Senior Art Director, Customer & Brand Partnerships Creative

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Lead Art Director to support its Customer & Brand Partnerships Creative team in shaping visual creative across customer marketing and brand partnership ecosystems. In this onsite role in Chicago, IL, you will guide art direction with a focus on visual coherence, translating complex business and technology narratives into design that feels human across many formats.

What you’ll do

• Lead art direction for customer campaigns and brand partnership creative, including co-branded activations, editorial design, digital and social work, and experiential touchpoints
• Maintain visual coherence across multi-format programs so each design decision supports a unified story with real emotional impact
• Translate complex business outcomes and technology narratives into visual concepts that are compelling and strategically aligned
• Serve as a senior creative voice on cross-functional teams, partnering with creative directors, copywriters, strategists, and brand partnership managers from brief through delivery
• Concept and execute across formats and surfaces, from campaign hero imagery and motion to editorial layouts, social creative, and environmental design
• Drive creative concepting and ideation early in project stages with a strong visual perspective
• Mentor junior designers and art directors, elevating quality and consistency across the team
• Uphold and evolve Salesforce brand visual identity across all customer and partnership outputs
• Manage multiple workstreams across pods and programs while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, high-output environment
• Incorporate feedback quickly and thoughtfully, balancing creative conviction with collaborative flexibility

What you’ll bring

• 7–10 years of art direction experience, with a strong track record in brand, customer marketing, integrated campaigns, or editorial contexts
• A portfolio showing visual range and strategic depth, with work that connects with audiences across touchpoints
• Proven ability to translate complex technology or B2B subject matter into simple, human, and compelling visual concepts
• Deep understanding of brand visual identity, including applying, protecting, and evolving it across diverse formats and partnership contexts
• Experience leading creative on cross-functional teams and collaborating with copywriters, strategists, and senior stakeholders
• Strong craft instincts including composition, typography, color, hierarchy, and visual economy at every scale
• Experience within or alongside brand partnerships, sponsorships, or co-branded programs is a strong plus
• Agency experience, in-house or external, is a strong plus
• Comfort working at both strategic and execution levels, moving between big-picture concepting and hands-on design

Location and salary

• Location: Chicago, IL (onsite)
• Salary: USD 143,400 - 216,900 per year (base salary)

Benefits

• Time off programs
• Medical, dental, and vision
• Mental health support
• Paid parental leave
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Employee stock purchasing program

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment.

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Benefits and pay details: The typical base salary range for this position is $143,400 - $216,900 annually. The range represents base salary only and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity, or benefits, as applicable.