Art Director

Responsibilities

• Develop campaign concepts from brief to presentation, across digital, social, video, and print
• Build the visual story behind an idea and articulate why it solves the client's problem
• Contribute to new business pitches and help shape how we win accounts
• Art direct photo and video productions alongside the Creative Director, from pre-production through wrap
• Build shot lists, references, and visual direction with directors, DPs, and producers
• Own the look on the day: set, props, wardrobe, styling, framing
• Make fast calls when conditions change and the plan stops working
• Carry the direction through post: edit, color, finish
• Design pitch decks, campaign presentations, and concept visuals that sell the thinking, not just show it
• Produce campaign deliverables across brand, digital, print, and social
• Deliver production-ready files to spec and on deadline
• Maintain and extend brand systems across client work
• Hold the visual bar on everything you touch
• Give clear direction to designers, freelancers, and production partners
• Take direction from the Creative Director and carry it through, including on calls you'd have made differently
• Juggle multiple projects and shoot schedules without letting the work slip

Qualifications

• [4+] years in design or art direction
• Portfolio showing concept work, produced work, and craft-level design execution
• Real on-set experience across photo and/or video production
• Strong presentation design — you can build a deck that carries an idea
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• Able to make decisions quickly under production pressure
• Based in or willing to relocate to the Covington / New Orleans area