Art Director

Cogs & Marvel, an award winning experiential agency, seeks an Art Director with a passion for design to join our growing team of creative talent. This role reports to the Creative Director in our San Francisco office, aligning on company goals and vision to push our work into new and constantly innovative directions. We’re looking for an exceptional visual storyteller who understands the power of narrative, live, and digital experience design.

Paramount in this role is an artistic design eye with multidisciplinary creative thinking. You should be comfortable ideating with your team and stakeholders to come up with fresh, conceptual content, from the big idea to the supporting details. What matters most is that you start with a story and imagine ways to bring that spirit to life in the most compelling way, across physical, digital, video—or all three. Cogs and Marvel is agnostic in terms of platforms and media. Our stories go where their audience lives, and we don’t constrain how an experience might express itself.

Headquartered in Ireland, our agency grew alongside the tech boom in Dublin, producing the biggest global activations for Google, Facebook, Twitter and other luminary companies. Now, with offices in San Francisco and London, we are growing our team and our capabilities, with an eye toward serving retailers, luxury and consumer lifestyle brands, arts organizations, and more. Help us visualize our dreams and turn artful ideas into extraordinary activations.

What you’ll do

• Ideate within a team to come up with fresh, immersive conceptual content, from the big idea to the supporting details
• Apply design thinking to live environments through brand activations, wayfinding, signage and other dimensional deliverables
• Bring concepts to life with key visuals (from sketches to 3D)
• Concept and design ideas for a range of demographic audiences, tailoring aesthetics with subtle nuances accordingly
• Lead projects, working with a team of artists and designers to bring original concepts to life
• Present and sell the work to clients with confidence
• Visually communicate original ideas that catch attention and pack an emotional punch
• Build decks that sell the idea through research, moodboards, cultural context, and effects
• Articulate the work’s meaning and resonance, from a cultural perspective
• Conceive ideas that deliver on specific strategic goals
• Oversee creative projects from ideation through execution, with an eye toward detail, quality and seamless production
• Demonstrate aesthetic that reflects a fluency with popular cultural references, but also stands out for its unique perspective

The ideal candidate should have

• Minimum five years of professional experience in design with a broad knowledge of branding, environmental, print, video, and digital, with at least two years working in a comparable position
• A portfolio demonstrating outstanding conceptual and design work
• Experience managing junior designers
• A strong foundation in design and typography (Experience with motion design, 3D, illustration, or packaging would be a plus)
• Must have a Design degree or work experience equivalent
• Demonstrable taste level in aesthetic approach
• Exceptional communication skills and confidence working within a multidisciplinary creative team
• Experience presenting concepts to team and external stakeholders
• General understanding of physical and spatial design
• A collaborative, diplomatic approach to teamwork
• A commitment to the rigor of the creative output
• Cultural curiosity
• A global mindset. Experience working in a diverse environment
• A demeanor of humility, respect, and optimism. No ego
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite

Cogs & Marvel embraces diversity and celebrates our differences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible PTO
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k
• Commuter benefits
• Mobile Phone Stipend
• Generous parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers
• Abundant opportunities that come with a dynamic and fast-growing organization!

Cogs & Marvel