The Creative team is looking for an Associate Creative Director, Art to help shape how LinkedIn shows up in the world. This role can be based in our New York City, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, or Mountain View office, and is hybrid with a combination of home and office days.
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 moments people can feel and remember
- 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
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in design, art direction, or creative roles
- BA/BS degree in design, marketing, or related field experience
Preferred Qualifications
- A portfolio that shows both 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, with range 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 making the work better, not just finishing it
Suggested Skills
- Visual Concept Development
- Art Direction & Design Craft
- Experiential & Spatial Thinking
Compensation
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $125,000 to $195,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. The total compensation package may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other incentive plans.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we 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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