Art Director

Art Director
Company:

POLA Marketing
Location:

Covington, LA
Employment Type:

Full-Time
Reports To:

Creative Director

About the Role
POLA Marketing is looking for an Art Director to help make the work. You'll concept campaigns, art direct photo and video shoots alongside our Creative Director, and design the decks that sell the ideas in the first place.

We shoot constantly. This is not a desk job with an occasional production day — you'll be on set regularly, making visual calls under real pressure, then back in the file the next morning turning what we shot into the work.

This role is for a designer who's outgrown execution-only work and is ready to own the visual direction of a project, but who still wants to make things. You'll work closely with our Creative Director on direction and standards.

Responsibilities
Campaign Concepting

Develop campaign concepts from brief to presentation, across digital, social, video, and print

Build the visual story behind an idea and articulate why it solves the client's problem

Contribute to new business pitches and help shape how we win accounts

Shoots

Art direct photo and video productions alongside the Creative Director, from pre-production through wrap

Build shot lists, references, and visual direction with directors, DPs, and producers

Own the look on the day: set, props, wardrobe, styling, framing

Make fast calls when conditions change and the plan stops working

Carry the direction through post: edit, color, finish

Design & Decks

Design pitch decks, campaign presentations, and concept visuals that sell the thinking, not just show it

Produce campaign deliverables across brand, digital, print, and social

Deliver production‑ready files to spec and on deadline

Maintain and extend brand systems across client work

Direction & Standards

Hold the visual bar on everything you touch

Give clear direction to designers, freelancers, and production partners

Take direction from the Creative Director and carry it through, including on calls you'd have made differently

Juggle multiple projects and shoot schedules without letting the work slip

Qualifications
Required

4+ years in design or art direction

Portfolio showing concept work, produced work, and craft‑level design execution

Real on‑set experience across photo and/or video production

Strong presentation design — you can build a deck that carries an idea

Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma

Able to make decisions quickly under production pressure

Based in or willing to relocate to the Covington / New Orleans area

Preferred

Agency or production company background

Motion, video editing, or 3D capability

Photography or styling backgroundExperience with pre‑production planning, budgets, and vendor sourcing

Experience directing freelancers and external partners

How to Apply
Send your portfolio and a note about a shoot you art directed, what the plan was, what went wrong, and what you did about it to hello@polamarketing.com

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