Art Director

George P. Johnson Experience Marketing is hiring an Art Director for a hybrid role in Nashville, TN, combining creative leadership with hands-on, experience-driven design. You’ll lead strategically founded creative ideation and translate it into innovative, clearly communicated experience design approaches, while collaborating across production, creative, and client teams. The role also includes travel estimated at 3–5 trips per year to attend shows and events.

Why you’ll like working here

• Ownership-minded culture with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) that provides employees with an ownership interest
• 401(k) with employer matching and no vesting period
• Healthcare support with a low employee contribution option
• FTO policy designed to align with how your time is planned and used

What you’ll do

• Serve as an agency leader, translating clients’ brands into thoughtful, compelling, and interactive experiences
• Lead a creative team with new thinking and techniques, setting high standards for all designers
• Collaborate with creative leadership to deliver high-quality, strategic presentations using copywriting, sketches, renders, mock-ups, and decks
• Produce and inspire inventive, thoughtful, on-brand work, including print-ready graphic files
• Manage workload and meet tight deadlines, while participating in planning and strategy sessions
• Provide clear art direction at project kickoff and coach creative team members through execution, adjusting feedback as project and designer needs evolve
• Work closely with Creative Directors on strategic design solutions, and present ideas to clients while building relationships
• Partner with graphics production and creative tech to solve design and budgetary challenges without losing design and brand integrity
• Oversee account-based creative teams, supervise designers on projects, and assist with overall project management

What you’ll bring

• 3+ years of design experience in an agency setting
• 1–2 years of supervisory experience
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite and Google Suite, plus knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Strong ability to communicate changes clearly and on time to the team
• Excellent taste with an eye for detail, along with strong graphic production understanding
• Experience conceptualizing unique experiences that exceed client expectations, supported by strategic rationales and brand understanding
• Ability to create sketches, mood boards, layouts, 2D and 3D renders, deck design/templates, and POS materials
• Comfort leading and collaborating with production teams to vet feasibility within budgets
• Travel ability of 25% (with travel estimated at 3–5 trips per year)
• Ability to work irregular hours as needed, including nights, weekends, and holidays

Education: Associates degree in Advertising, Communication Design, or Visual Arts. A Bachelor’s degree is highly preferred, or 6–8+ years of related agency experience.

Tools you’ll use

Adobe Creative Suite, Google Suite, AI-based software (Firefly, Gemini, etc.), Microsoft Office, and familiarity with Macintosh operating platform (PC knowledge is a plus).

Your impact

• Project Launch & Resource Management
• Strategy & Creative
• Management, Delivery & Deployment