Senior Art Director

Job Description

Achieve your claim to fame.
It’s a rare opportunity for you to make a leapfrog in your professional career, build a fascinating network of top-tier business leaders, and establish a valuable name and reputation through high-impact work held to a high bar, where AI is used to amplify your creative judgment and scale your execution speed without compromising quality.
If you really want the job, even if you don’t quite fit the description below, apply for it.

POSITION SUMMARY

We’re seeking a talented and creative Senior Art Director to serve as the conceptual and visual architect of our clients’ experiences—owning the quality of the visual output from idea to execution across digital and campaign deliverables, while leveraging AI tools to move faster, explore wider, and raise creative quality.

Your responsibilities include:

. Research: Conduct focused research, trend scanning, and inspiration gathering—using AI-assisted tools to rapidly explore references, styles, and visual territories
· Strategy: Define clear creative objectives, develop strong concepts, select appropriate visual elements, and evaluate creative directions against goals with both human judgment and AI-supported analysis
· UI/UX Design: Lead the visual storytelling and aesthetic quality of digital products while supporting functional, engaging user experiences
· Graphic Design: Translate creative concepts into cohesive visual narratives using typography, imagery, color, and layout, accelerating iterations with AI where appropriate
· Illustration: Brainstorm, sketch, and develop visual concepts; create storyboards, mockups, and supporting illustrations; ensure consistency across mediums while increasing output volume through AI-assisted workflows
· Print: Supervise the execution quality of printed materials such as magazines, brochures, posters, and related collateral

A DAY IN THE LIFE ...

• Work closely with creative leads to bring the team’s concepts to life with strong craft and clear intent
• Use AI tools to quickly generate visual explorations, mood directions, and alternative executions before refining final outputs
• Own the visual quality of web and product interfaces across mobile, tablet, and desktop
• Translate branding and marketing strategies into exceptional creative concepts and executable directions
• Create social media content, including animations and motion graphics, aligned with Marketing and PR direction—optimizing speed and scale using AI support
• Communicate regularly with Account Services, Strategy, and Project Management to ensure deliverables and deadlines are met
• Support the team in presenting work to clients with confidence, clarity, and narrative
• Deliver across a variety of projects, including 360-degree campaigns and cross-channel executions
• Produce multiple strong visual solutions for a given brief efficiently, then converge on the best direction with clear rationale
• Partner with copywriters to produce integrated creative solutions
• Stay current with trends in advertising, design, AI-powered creative tools, and social media—and apply them thoughtfully rather than mechanically

SKILLS

To succeed in this role, you need a mix of creative craft, strategic thinking, dependable execution, and AI-augmented productivity:

• Creativity and Visual Thinking: Ability to generate original ideas and translate them into compelling visuals
• AI-Assisted Creative Execution: Comfortable using AI tools for ideation, exploration, iteration, and acceleration—without compromising taste or judgment
• Design Software Proficiency: Strong command of industry-standard tools and modern production workflows
• Communication and Collaboration: Clear communication and ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and clients
• Time Management and Organization: Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high output with speed and consistency
• Attention to Detail: High standards and meticulous execution quality across deliverables
• Confidence: Ability to present ideas and defend creative decisions with sound reasoning
• Adaptability: Flexibility to adjust creative directions while protecting quality and intent
• Stress Management: Ability to work under tight deadlines without compromising craft
• Innovation: A modern approach to creative execution and an instinct for what will stand out
• Experience and Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual strength, visual leadership, and consistently high-quality output


About Sam Iranian

At Sam Iranian, we partner with ambitious organizations to design, build, and scale high-impact initiatives at the intersection of technology, media, and entertainment.

We operate as a modern, AI-native creative organization, purpose-built to be fast, intelligent, and outcome-driven—where talents consistently deliver the impact of much larger teams through strong judgment, refined taste, sound decision-making, clear thinking and disciplined execution with the effective use of intelligent tools.

Our culture values people who take ownership, move fast with clarity, and create momentum, enabling a level of innovation and speed that large organizations are often unable to achieve due to structural complexity, bureaucracy, and organizational inertia.

At Sam Iranian, Senior Art Directors don’t just design visuals—they define the creative direction, raise the bar for quality, and turn ideas into high-impact executions.