Senior Art Director, Brand Innovation Lab, US

Key job responsibilities

• Concept, design and execute innovative ads - campaigns and experiences for global brands
• Partner with copywriters, designers, program managers, developers, strategists and producers to create customer-focused solutions that deliver on advertiser objectives
• Independently lead campaigns and collaborate with internal teams, clients and external agency partners
• Deliver high-quality designs and stellar art direction for campaigns across different Amazon touch points
• In-depth understanding of Photoshop Suite, Figma, and AI tools
• Data-driven and obsessed with understanding customers and making work that delivers results
• Present ideas and concepts to clients, agencies and internally
• Proven ability to ideate across both traditional and non-traditional formats. Proven ability to create new mediums for advertising
• Able to manage multiple projects at one time to make deadlines
• Mentor and inspire junior designers and creatives

About the team

Brand Innovation Lab (BIL) is an award-winning team that conceptualizes and executes bespoke advertising experiences for global brands—including Nike, Purina, Gap, Santander, and P&G—who invest in media with Amazon Ads, scaling successful campaign elements as new products or features in existing products. Our global team of storytellers and innovators includes creatives, strategists, design technologists, engineers, producers and more, collaborating to create customer-obsessed solutions across the Amazon canvas (Alexa, Twitch, Prime Video, Fire TV, etc.) that are customized to our advertisers' goals.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of driving compelling creative strategy and execution at an agency or in-house creative team experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Candidate must have an online portfolio or work samples that feature interesting, innovative, insight-driven campaigns and ideas that solve an advertiser problem through a variety of different media channels, including but not limited to video, social, digital, activations, radio, and outdoor.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing cross-functional relationships with product, consumer research and marketing teams to develop strategy and consumer insights that drive compelling creative executions
• Experience leading creative development of innovative creative from concept to delivery
• Experience presenting creative concepts effectively to senior executives
• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
• Familiarity with generative AI tools (e.g., image generators, LLM-based copywriting assistants, video synthesis tools) and an understanding of how to incorporate them into creative workflows to accelerate ideation, production, and personalization at scale