Lead Art Director

Overview

In this ground-floor Art Director role, you will shape Pinterest’s next generation of globally resonant campaigns from the new EMEA creative hub. You’ll lead end-to-end concepting and art direction across consumer and B2B marketing, collaborating with cross-functional teams and the US creative group. You’ll elevate the team’s craft, mentor peers, and bring AI-enhanced ideation to life while maintaining brand integrity. This position offers a chance to build a high-impact, award-winning portfolio within a globally recognized platform.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and develop end-to-end campaign creative, from embryonic ideas to 360 executions
• Create films, commercials, and 360 campaigns including brand partnerships
• Art direct photography and video shoots from mood boards to final selects
• Raise creative quality across the team in partnership with marketing to drive results and recognition
• Provide actionable feedback to in-house art directors and designers across disciplines
• Communicate thinking behind the team’s work to stakeholders and directors; adapt flagship campaigns for EMEA
• Bring depth to conceptual direction, art direction, and design
• Use AI tools to explore ideas faster while upholding craft and final quality

Key requirements

• 8+ years as an art director with film, commercials, and 360 campaigns experience
• 3+ years in a creative leadership role
• Book of work showing outstanding creative across brands
• Excellent leadership, mentorship, and interpersonal skills
• Strong grasp of art direction and design craft across varied formats
• Proven ability to craft culturally resonant concepts
• Strong presentation skills to convey complex ideas clearly
• Experience art directing on set and managing production partners

• leadership and mentorship
• interpersonal communication
• presentation skills
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Figma
• Generative AI tools in art direction (concepting, mood boards, pre-visualisation)

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