Art Director, Creative Lead

About the role

The Agentforce Sales Product Creative Team is looking for an exceptional Art Director to bring our product, brand and marketing to life. Reporting into the Creative Director, you will be challenged to strategically ideate, concept and problem-solve against key marketing briefs. You will help craft the Agentforce Sales story through a variety of channels and mediums, always advocating for the brand and taking pride in beautiful, inspiring and consistent work.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Creative Director and fellow creatives on conceptual creative development, design and execution across key marketing briefs.
• Develop creative ideas that meet project KPIs; test and iterate when necessary.
• Work cross functionally with key marketing leads to present creative concepts and solutions against briefs.
• Ensure the consistency of the brand and highest quality of design across all projects.
• Take full ownership of creative quality across all deliverables, including deck and file readiness (e.g., Figma files and presentations) for every review and final handoff.
• Keen understanding and passion to learn about and share insights on design and industry trends.
• Create, concept, inspire others, and roll up their sleeves while bringing creative ideas to life; can deliver and receive direct and clear feedback.
• Able to think big while operating at the lowest level of detail.
• Must be a self starter while being comfortable guiding teams, freelancers, agencies, and production partners.
• Pursue creative excellence in all forms, from high-level campaign executions to demand generation.
• Proactively identify team efficiencies and share new ways to leverage AI.

Requirements

You're a strategic thinker who digs into the brief and asks questions to understand the audience, product functionality, campaign journey, goals and timelines. You're an incredible and confident collaborator and partner to your creative and cross functional partners. You have excellent design skills, a wealth of digital experience, and impressive conceptual abilities. You’re fearless in trying new directions or techniques in order to create something new and push boundaries of what's been done before. You have your finger on the pulse of industry trends and best practices, and you’re frequently sought out by other designers for input on their designs. You’re both a sprinter and long-distance runner. You'll concept everything from big campaign ideas and event experiences to cohesive design themes for email campaigns and what should go on a t-shirt. You'll art direct and design new creative campaigns, sizzle reels, animations, e-books, social campaigns, websites, presentations and anything else to tell our product and customer stories. You'll also create immersive experiences for our world-class events, including Dreamforce, the biggest technology conference in the world. You are passionate about AI tools, learning new software, experimenting quickly, and excited by the unknown. You are equally passionate about your craft, with an acute eye for detail and a desire for pixel perfection whenever possible.

Qualifications

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

Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Collaboration and partnership
• Educational background in Art/Design
• Excellent design and conceptual skills
• Outstanding presentation skills
• Experience in art direction and design
• Experience in marketing work
• Expertise in creative process and digital creative software
• Working knowledge of creative AI tools

Benefits

At Salesforce, we offer a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.