Global Art Director

Global Art Director will lead the visual identity and creative direction for brand work across global markets, channels, and touchpoints.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee the brand's global visual strategy.
• Define and maintain a cohesive creative vision across consumer touchpoints.
• Direct the conceptualization and design of integrated marketing campaigns.
• Ensure creative output stays aligned with brand standards, business objectives, and audience needs.
• Drive innovation, creativity, and best practices within the creative organization.
• Continuously evolve global brand guidelines and visual identity standards.
• Maintain consistent brand representation across regions, channels, and platforms.
• Review and approve creative deliverables to protect quality and brand integrity.
• Find opportunities to strengthen brand differentiation through visual storytelling.
• Provide creative direction for advertising campaigns, product launches, brand initiatives, and seasonal marketing programs.
• Partner with copywriters, photographers, videographers, and external agencies to produce content.
• Direct photoshoots, video productions, and creative execution from concept through final delivery.
• Ensure creative assets meet performance, brand, and market requirements.
• Translate business objectives and consumer insights into visually impactful creative solutions.
• Present creative concepts and recommendations to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with external vendors, agencies, and production partners.
• Manage multiple projects at once while meeting deadlines and quality expectations.
• Oversee creative budgets, production costs, and resource allocation.
• Evaluate and optimize creative processes to improve efficiency and scalability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts, Marketing, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive creative experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Experience directing integrated global campaigns across multiple channels and markets.
• Background working with consumer brands, agencies, or in-house creative teams.
• Experience managing creative teams and working with external agency relationships.
• Demonstrated conceptual and design performance.
• Strong understanding of branding, typography, photography, digital design, and visual storytelling.
• Knowledge of content creation, digital marketing, social media, and e-commerce best practices.
• Solid project management, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and build cross-functional partnerships.
• Works effectively in a matrixed, global organization, building internal and external relations and credibility to drive decisions.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced organization.
• Conversational proficiency in English with verbal and written communication skills, plus strong presentation, analytical, and organizational abilities.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, etc.) and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Location & Work Style

• Onsite in Massachusetts.

Technologies

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• After Effects
• Microsoft Office
• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint