Senior Art Director

Overview

Why Join Our Team?
When joining Leap Group, you're joining a team that is passionate, innovative, and connected. Our culture is described as welcoming, collaborative, flexible, and dog-friendly. We give our team the ability to make an impact with clients while expanding their experience and knowledge, with supportive and inclusive benefits that allow them to thrive.
We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and welcome your unique voice and perspective. We encourage you to ask about our focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion during your interview.

Benefits and Culture
Health, dental, vision, and ancillary benefits

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Unlimited PTO and Summer Fridays

Autonomy and flexibility

Company-paid access to coaching and therapy

401k plan with match and 1:1 access to investment advisor

Professional development opportunities

Remote-hybrid flexibility

Accommodation

Accommodation Requests
Leap Group complies with the ADA and ADAAA. If you need reasonable accommodation to apply, interview, or do the job, please include your accommodation request in the corresponding application question.

Location

Where is This Role?
We service clients nationally and internationally, with a footprint in the Midwest. Offices in Louisville, KY; Cincinnati, OH; Indianapolis, IN; Chicago, IL. Roles are typically open to remote candidates located and authorized to work in the U.S., with strong preference for candidates in or near our physical footprint. In-person collaboration is valuable to our work.
Regardless of location, onsite time and periodic travel for client meetings, collab sessions, production work, pitches, and team gatherings are important and expected. Our hybrid work model is core to how we deliver impact.

Check Us Out

To learn more about our agencies and work, visit www.leapgroupnetwork.com

Senior Art Director — Role

The Senior Art Director is a strategic and concept-driven creative leader with a strong foundation in design craft, visual storytelling, and integrated campaign development. This person brings a balance of big-picture thinking and attention to detail, creating ideas that translate across platforms, channels, and brand experiences.
In this role, you’ll lead the development of compelling visual concepts and creative executions while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to bring ideas to life. You’re resourceful, solutions-oriented, and energized by finding smart, effective ways to create impactful work regardless of constraints or timelines.
The ideal candidate brings strong conceptual thinking, elevated design craft, and experience developing integrated campaigns across digital, social, experiential, and traditional channels.

Responsibilities
Partner with the Associate Creative Director to develop and execute strategic and creative solutions across client relationships and projects.

Concept and design integrated campaigns across digital, social, print, experiential, and traditional channels.

Establish art direction, visual style, and tone across communications and brand systems.

Collaborate with writers, strategists, account teams, developers, and production partners to bring ideas to life.

Develop thoughtful, polished, and strategically grounded creative executions across platforms.

Manage multiple projects and priorities while maintaining a high standard of creative quality.

Contribute to agency growth through participation in pitch work and new business development.

Assist in mentoring and collaborating with junior creatives and cross-functional teammates.

Stay curious and informed about emerging trends, technologies, culture, and innovation in advertising and design.

Qualifications
5+ years of agency or advertising experience required

Experience with national B2B and/or B2C brands

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Graphic Design, Interactive Design, Fine Arts, Advertising, or related discipline preferred

Strong conceptual thinking and campaign ideation skills

Outstanding portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual work and design craft across multiple mediums

Exceptional typography, layout, visual storytelling, and art direction skills

Strong understanding of marketing objectives and how creative supports business goals

Ability to translate client objectives into compelling creative solutions

Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment while delivering high-quality work on time

Strong understanding of digital platforms, web capabilities, usability, and information architecture

High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite

Passion for advertising, design, culture, and visual communication

Curiosity for emerging trends and evolving technologies

Strong attention to detail, organization, accountability, and follow-through

Please include a portfolio link or PDF portfolio with your application. Applications submitted without portfolio materials will not be considered.

Important note: if you think you have what it takes to be great in this role but don’t necessarily meet all of these qualifications, please still apply. We continually evolve, and we’d love the opportunity to connect and see what might be a fit.

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