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Lead, Global Brand Design & Art Direction
We are seeking a highly creative and craft-driven Lead Designer / Art Director to join a global brand creative team. This role is responsible for delivering world-class visual storytelling across integrated campaigns, supporting art direction and design execution across multiple channels including digital, editorial, and motion-adjacent work.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on creative with strong visual craft, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. You will work closely with art directors, creative directors, designers, narrative teams, and production partners to bring campaign ideas to life with precision and impact.
What You’ll Do
A highly collaborative and detail-obsessed creative who thrives in fast-paced environments and is passionate about craft, culture, and storytelling. This person is energized by building impactful visual work and contributing to a high-performance creative team.
Nice to Have
Global leader in athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment. Our client focuses on innovation, performance, and marketing, partnering with top athletes and teams. The company emphasizes sustainability and digital advancements to enhance the sports experience.
We are seeking a highly creative and craft-driven Lead Designer / Art Director to join a global brand creative team. This role is responsible for delivering world-class visual storytelling across integrated campaigns, supporting art direction and design execution across multiple channels including digital, editorial, and motion-adjacent work.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on creative with strong visual craft, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. You will work closely with art directors, creative directors, designers, narrative teams, and production partners to bring campaign ideas to life with precision and impact.
What You’ll Do
- Lead hands-on design execution for global brand campaigns and storytelling initiatives
- Support art directors and senior creative leadership in developing campaign look and feel
- Create high-quality visual assets across digital, editorial, and presentation formats
- Translate strategic creative direction into polished, production-ready design work
- Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams including design, narrative, production, and marketing
- Present creative concepts clearly and confidently to internal stakeholders and partners
- Maintain consistency and excellence across all visual outputs
- Stay current on trends across design, fashion, film, sport, culture, and technology
- 3–5 years of experience in brand design, art direction, or integrated creative design
- Strong proficiency in Figma, Keynote, and Microsoft Office
- Strong portfolio demonstrating craft excellence, visual storytelling, and attention to detail
- Experience working across campaigns, identity systems, or multi-channel creative work
- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate creative thinking
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Typography, layout, composition, and visual systems
- Campaign and storytelling design execution
- Digital and editorial design across multiple formats
- Strong attention to detail and craft precision
- Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder communication
A highly collaborative and detail-obsessed creative who thrives in fast-paced environments and is passionate about craft, culture, and storytelling. This person is energized by building impactful visual work and contributing to a high-performance creative team.
Nice to Have
- Experience in global consumer brands or agency environments
- Exposure to motion design, photography direction, or identity systems
- Strong interest in sport, culture, fashion, and contemporary design trends
- Craft-obsessed with a strong visual point of view
- Strong communicator and confident presenter
- Highly collaborative and team-oriented
- Fast, flexible, and comfortable with ambiguity
- Passionate about elevating creative work at scale
Global leader in athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment. Our client focuses on innovation, performance, and marketing, partnering with top athletes and teams. The company emphasizes sustainability and digital advancements to enhance the sports experience.
Salary : $51 - $57