Art Director, Retail Story Design (Hybrid)

About the role

Join an iconic global athletic brand to lead the evolution of consumer-driven retail story design across immersive environments and digital platforms. You will bridge high-level concept strategy with hands-on execution, guiding junior designers and presenting game-changing concepts to senior leadership. This is your chance to shape non-seasonal storytelling for retail spaces on a global scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design development for environmental graphics, fixtures, and digital retail experiences to elevate brand storytelling.
• Direct and mentor junior design talent to foster creative growth and deliver cohesive, high-impact concepts.
• Partner with cross-functional creative teams and external vendors to ensure projects meet creative intent, timelines, and budgets.
• Present fully realized spatial concepts and visual materials to senior leadership to drive strategic alignment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of brand design experience demonstrating creative sophistication in concepts and design/visual communications; includes at least 3 years of management experience.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in graphic design, architecture, interior design, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Retail industry experience preferred, retail environments, concepts, and programs.
• International experience beneficial.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex and/or sensitive topics and concepts to senior creative team.
• Ability to sketch design ideas and visually communicate concept development through ideation.
• Passion for current trends in technology, design, art, interactive and experience design.
• Can-do attitude with proven ability to flex and adapt to changing business needs while maintaining creative quality.
• A sense of humor and a positive spirit.

Skills

• 2D, Art Direction, Storyboarding, Graphic Design, Environmental, Furniture Design, Interactive, Print, Retail.

Professional Skillsets

• Must have: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Keynote.
• Nice to have: After Effects, Premiere, Miro, Figma, SketchUp, Unreal Engine.

Pay

$60–$63/hr

Schedule

40 hours/week, Monday–Friday

Location

Beaverton, OR (Hybrid) – 4 days onsite per week, 1 day remote

Duration

Contract (potential to extend/convert)