Senior Art Director, Brand Creative

Salesforce is building a stronger brand system through its internal Global Brand & Creative team, and is looking for an Art Director to help bring key marketing briefs to life. This is a Chicago onsite role where you will collaborate with creative leads and partner across teams to ideate, solve problems, and deliver high-quality design that reinforces brand consistency across channels.

Role overview

Reporting into the Creative Lead, you will craft and tell the Salesforce story through a variety of mediums. You will advocate for the brand with an eye for detail, align creative concepts to project KPIs, and work in partnership with marketing stakeholders to present solutions on brief and on schedule.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with the Creative Lead and teams on conceptual development, design, and execution for key marketing briefs.
• Generate creative ideas that support project KPIs and test, iterate, and refine as needed.
• Work cross functionally with key marketing leads to present creative concepts and solutions on brief and on schedule.
• Maintain brand consistency and deliver the highest quality of design across all projects.
• Develop and share insights on design and technology industry trends, with a strong interest in learning.
• Create concepts, inspire others, and contribute hands-on to bring ideas to life, while delivering and receiving clear feedback.
• Balance big-picture thinking with attention to the smallest level of detail.
• Act as a self starter who can guide teams, freelancers, agencies, and production partners.

Required experience and background

• BA or BFA in Art/Design.
• Extraordinary design skills and a world-class portfolio of work.
• Outstanding presentation skills, including proven ability to produce and pitch strategic presentations to all levels of an organization.
• 8+ years of art direction and design experience in a creative agency or client-side group; B2B/tech experience is a plus.
• 3+ years of experience leading and managing projects in a creative agency or internal creative group; management experience is a plus.
• 5+ years of marketing experience with a rich portfolio including digital, print, interactive, website/mobile design, and video.
• Hands-on expertise developing creative solutions and campaigns across all mediums, including advertising, film, websites, mobile, graphic design, Corporate ID, interactive, social campaigns, content marketing, and events.
• Expert knowledge and hands-on experience with creative AI tools.
• Expert knowledge of the creative process and all digital creative software tools.

Team and company context

Salesforce’s Global Brand & Creative team is a growing group within Marketing, made up of creatives, strategists, producers, and marketing managers. The team focuses on leading the brand, telling powerful stories, and inspiring creative excellence, partnering across Salesforce to support shared KPIs, strategies, and processes that unify and move the brand and business forward.

Location and compensation

• Location: Chicago, IL (onsite)
• Salary: USD 143,400 - 216,900 per year
• Minimum experience: 3 years

Additional information

• Job category: Marketing & Communications
• Technology: creative AI tools and digital creative software tools
• Equal opportunity employer; compensation is determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Salesforce uses AI tools to help recruiters assess and evaluate resumes and qualifications; humans make final candidate selection and hiring decisions.
• Accommodations: If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, submit a request via the Accommodations Request Form.

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