Art Director

We're looking for a visionary, brand-obsessed Art Director to join our Brand team at a leading financial services company. This person will be responsible for shaping the visual language of a complex, highly regulated brand ensuring creative output is consistently compelling, on-brand, and built for the real-world demands of a financial services audience.

The ideal candidate has a strong portfolio spanning campaign creative, brand systems, and digital executions. You're equally comfortable driving the big visual idea and sweating the details of final production—and you understand what it means to create work that earns trust while breaking through. Experience navigating compliance review processes and designing within established brand guidelines is a meaningful advantage.

Project Type: Contract

Rate: $70/hour

Role: Art Director

Location: Remote (CST or EST preferred)

Key Responsibilities

• Visual Concept Development: Lead the ideation and visual development of integrated brand campaigns, from initial concept through final production. Translate strategic briefs into compelling creative directions that align with brand standards and resonate with financial services audiences.

• Brand Stewardship: Serve as a guardian of the brand's visual identity—ensuring consistency across all touchpoints, channels, and markets. Evolve the visual system thoughtfully over time in partnership with brand leadership.

• Creative Direction & Production Oversight: Art direct photo, video, and digital shoots; oversee design execution across channels including digital, social, OOH, print, and presentations. Partner closely with copywriters, designers, and production teams to ensure cohesive, high-quality output.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work in close partnership with copywriters, strategists, project managers, and business stakeholders to bring ideas to life on time and within scope. Navigate compliance and legal review cycles with professionalism and creative problem-solving.

• Vendor & Agency Management: Manage relationships with external creative vendors, photographers, illustrators, and production partners. Provide clear creative briefs, art direction, and feedback to ensure quality and brand alignment.

• Mentorship & Creative Culture: Contribute to a culture of craft and creative excellence within the brand team. Provide direction and constructive feedback to junior designers and creative partners, helping to raise the overall standard of work.

• 7–12 years of experience in art direction within an in-house brand team, creative agency, or marketing organization

• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual range, brand system fluency, and executional excellence across both digital and traditional channels

• Experience working within or for a financial services, insurance, or other regulated industry brand is strongly preferred

• Deep understanding of brand identity systems, visual storytelling, and multi-channel campaign design

• Proven ability to manage creative projects from concept to delivery in a fast-paced, high-volume environment

• Strong command of design tools including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign); familiarity with Figma is a plus

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills; able to articulate and sell creative ideas to senior stakeholders with clarity and conviction

• Collaborative, low-ego creative leader who thrives in a structured, cross-functional environment and knows how to protect the work while remaining open to feedback

We Are Rosie provides strategic consulting and talent solutions for the marketing industry. We partner with more than 200 of the world’s biggest brands and agencies to help them solve unique marketing challenges with the best people, swiftly and at scale. Founded by former advertising executive Stephanie Nadi Olson in 2018, We Are Rosie is on a mission to redefine how marketing works, with an inclusive, human-centric approach that’s better for business and better for marketers. Our company has been recognized as an industry trailblazer and earned many accolades, including being named to the 2023 Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces, the Inc. 5000 2022, and Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agencies in 2021.
 

We Are Rosie is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical​​​ condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or ​expression, veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.