Job Description
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We are committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth and fostering a culture built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed. Join us to transform the way the world works.
This role can be based in New York City, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, or Mountain View. The work location is hybrid, performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days determined by business needs.
The Creative team is looking for an Associate Creative Director, Art to help shape how LinkedIn shows up in the world. This visual thinker leads with ideas, designs, shapes, and pushes forward, caring deeply about concept strength and execution. Work across brand and marketing from the outset—co‑creating ideas and turning insight into creative that connects with real people.
Responsibilities
- Translate strategy and insight into strong visual ideas, campaigns, and creative platforms.
- Partner with Copy and Strategy from the very beginning—co‑creating ideas, shaping briefs, and developing concepts together.
- Lead the visual direction of projects while staying hands‑on in the work—from early ideas through final execution.
- Design and art‑direct across channels—brand, marketing, social, video, events, and experiential.
- Bring ideas to life through thoughtful, high‑quality execution—not just direction.
- Help shape how ideas show up in physical spaces, activations, and live experiences—translating brand expression into memorable moments.
- Push craft and detail, ensuring the work is visually compelling, cohesive, and fully realized.
- Stay close to the work—reviewing, refining, and improving output at every stage.
- Collaborate with designers, writers, producers, and cross‑functional partners to bring ideas to life.
- Present work clearly and confidently, articulating both the idea and the execution.
- Mentor and guide designers, raising the overall level of craft and thinking across the team.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in design, art direction, or creative roles.
- BA/BS degree in design, marketing, or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- A portfolio that demonstrates strong ideas and exceptional execution.
- Ability to move fluidly between concepting and hands‑on design.
- Strong design instincts, taste, and attention to detail.
- A clear visual point of view, spanning across formats and styles.
- Experience developing creative for events, activations, or experiential campaigns.
- Ability to translate ideas into spatial, environmental, or immersive brand experiences.
- Experience collaborating with cross‑functional teams including copy, strategy, and marketing.
- Experience presenting and defending creative work.
- Experience mentoring or guiding designers.
- High standards for craft, with a bias toward improving the work, not just finishing it.
Suggested Skills
- Visual Concept Development
- Art Direction & Design Craft
- Experiential & Spatial Thinking
- Cross‑Disciplinary Creative Collaboration
- Creative Storytelling Across Channels
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $125,000 to $195,000. Actual compensation packages may include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits, and applicable incentive plans. Further information is available on the LinkedIn careers site.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
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