Job description
Art Director
Position: Full-Time
Location: This position offers remote work from (Los Angeles/Denver). Please be aware that applications from candidates residing outside of (California/Denver) may still not be considered for working hours in PST.
OVERVIEW
Movement Strategy is looking for an Art Director to bring social-first, visually compelling creative to life for a high-profile music account. Reporting to a Creative Director, you’ll help shape and execute the visual direction of the work, designing platform-native content, collaborating with copy and motion partners, and delivering creative that feels fresh, culturally relevant, and of the moment. This role sits at the intersection of music, culture, and community, with opportunities to create across rotational markets and contribute to campaigns that resonate with fans.
You are a strong visual thinker with social agency experience and a portfolio that shows excellent craft, taste, and attention to detail. You’re comfortable concepting alongside creative partners, translating ideas into standout design and content, and iterating quickly in a fast-moving environment. You understand how to create for social platforms, how to stay tapped into cultural trends, and how to bring energy, style, and intention to every piece of work.
A BIT ABOUT US
Movement Strategy creates content and campaigns for the world’s most exciting brands. We win awards, make headlines, shatter engagement numbers and celebrate the journey along the way. It’s why companies like Netflix, Amazon, Spotify, and Intuit come to us again and again.
We’re fully remote with hubs in New York, Denver, and LA, and a presence all across the US. We believe collaboration is what takes our work from good to great, and at times, even to legendary status. We champion diverse opinions and creativity in every department, and provide professional development and learning opportunities with the goal of helping you discover your best work today, and learn how to make it even better in the future.
KEY FOCUS AREAS
Creative Collaboration & Concepting
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop ideas for creative briefs and social-first executions.
- Support concept development by contributing strong visual ideas while maintaining brand look, voice, and identity.
- Assist ACD and GCD in challenging assumptions and exploring new creative angles.
Social-First Design & Execution
- Design and produce a wide range of high-volume and fast-paced social deliverables across Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, and emerging channels.
- Create mocks, visual explorations, and polished assets that bring concepts to life.
- Partner with copywriters and other creative counterparts to build cohesive creative across executions.
Craft & Creative Quality
- Bring a strong design eye, solid foundational craft, and attention to detail across all deliverables.
- Stay current on design, cultural, and social trends to help inspire new ideas.
- Support process efficiency and creative workflow improvements in collaboration with the ACD.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3–5 years of experience in an agency or creative environment developing social-centric ideas, assets, and campaigns.
- Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere or After Effects preferred).
- Portfolio demonstrating strong visual design, conceptual thinking, and social-first creative.
- Experience designing for organic social, UGC, paid social, or 360 campaigns is a plus.
- Ability to collaborate well with creative partners and cross-functional teams.
- Strong presentation and storytelling abilities when sharing work.
- Excellent time management, ability to handle multiple projects, and responsiveness in a remote environment.
- Positive, solutions-oriented mindset and eagerness to learn and grow.
IDEAL QUALITIES
- High energy, passionate, curious, confident, and tenacious in learning, coupled with the ability to navigate the nuances of different client teams.
- Must communicate quickly and accurately, think quickly or improvise, and present confidently.
- Should be a nimble self-starter and quickly adjust to internal and external teams in an ever-changing environment; identify opportunity with bias to action.
- You’re proactive and naturally curious about the digital and social space, constantly looking for opportunities to evolve the department and advance the work.
- You are passionate about the work you do and treat your client’s business as if it were your own.
- Have a track record of success in building strong relationships, leading teams, influencing others, and navigating client culture.
- You have a diverse and inclusive perspective, valuing different viewpoints and backgrounds within the team.
- You make others’ jobs easier (no matter who they are or what they do)
- You create a positive and open environment.
- Your attention to detail is unmatched, ensuring that paid outputs meet the highest quality standards and align with client objectives.
- You know how to work smarter, not harder.
BENEFITS & PERKS
Movement Strategy’s approach to the future of work: We embrace a remote culture and empower our employees to work wherever they feel most productive. To facilitate in-person collaboration, we have a partnership with WeWork which allows our employees to have a membership to any location nationwide. We recruit in our three main states of California, Colorado, and New York.
As a leader in social advertising, we rely on the creativity of our people to deliver the best work for our clients. In return, we invest in our employees by offering them a diverse suite of benefits from best-in-class carriers, with enough choice and flexibility to keep our team and their families healthy and happy today and tomorrow.
100% employer contribution for health (base plan), vision, and dental
401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
Short and Long Term Disability
Life Insurance & AD&D
Paid Parental Leave
Fully-Remote Agency
Flexible Paid Time Off
- Take-As-You-Need Paid Time Off
- Take-As-You-Need Paid Mental Health Days
- 10 days minimum required off per year
(11) Company Paid Holidays
(3) Summer Fridays- Fully Off
Week-Long Winter Agency Closure
Support for continued education
New Business Referral Bonus
Movement Journey Program - Stipend for personal growth
Health and Wellness Program
WeWork Membership
Positive Impact and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committees
Employee Resource Groups
SALARY & COMPENSATION
In compliance with local and state law, we are disclosing the compensation for roles that will be performed in New York City, Colorado, and California. The range listed is just one component of Movement Strategy’s total compensation package for employees. Individual compensation varies based on location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards.
A successful applicant’s actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, skill sets, years of relevant experience, qualifications, and certifications or other professional licenses held. Movement Strategy prides itself on providing competitive salaries and actively works to ensure there is pay equity across the company.
Pay Range: $75-85k salary per year
Movement Strategy is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they check every single box. Movement Strategy is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages those from historically and systemically marginalized communities to apply.
We believe that what we put out into the world matters. And since we were founded on the principles of paving our own path, we take bold steps toward what we believe is the right direction. This means addressing the big stuff: the systems of inequality that impact some of us far more than others. As culture creators, we firmly believe we have a responsibility to our colleagues, clients, communities, and the industry to live up to the Movement’s name. We confront inequities head-on as they come, knowing that this work is never done and that we must keep the momentum.
