Senior Art Director

Adelphi Group • Los Angeles, CA

8d • $80,000 - $92,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

OCX is seeking a creative, hands-on Senior Art Director to lead initiatives from initial concept through global rollout. The role sets visual direction, guides creative teams, and ensures high design standards across markets, channels, and formats. It establishes primary campaign creative, master style guides, design systems, and creative frameworks that can scale across global teams and locales.

Working with copywriters, project and program managers, production teams, clients, and other creative leads, the Senior Art Director leads digital marketing campaigns, customer experiences, brand communications, and high-volume asset programs. The role balances complex client structures and evolving business needs while maintaining a clear creative vision, and remains hands-on in shaping key creative moments and solving visual challenges.

The successful candidate brings strong visual storytelling, design, and composition skills, and can communicate products, technology, and customer experiences through visual language. They establish and extend creative systems across global markets while maintaining design integrity, brand consistency, and local relevance. The position is based in Los Angeles. Omnicom policy requires employees to work in the office a minimum of three days per week, unless additional in-office days are directed by the agency or manager.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience as an Art Director, Senior Designer, or Creative Lead in a fast-paced creative agency or high-output in-house creative environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or equivalent work experience.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong art direction, exceptional typography, strong design sensibility, sophisticated visual storytelling, scalable design systems, and complex digital campaigns across multiple channels.
• Proven ability to lead creative teams, provide clear art direction, and maintain high design quality across multiple projects.
• Comfort working directly with clients and senior stakeholders, presenting creative work, and explaining design decisions.
• Expert proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Experience applying Generative AI tools to creative development and production workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing high volume and tight deadlines across complex, fast-moving digital initiatives.
• Experience working with technology, retail, consumer, or enterprise brands.
• Experience working with large client asset libraries and maximizing existing brand photography and visual assets.
• Strong understanding of adapting creative systems and style guides across channels, formats, and audiences.
• Experience with motion, animation, or dynamic digital assets.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with rapid iteration and alignment to global brand guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-channel creative initiatives from concept through global rollout, setting visual direction and guiding Art Directors, Designers, and production teams toward high creative quality.
• Establish and own master style guides, visual toolkits, and design systems for consistent adaptation across markets, channels, and formats.
• Work directly with clients and cross-functional partners to understand objectives, present creative concepts and visual strategies, and represent the creative point of view in reviews, presentations, and ongoing collaboration.
• Direct design reviews and quality control across large-scale asset programs, identifying opportunities to strengthen work and resolve complex visual challenges.
• Guide designers and studio production through localization and adaptation needs, balancing global brand consistency with local markets and audiences.
• Provide occasional on-set art direction for film, digital video, and photography shoots, collaborating with creative directors, photographers, stylists, and post-production partners to carry the creative vision through production.
• Establish effective approaches to Generative AI, dynamic templates, and emerging design tools to scale creative efficiently without compromising quality.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior