Designtagebuch is hiring: Senior Art Director (Maternity Cover) (m/f/d) Marriott

In a nutshell

We’re seeking a highly creative and strategic Senior Art Director to lead the visual direction of the Design Hotels brand identity and brand storytelling. This role is responsible for turning big ideas into compelling visual experiences across multiple channels while mentoring designers and maintaining a high creative standard.

You’ll partner closely with copywriters, strategists, and production teams to deliver work that is both visually stunning and strategically sharp.

This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, artistic sensibility, and hands‑on design skills. You will strategize, ideate, design, and roll‑out full corporate identity projects for our hotels, as well as for campaigns within the Design Hotels brand. You will be part of the Design Hotels Creative Team, leading projects and executing these independently, as well as within the team. You love design, have a strategic brain, and are passionate about the details. This position is primarily focused on art direction and brand identity design projects, not art direction for photography and film.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Conceptualize full brand identity campaigns: Lead the ideation and development of brand identity campaigns, ensuring they align with the client and brand’s vision and goals
• Brand Strategy: Develop and articulate brand identity strategies, executing these ideas throughout the entire design process
• Creative Presentations: Prepare and lead creative presentations, showcasing concepts and design work to clients and to Design Hotels’ Senior Leadership Team
• Full‑Spectrum Creative Leadership: In cases where a bigger team is necessary, brief and manage a team of creatives, internally and externally, providing constructive feedback and fostering a collaborative environment. Guide the team from concept to final production, collaborating with producers and project managers to ensure the final product meets the brief and project’s vision
• Industry Expertise: Remain on top of emerging brand and design trends, technologies, and techniques, consistently growing your knowledge to keep your creative work innovative and fresh

Project Management

• Collaborate with project managers to define project scope, timelines and deliverables
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met without compromising quality
• Communicate effectively with clients and colleagues, presenting ideas and solutions in a clear and holistic manner
• Join the creative team of 20, consisting of art directors, designers, editors, writers, project managers, brand managers and media managers, all reporting to the Creative Director

Design Execution

• Lead, as well as create high‑quality, visually compelling designs across various mediums including print and digital
• Oversee the design process from initial concept through final production, ensuring consistency and quality
• Prepare files for all mediums, digital and print
• If need be, hop onto internal daily brand design work such as designing invitations, newsletters, social media posts

Experience & Mindset

• 7+ years’ experience leading and executing creative strategy and design projects
• Superb creative ideation skills
• Strong leadership skills and strong ability to work inter‑departmentally, and within internal and external‑facing teams and collaborators
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills to market creative work to potential clients and inspire them with our passion
• Can‑do attitude with an ability to problem‑solve, be agile, think analytically, and tackle challenges quickly and effectively
• Good organizational mindset and the ability to work fluidly based on team needs
• Proactive team player who shows initiative
• Strong design skills with expertise in typography, layout, logo design and general graphic design
• Keen eye for detail and aesthetics
• Love for typography and layout
• Expert Knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, XD and Keynote; animation and 3D programs being a plus
• Passion for culture, design, hospitality, travel, and art
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design
• Languages: English, other languages a plus

Portfolio Requirement: Please submit a portfolio or samples of your work showcasing the variety of your design skills

Perks & Benefits

• 10+ years’ experience leading and executing creative strategy and design projects
• Superb creative ideation skills
• Strong leadership skills and strong ability to work inter‑departmentally, and within internal and external‑facing teams and collaborators
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills to market creative work to potential clients and inspire them with our passion
• Can‑do attitude with an ability to problem‑solve, be agile, think analytically, and tackle challenges quickly and effectively
• Good organizational mindset and the ability to work fluidly based on team needs
• Proactive team player who shows initiative
• Strong design skills with expertise in typography, layout, logo design and general graphic design
• Keen eye for detail and aesthetics
• Love for typography and layout
• Expert Knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, XD and Keynote; animation and 3D programs being a plus
• Passion for culture, design, hospitality, travel, and art
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design
• Languages: English, other languages a plus