[Hiring] Senior Art Director @UNFOLD Agency

Role Description

Our Key Art/Print team is seeking an experienced Senior Art Director to help concept and create premium entertainment campaigns across film, television, streaming, and beyond. With a strong understanding of visual storytelling, entertainment marketing, and design craft, you will develop original creative concepts, help guide projects from exploration through campaign development, and consistently push the work to a high creative standard.

The ideal candidate brings a proven track record creating key art with a portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking, composition, typography, image-making, and visual storytelling. You are equally comfortable developing ideas yourself, collaborating with designers and fellow creatives, taking creative direction, and helping turn a great idea into exceptional work.

This is a hands-on creative role. You will concept and design across multiple projects while partnering closely with creative leadership, designers, production and account teams.

• Develop original Key Art concepts and campaign ideas from creative brief through presentation-ready execution.
• Create sophisticated, high-level comps that demonstrate strong conceptual thinking, composition, and typography.
• Carry selected concepts through revisions, adaptations, and campaign development while protecting the integrity of the original idea.
• Maintain an exceptionally high bar for creative quality, craft, and attention to detail.
• Partner with creative leadership to evaluate work, identify the strongest creative directions, and push concepts further.
• Help shape photography, retouching, typography, finishing, and other visual elements needed to bring campaign ideas to life.
• Present and articulate creative thinking clearly to internal teams and, when appropriate, clients.
• Understand client feedback and translate it into thoughtful creative solutions without losing sight of the larger campaign idea.
• Collaborate closely with Creative Directors, Designers, Account teams, and production partners throughout the creative process.
• Contribute to a creative culture built around curiosity, collaboration, high standards, and a shared investment in making great work.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining consistency and craft across assignments.
• Stay current on entertainment, design, photography, visual culture, and emerging creative tools and techniques.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Art Direction, Design within an entertainment creative agency environment.
• Significant experience developing Key Art for film, television, streaming, and entertainment brands.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional conceptual thinking, visual storytelling, typography, composition, and image-making.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and a strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Deep understanding of the Key Art development process, from initial exploration and comping through revisions and campaign development.
• Ability to develop and execute ideas independently while also taking direction and collaborating closely with creative leadership.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate creative rationale.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, shifting priorities, and fast-moving deadlines without sacrificing creative quality.
• A collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset and genuine enthusiasm for making exceptional entertainment creative.

Benefits

• Competitive Medical (subsidized), Dental, and Vision insurance Plan Offerings
• 401K
• Flexible Time-Off (FTO) Policy
• Holiday Flex Time
• Comprehensive List of Company Observed Paid Holidays
• Monthly Mobile Phone stipend
• Annual Professional Education stipend (optional)
• Annual Fitness stipend (e.g. gym membership) (optional)
• Employee Referral Program
• Fully Stocked Kitchen
• Pet-Friendly Office
• Numerous Company-Sponsored Events and Activities throughout the year