Creative Director, Art

Creative Director, Art

Position: Full-Time

Location: This position offers remote work from Los Angeles/New York/Denver. Please be aware that applications from candidates residing outside of California/Denver/New York may still be considered.

OVERVIEW

Movement Strategy is seeking a Creative Director, Art to lead creative vision, storytelling, and visual direction across a key client focused in the fashion space. You will report to a Group Creative Director and partner with cross-disciplinary leaders to drive breakthrough social-first creative. 

As a Creative Director, you will set the bar for creative excellence, guide multidisciplinary teams, and shape the artistic direction of campaigns from concept to execution. You bring deep experience leading high-volume social content ecosystems, retail or lifestyle brands, and design-driven creative. You are passionate about pushing culture, redefining brand expression, and crafting editorialized social content built for today’s platforms.

As the Creative Lead within the Pod, you serve as the central creative authority for your client portfolio. You partner closely with the Pod Lead, cross-functional discipline leads, and your Group Creative Director to drive creative excellence, ensure seamless day-to-day collaboration, and uphold discipline standards within the POD/COE model. You are responsible for maintaining the creative vision across all workstreams, aligning creative output with client and business goals, and ensuring consistency with agency-wide creative standards.

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.

Creative Vision & Direction

• Own the creative vision for the business unit, establishing the artistic direction, visual language, and conceptual standards across all work.
• Translate brand truths, strategy, and cultural trends into bold creative directions and breakthrough ideas.
• Guide teams in producing content that is visually elevated, strategically aligned, and culturally relevant.
• Fluency in AI-assisted creative workflows: you don't just know the tools, you know how to use them to move faster, think bigger, and protect your team's creative energy for the work that actually needs a human.

Leadership of Creative Teams

• Lead, mentor, and inspire writers, art directors, designers, motion artists, and production partners to deliver outstanding creative.
• Provide clear, constructive feedback that sharpens ideas, improves craft, and elevates overall quality.
• Foster a positive, high-performing creative culture that encourages experimentation and innovation.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Strategic Alignment

• Partner closely with Strategy, Account, and Integrated Client Leadership to align creative direction with brand objectives, audience insights, and market realities.
• Ensure creative solutions effectively address client goals while pushing creative boundaries.
• Represent creative vision in key meetings, presentations, and cross-team discussions.

Creative Quality, Craft & Production Oversight

• Oversee creative execution through all stages — concepting, design, motion, production, and delivery.
• Ensure work meets the highest bar of visual craft, accuracy, and brand consistency.
• Collaborate with production teams to ensure feasibility, execution excellence, and efficient workflows.

Pitching, Narrative Development & Business Growth

• Lead and shape creative storytelling for pitches, RFPs, and proactive opportunities.
• Build compelling narratives, decks, and concepts that demonstrate Movement’s social-centric approach.
• Drive fresh creative thinking that unlocks growth across existing and new clients.

POD Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Serve as the Creative Lead within the Pod, acting as the primary driver of creative direction, standards, and execution across all client workstreams.
• Partner with the Pod Lead to align creative strategy with client objectives, insights, and cross-disciplinary needs.
• Collaborate across COEs (Strategy, C&E, Paid Media, Design, Influencer, Program Management, Account) to ensure cohesive, culturally relevant, and high-performing work.
• Maintain tight communication with the Group Creative Director to ensure consistency with agency-wide creative standards and discipline guidance.
• Participate in Pod-level planning, scoping, and workflow management to support clarity, efficiency, and integrated delivery.
• Represent the creative discipline within Pod rituals (intakes, reviews, weekly syncs, planning cycles), ensuring creative is fully connected to operational and strategic priorities.

QUALIFICATIONS + KEY FOCUS AREAS 

• 10+ years of experience in creative roles within social, digital, or integrated agencies.
• Portfolio demonstrating best-in-class conceptual thinking, art direction, and visual design across social ecosystems.
• Experience developing fashion brands is required.
• Deep understanding of platform behaviors, social culture, meme dynamics, and emerging creative formats.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary creative teams and manage large creative workstreams.
• Expertise in creating visual systems, design frameworks, and scalable content structures.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and modern design/motion tools.
• Hands-on familiarity with AI creative tools (Midjourney, ChatGPT), motion, and post-production workflows is a plus.
• Strong client-facing leadership and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in design, art direction, or a related field.

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. 

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
• Company Paid Holidays + More
• 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: 140k - 170k 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.