Senior Art Director at Hook — Remote, USA | Base Career

We’re Hook—an award-winning creative content agency.

With a collaborative, maker-centric team and an emphasis on production-led design, we make ads, campaigns, and experiences that drive growth for the world’s most innovative brands.

Our mission is to integrate creative and production to help grow brands faster, but we believe what’s most important are the people who work with us and the experience they have along the way.

We want clients to think of us as the best agency they’ve ever worked with, and we want everyone at Hook to feel like this is the best job they’ve had yet.

WHAT’S A SENIOR ART DIRECTOR AT HOOK?

A great Senior Art Director is a creative, highly collaborative talent who excels at balancing hands-on design craft with creative direction.

They are a positive, inspiring partner who is a joy to work with.

Solves complex marketing challenges through solid conceptual thinking and exceptional design.

They are proficient at establishing trust with clients, confidently presenting creative work, and leading projects from ideation through execution alongside motion designers, writers, and motion designers.

They have experience in digital marketing, social media landscapes, production, and technology.

They have a highly collaborative creative process to generate successful, visually stunning advertising solutions.

Develop an understanding of the client’s products, UI features, and target audiences.

This retained brand knowledge enables them to translate complex product features into clear, engaging stories.

A Senior AD actively supports the ACD team on pitching, ideation, and design, keeping projects running smoothly and proactively identifying potential issues before they disrupt a project.

Hands-on Concepting & Execution : Collaborate with a writing partner to develop insight-driven creative concepts, executing the visual design to a standard that exceeds client expectations.
Design & Concepting : This role entails creating and guiding visually appealing designs and concepts, coming up with ideas and making content for social and digital campaigns. It will be important even when working with tight budgets.

5+ years of creative agency or production company experience across a variety of campaign types
Hands-on design experience is a must. This person will be expected to step in and support design and be able to give pixel perfect design feedback to other members of the team
Familiarity with motion graphics and ability to collaborate with motion designers and give clear direction
Bonus points if you also have hands on brand design and/or motion design experience
Strong portfolio that demonstrates your ability to solve complex marketing challenges with diverse tones and for various industries, especially with digital and social-first projects
Ability to tell a clear, engaging story using UI features and visuals, understanding of key benefits to users and how to highlight them with limited assets
Keep up with industry developments and AI tools
Ability to come up with big idea thinking promoting tech services and products is a plus
Experience working with tech or well recognized domestic or international brands is a plus
Photo and video shoot support and travel will likely be necessary (about less than 10% of the year). Overnight travel may be required.

Qualified applicants will include a resume and a statement of interest that allows us to learn a little more about you.

We are a remote first organization with a “work from wherever” approach (within the US).

We're a collaborative group of people who love the internet, and want to create phenomenal work.

Company benefits include health, dental, matching 401k, paid vacation and holidays, and more.

At Hook, we value what makes everyone different.

We look for the best talent, no matter the background.

We know that great work requires diverse perspectives, which is why we strive to create a place of belonging where everyone can express who they are.

Come join us!

Hook believes in equity and compensation transparency.

We’ve designed a 10-level advancement framework that’s applied consistently across disciplines and departments, aligning with our location-based salary ranges.

This role is leveled as an L5.

We’ll review your location, skills, experience, and other relevant factors during the interview process to determine where you fall within our leveling framework and corresponding salary ranges.

Please follow this link to learn more.

Please review our Transparent Compensation Philosophy .

We are not currently considering candidates in the Tier 4 market band for this role at this time.

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