Art Director – 1 Year Contract

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About the role

  • Art Director leading visual direction across client campaigns for Level Agency, a performance marketing agency. Responsible for concepting, execution, and team collaboration for high-performing creative.

Responsibilities

  • Leading visual development across campaigns, from concepting through execution, ensuring every asset is strategically sound and built to the highest creative bar
  • Developing campaign concepts, visual systems, and social-first creative independently or alongside copywriters
  • Defining look, feel, and tone across every brand touchpoint, keeping consistency and quality tight across platforms
  • Presenting creative work confidently to internal teams and clients, and refining ideas through feedback without losing the point of view that got you there
  • Designing with performance in mind. Understanding how visual decisions move CTR, engagement, and conversion, not just aesthetics
  • Bringing a working understanding of the broader marketing landscape (CRM, lifecycle, paid social, programmatic) into sharper creative decisions across the funnel
  • Partnering with media and strategy to turn data insights into stronger creative iterations, including versioning for A/B testing
  • Using AI tools daily as part of how you ideate, produce, and move faster, and helping the team get sharper with them too
  • Giving designers and writers clear direction and actionable feedback throughout execution
  • Bringing a solution-first mindset to every project, every deadline, every curveball

Requirements

  • 3 to 5 years of art direction experience, ideally within an agency or performance marketing environment
  • A strong conceptual thinker who generates original ideas, not just polished executions of someone else's
  • A portfolio that shows range, from brand storytelling to high-performing paid social and performance creative
  • Working knowledge of performance creative principles: testing, iteration, platform best practices, and creative optimization
  • AI tools already built into how you ideate, produce, and execute, not something you're bolting on
  • Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain creative decisions to creative and non-creative stakeholders alike
  • Sharp eye for typography, layout, composition, and visual hierarchy
  • Comfort managing multiple priorities and shipping high-quality work on tight timelines
  • A collaborative, adaptable, proactive approach, with a willingness to jump in wherever the work needs you
  • Nice-to-Haves
  • Experience with Premiere Pro, After Effects, CapCut, or other video editing tools
  • Basic French proficiency

Benefits

  • Fully remote across the U.S. & Canada, plus monthly WFH stipend and Summer Fridays
  • Generous time off, including unlimited PTO (U.S.), competitive vacation (Canada), and parental/family leave options
  • Comprehensive health benefits, mental health support, and company-paid disability & life coverage
  • Employer retirement contributions (401(k) in the U.S., RRSP match in Canada)
  • Quarterly performance reviews and career advancement opportunities

Job title

Job type

Contract

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$80,000 - CA$95,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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