Are you a designer/AD who can move seamlessly across brand, campaign, and digital experience? Do you think in systems, not just executions? Do you care as much about how something works as how it looks?
PlatinumBlack is looking for a
Senior Art Director with strong digital and UI/UX capabilities
to help us bring ideas to life across modern marketing ecosystems. This role is for a
multi-disciplinary designer
who can concept at a high level, execute with precision, and collaborate closely with strategists, copywriters, and developers to create cohesive, high-performing experiences across channels.
The successful candidate will be a hands-on expert in visual design and will work closely with our cross-disciplinary team to elevate client brands and marketing programs. As an individual contributor you will be responsible for bringing design solutions to life which adhere to marketing strategies and business goals. Creative problem-solving skills, pixel perfect precision, an appreciation for creative strategy and mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite are a must.
Responsibilities
Lead visual design across
digital experiences, platforms, and brand ecosystems
Translate business strategy into
intuitive, elegant user experiences
Create
wireframes, UX flows, and high-fidelity UI designs
in tools like Figma
Contribute to the design of
websites, digital products, and interactive platforms
Develop
design systems and scalable UI frameworks
Partner with developers to ensure
feasibility, quality, and integrity in build
Contribute to
concept development
for campaigns and brand initiatives
Design across a range of outputs: digital, social, web, motion, and more
Ensure
craft excellence and consistency
across all touchpoints
Mentor and collaborate with other designers, elevating the team’s digital fluency
Art direct photography, video, and motion work when needed
Qualifications
10+ years experience
in art direction, product design, or digital design
A portfolio that demonstrates:
-UI/UX work (required)
— websites, platforms, digital products
-Strong visual design + brand thinking
-Systems thinking (not just one-off executions)
Expert-level Figma skills
(components, auto layout, prototyping, systems)
Experience designing
real digital products or platforms
(not just marketing sites)
Strong understanding of:
-User experience principles
-Interaction design
-Responsive design
-Accessibility best practices
Ability to move between
conceptual thinking (big ideas) , and h ands-on execution (pixel-level detail)
Experience collaborating closely with
developers and technical teams
Strong communication skills—you can articulate not just what you designed, but
why
High emotional intelligence and collaborative mindset
Bonus (but valuable) skills:
-Familiarity with
front-end principles (HTML/CSS/JS)
-Motion design or prototyping tools (After Effects, Principle, etc.)
-Experience in
B2B, complex systems, or technical industries
About PlatinumBlack
For more than 20 years, we have developed market insights, improved business processes, unraveled complex market landscapes, created award-winning multi-channel marketing and advertising campaigns, and assimilated into 100+ companies. Our success is predicated on helping clients find new growth opportunities and creating the marketing programs that capitalize on them. But we can’t do it without extraordinary teammates. Our culture centers around an entrepreneurial and enterprising spirit–we empower our people to bring their highest value and most audacious ideas to work with them every day. We encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and proactive team players. We are all students, and we are all teachers. As such, we are invested in the growth and development of everyone who comes through our doors, so that each of us can make the greatest impact on the world we share.

Senior Art Director (Digital/UI/UX)
Platinum Black, Houston, TX, United States
Job type: Full Time