Sr. Art Director

Market Mentors•Springfield, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Market Mentors is seeking a Senior Art Director who is a hands-on, high-performing creative leader. This role is for someone who thrives on ownership, accountability, and results and who remains actively involved in execution every day. This is not a purely managerial role. You will be on the keyboard daily, producing high-quality creative work while also leading the team. You must be goal-oriented, deadline-driven, and motivated by delivering strong outcomes for clients and the agency. Do you take pride in setting goals and exceeding them? Are you equally comfortable leading creative direction and personally executing the work? Can you turn strategy into measurable, high-impact creative while holding yourself and others to a high standard? Collaboration is essential to this role. You will work in close partnership with our Content Director to align strategy, storytelling, and design, ensuring consistently phenomenal, high-impact creative output across all channels. This role blends creative leadership, hands-on production, and performance accountability. You will be expected to contribute directly to client success while elevating the creative team through example.

Requirements

You must include a link to your digital portfolio demonstrating hands-on creative work you personally executed
This role requires clear evidence of active contribution, not just oversight

Nice To Haves

Video creation and editing
Illustration
Digital animation or motion graphics

Responsibilities

Personally design and produce creative across print, digital, email, web, and advertising
Translate strategy into goal-driven creative concepts and campaigns that deliver results
Develop brand systems, visual standards, and presentation approaches
Lead by doing, remaining deeply involved in execution, refinement, and final delivery
Take ownership of quality, timelines, and outcomes
Lead, coach, and mentor designers and developers while actively contributing alongside them
Provide clear, actionable feedback and set expectations for excellence
Model a high-performing, solutions-oriented mindset
Hold yourself and the team accountable to goals, deadlines, and deliverables
Collaborate with account representatives, designers, and clients to define objectives, budgets, and success metrics
Design and develop static and CMS-based websites from concept through launch
Establish and maintain the overall visual direction of campaigns
Execute layouts and define design details, including typography, photography, graphics, animation, and video
Support production through final delivery with a focus on accuracy and quality
Self-proof and edit work to ensure consistency and precision
Manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Stay current on industry trends, tools, and technologies, including SEO, AEO, and GEO best practices, in collaboration with the Content Director
Demonstrate strong communication skills and a collaborative, accountable work style
Provide photographic support on-location or in-house
Partner with Account Representatives to ensure the creative aligns with client goals
Create visual assets for internal initiatives and presentations
Contribute ideas that strengthen the agency’s brand, visibility, and thought leadership