Our client is a globally recognized entertainment brand with a massive international audience. Their in-house Brand Creative Studio is a team of strategists, creatives and producers who partner across the business on brand marketing, brand partnerships, partner marketing and B2B advertising.

About the role

This is a hands-on IC role (no direct reports) for a conceptual, visually driven art director who builds brands that shape culture. You’ll partner with the Ads Marketing team to build a premium B2B brand that feels completely different from everything else in the market, bringing the company’s storytelling and entertainment DNA to how it shows up for advertisers. You’ll define what the ads business stands for, how it looks and feels, and why advertisers should want to be part of it.

You’ll work closely with ads leadership, marketing, partnerships, product, measurement, sales and comms teams around the world.

What you’ll do

• Lead art direction and visual concepting for the ads brand, turning positioning into big ideas and distinctive visual systems across sales materials, presentations, events, marketing and PR
• Concept and art direct campaigns, event experiences and brand moments from first idea to final execution, with hands-on craft in layout, typography, imagery, motion and design systems
• Develop event concepts and visual worlds for major industry tentpoles, and help scale them to markets outside the US
• Turn complex business solutions into simple, compelling visual stories through briefs, concept decks and presentations
• Raise the creative bar across the team through a strong POV, thoughtful critique and great craft
• Act as guardian of the ads brand as the business grows, and help define what it shares with the consumer brand
• Direct internal designers and producers plus external agency and production partners

What you bring

• 8 to 12 years as an Art Director, Senior Art Director or Associate Creative Director, in-house or at an agency
• A portfolio of conceptual, idea-led work that shows both big-picture thinking and executional craft
• Experience developing and art directing brand campaigns, identities or visual systems
• B2B brand and marketing experience (required)
• Strong exec presence and comfort presenting concepts to senior leaders, including the C-suite
• A clear writer who can build a narrative and a point of view, even when things are ambiguous
• Experience working with global, cross-functional stakeholders
• Comfort using research and insights to inform creative decisions
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma and Keynote

Nice to have

• Experiential or live-event experience
• Familiarity with CTV, OTT or the streaming/media landscape

You might be a fit if you’re...

Curious about creativity, brands, B2B marketing and entertainment. Confident without ego. Highly organized, good at making complex ideas simple, and comfortable working independently in a fast-moving environment.