Location: New York, NY (On-Site)
Type: Full-Time
About the Role
We're looking for a social-first Art Director with strong design and technical execution skills to join our team. Working under the direction of the Brand Director and Marketing team - This role focuses on developing and executing brand strategy across social media and campaigns from ideation through final delivery. This role requires a deep understanding of brand, social strategy, and creative execution. They will work closely with the Creative Director on all levels of execution to evolve a growing legacy brand.
Responsibilities
- Ideate and develop visual concepts and design executions for social media content, campaigns, digital activations, and always-on creative
- Translate brand strategy, campaign ideas, and creative briefs into compelling visual directions across static, motion, and video touchpoints
- Create social-first content concepts that are platform-aware, culturally relevant, and tailored to channels such as Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
- Develop and execute brand strategy on social media and across campaigns
- Partner with the Marketing team to support community management, outreach, and gifting efforts
- Assist in building brand support materials, including creative guidelines, launch decks, recap decks, and seasonal asset guides
- Design assets for paid and organic social, email, web, digital advertising, presentations, and integrated marketing initiatives
- Ensure all creative work is visually consistent, strategically aligned, and follows brand and seasonal direction
- Assist with photo and video content production, including shot lists, art direction references, and post-production feedback
- Prepare files, layouts, and design systems with attention to detail, organization, and production readiness
Experience, Skills & Qualifications
- 4–6 years of experience in art direction, graphic design, brand marketing, social content, or a related creative role
- Strong portfolio demonstrating visual concepting, design craft, and social-first creative work, with an understanding of what makes content feel native to each platform
- Basic to proficient graphic design skills, ideally in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign); experience with After Effects, Premiere, or CapCut a plus
- Fluent on relevant social platforms and current with trends, formats, and best practices
- Strong typography, layout, color, composition, and visual storytelling skills
- Resourceful, with the ability to execute high-quality work efficiently and creatively problem-solve
- Comfort working in a fast-paced environment across multiple projects, deadlines, and feedback rounds
- Strong communication skills and the ability to present visual ideas and creative rationale clearly
- Detail-oriented with strong technical execution skills
Salary
$82,000–$87,000
LeSportsac is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States; we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.
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