Senior Art Director

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

13d•$124,600 - $211,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Art Director will bring visual, design, and experiential expertise to Intuitive’s brand and key experiences as part of its multidisciplinary Global Brand team. The team crafts, evolves, and protects Intuitive’s visual identity across products, business units, and global regions. The design team develops high-quality visual storytelling that reinforces brand value across brand and marketing touchpoints. The role creates experiences across major media, content, channels, and formats, including product initiatives, campaigns, social, video, and events. Working closely with creative leadership, writers, producers, product teams, and business unit marketers, the Senior Art Director develops ways to bring Intuitive’s products, values, and customer stories to life. The position spans design and production across print, digital, and motion, from concept through completion, and includes work with internal teams and external agencies. The successful candidate is a self-starter who can iterate quickly, work effectively within established design systems while knowing when to adapt them, and advocate for compelling creative solutions. The role is onsite weekly, with the percentage of onsite work defined by the leader, and has a day shift schedule.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in graphic design or a related field, along with related work experience.
At least 9 years of design experience.
Proven track record of creating high-quality, breakthrough work with visual storytelling that emotionally connects with audiences.
Experience creating end-to-end campaigns across multiple media and channels, including print, motion and video, social, digital experiences, and physical spaces.
Deep understanding of storytelling across social channels and ability to recognize emerging opportunities.
Experience thinking globally and bringing ideas to other regions, with an informed appreciation for regional challenges and opportunities.
Ability to manage multiple projects, work resourcefully, and prioritize based on business needs and timelines.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across stakeholders and incorporate feedback efficiently to advance the team’s strategic process and final work.
Self-starter who takes ownership and can work amid ambiguity.
Portfolio demonstrating diverse ideas, problem-solving, and expertise in visual design, including typography, color theory, and composition.
Expert-level experience with Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.

Nice To Haves

Design experience in the technology space, at an agency or in an in-house brand team.
Experience with After Effects.
Optimism about creative possibilities, enthusiasm for challenging work, and passion for making an impact.

Responsibilities

Help cross-functional peers define and envision creative opportunities by taking a holistic approach to problems and providing influential creative leadership.
Translate briefs into multiple creative solutions through fast, collaborative ideation and out-of-the-box thinking.
Present insights and ideas with a strong design rationale grounded in business goals, encouraging actions that support better customer and business outcomes.
Create dynamic work within established design frameworks and evolve those frameworks for product, channel, and regional needs.
Collaborate with designers, writers, media production, project management, account teams, brand and product strategists to create thoughtful, strategic solutions that advance the company’s brand presence.
Plan communication across web, events, social, print, and video, using mood boards and storyboards to communicate creative intent.
Execute designs from conception through final handoff and/or digital production.
Proactively communicate project status across teams, clients, and departments.