Art Director

ABOUT GMR MARKETING  

We are the Experience Agency Making Unforgettable Stories Born of Humanity 

NOT JUST EXPERIENTIAL. EXPERIENCE. 

The lines have blurred. People live in the physical, digital, and social worlds all at once, and your brand experiences should do the same. 

NOT JUST TELLING. MAKING. 

The best stories are lived, not heard. Make an immersive world for people to explore so they can experience something they’ll never forget. 

NOT JUST CONSUMERS. HUMANS. 

It all starts with the human. If you want to make a lasting impact, look beyond the wallet to understand what motivates and inspires people. 

You see ideas visually. You understand that great art direction is about more than making something look good. It’s about creating a distinct point of view, building an aesthetic language, and knowing how every image, composition, detail, and decision works together to tell a story. You can take a concept from an early sketch or instinct and turn it into a visual world that people can see, feel, and connect with.

You’re not just executing a creative direction. You’re a creative partner who helps shape the idea from the start. You know when to push a concept further, when to challenge what is expected, and how to translate an idea across 2D, 3D, physical, and digital spaces. You can art direct a shoot, build a presentation that brings a concept to life, and give a team the clarity and confidence to see the vision.

Your visual thinking helps shape more than individual pieces. It helps shape entire campaigns. You’ll work alongside Creative Directors, Design Directors, and strategists, bringing your perspective to the table and helping establish the aesthetic direction from the beginning. You’ll also mentor emerging talent, sharing your perspective and helping others develop their own visual instincts. You’re curious enough to explore what’s next, confident enough to lead the vision, and thoughtful enough to know that great art direction lives in both the big idea and every detail that brings it to life.

A portfolio or work samples are required to be considered for the role. 

Candidates must be comfortable supporting a tobacco client. 

 REQUIRED SKILLS

• Set the visual standard. You’ll shape the aesthetic direction for major projects, establishing the visual language, mood, and point of view that everything else builds from. You know how to take a brief and turn it into a visual world that feels distinctive, considered, and ownable across campaigns and brand touch points.
• See the whole picture. You move naturally between 2D, 3D, experiential, digital, and physical spaces, finding the right visual expression for an idea. You understand how individual images, compositions, materials, and details come together to create a larger brand experience.
• Make ideas visible. You’re an exceptional visual thinker who can sketch, collage, build mood boards, and use AI imagery to explore ideas quickly. You know how to develop those early explorations into polished presentation materials and visual systems that make a concept clear, compelling, and easy to believe in.
• Bring the vision to life. You have experience art directing photoshoots and video production at a high level, from pre-production through final delivery. You understand how to make thoughtful decisions around composition, lighting, styling, casting, location, and production while keeping the larger creative vision intact.
• Shape the work, not just the execution. You’ll partner with Creative Directors, Design Directors, and strategists. Sometimes you’ll translate an existing vision. Other times, you’ll help define it. You bring a strong point of view, ask the right questions, and know when pushing an idea further will make the work better.
• Make good ideas better. You’ll develop visual systems that give teams a clear creative foundation, from palettes and compositions to imagery and aesthetic principles. You know how to create consistency without sacrificing personality, and you’re comfortable working from the big picture down to the smallest detail.
• Lead & inspire. Set the bar for excellence and create a collaborative environment where creativity thrives. You inspire, motivate, and challenge your team to consistently deliver exceptional work, while providing clear, direct, real-time feedback that helps people grow not just improve the work in front of them.
• Present with clarity and conviction. You can lead a client through a creative idea, explain why the visual choices matter, and make a compelling case for the work. You bring both strategic thinking and artistic confidence to the room.
• Bring the craft and experience. You have professional art direction experience in an agency, production, or integrated creative environment, expert level sketching and rapid visualization skills, and mastery of Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat. You’re curious about emerging tools and technologies and know how to use them to make the work more ambitious, not simply faster.

The annual range for this role varies between $80,000- $95,000 and may vary depending on the candidate’s experience. Benefits for this role include health/vision/dental insurance, 401k, employee stock purchase plan, vacation, personal days and paid holiday time. You are also eligible to participate in disability, life insurance, FSA/HSA plans subject to the terms and conditions of such benefit plans. 

IMPACT & INCLUSION

Our workplace is for ALL. We foster a culture where every background and perspective is valued so we can create meaningful memories that resonate with everyone. We aim to cultivate belonging by meeting people where they are, removing obstacles, and building on their strengths to unlock their fullest contributions. We are committed to recognizing, nurturing, and unleashing the potential in every individual on our team. Together, we're creating something powerful with purpose and impact.

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