Senior Art Director

Sr. Art Director

Position: Full-Time

Location: This position offers remote work from (Los Angeles/Denver).

OVERVIEW

Movement Strategy is looking for a Senior Art Director with strong copy chops to bring social-first, compelling creative to life for a high-profile lifestyle and retail account. Reporting to a Creative Director, you’ll help shape and lead the visual direction of the work, developing elevated, platform-native creative that brings home, design, and product storytelling to life across social channels.

This role sits at the intersection of retail, lifestyle, and culture, with opportunities to create across seasonal moments, tentpole campaigns, and ongoing content streams. As a Senior AD, you’ll own creative executions end-to-end, contribute meaningfully to concept development, and help raise the bar on craft, consistency, and creative quality across the account.

You are a strong visual thinker with social agency experience and a portfolio that shows excellent craft, taste, and attention to detail. You’re comfortable concepting alongside creative partners, translating ideas into standout design and content, jumping in to support copy, and iterating quickly in a fast-moving environment. You understand how to create for social platforms, how to stay tapped into cultural trends, and how to bring energy, style, and intention to every piece of work.

A BIT ABOUT US

Movement Strategy creates content and campaigns for the world’s most exciting brands. We win awards, make headlines, shatter engagement numbers and celebrate the journey along the way. It’s why companies like Netflix, Amazon, Spotify, and Intuit come to us again and again.

We’re fully remote with hubs in New York, Denver, and LA, and a presence all across the US. We believe collaboration is what takes our work from good to great, and at times, even to legendary status. We champion diverse opinions and creativity in every department, and provide professional development and learning opportunities with the goal of helping you discover your best work today, and learn how to make it even better in the future.

KEY FOCUS AREAS

Creative Collaboration Concepting

Lead and contribute to concept development for creative briefs and social-first executions

Partner closely with Creative Directors to shape visual approaches and challenge creative thinking

Translate high-level concepts into clear, compelling visual systems and executions

Provide feedback and creative guidance to designers and junior art directors

Contribute to concept development through both visual thinking and copy support, including headlines, social hooks, and short-form messaging in partnership with copywriters

Social-First Design Execution

Design and oversee a wide range of high-volume, fast-paced social deliverables across Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, and emerging platforms

Create visual explorations, mocks, and polished assets that bring ideas to life with a premium, design-forward lens

Collaborate with copy and motion partners to ensure cohesive, high-quality creative across executions

Maintain strong attention to performance, scalability, and platform-native best practices

Write or refine short-form copy as needed for social executions (headlines, captions, on-screen text), ensuring visual and verbal storytelling are tightly aligned

Craft Creative Quality

Set and uphold a high bar for visual craft, consistency, and attention to detail across all deliverables

Stay tapped into design, lifestyle, and social trends to inform creative direction

Support process improvements and workflow efficiencies in collaboration with Creative Directors and ACDs

Ensure work aligns with Amazon brand standards while still feeling fresh and culturally relevant

QUALIFICATIONS

5–8+ years of experience in an agency or creative environment developing social-first campaigns and content

Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator; Premiere or After Effects preferred)

Portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking, elevated design craft, and social-first execution

Comfortable contributing light copywriting for social-first creative, including short-form messaging, headlines, and captions

Experience working on retail, lifestyle, or product-driven brands is a strong plus

Proven ability to lead projects, manage multiple workstreams, and collaborate cross-functionally

Confident presenter with strong storytelling skills

Excellent time management and comfort working in a fully remote environment

I DEAL QUALITIES

High energy, passionate, curious, confident, and tenacious in learning, coupled with the ability to navigate the nuances of different client teams.

Must communicate quickly and accurately, think quickly or improvise, and present confidently.

Should be a nimble self-starter and quickly adjust to internal and external teams in an ever-changing environment; identify opportunity with bias to action.

You’re proactive and naturally curiou…