Creative Director and Creative Director.
Direct photo, video, and motion work, from concept and casting through shoot days and post-production review.
Run internal creative reviews, own final quality control on high-visibility work, and present work to clients with a clear rationale.
Coach Art Directors and junior creatives on concepting, craft, and feedback while maintaining a substantial hands-on workload.
Partner with copy, strategy, account, social, and production teams.
Use AI tools to accelerate ideation and execution, applying judgment to select work for final delivery.
Deliver distinctive, ownable ideas and strong visual craft that connect with audiences and drive client results.
Earn the trust of clients and internal teams.
Contribute to pitches and bring proactive ideas.
Strengthen creative standards and workflows while developing toward a Creative Director role.