Art Director

Summary

Join Monarch, a top-recommended personal finance app, as their new Art Director to lead visual direction for performance marketing and growth. This role blends creative leadership and people management, guiding the creative process, driving concept development, and managing a team of designers and motion creatives. You will elevate design quality, ensure brand alignment and performance optimization, and foster a collaborative team culture. The ideal candidate excels in both craft and coaching, providing clarity, inspiration, and direction. The position is fully remote, offering flexibility and a unique work environment. Monarch is committed to transforming lives by simplifying money.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of experience in visual design, art direction
• Proven ability to lead and inspire designers while maintaining a high standard of craft
• Strong instincts for advertising creative, with a portfolio that reflects standout taste across formats and platforms
• Familiarity with advertising best practices and creative testing frameworks
• High level organization, with strong prioritization and project management skills
• Understanding of creative hypothesis design/using performance data to drive decisions
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, highly iterative environment
• A collaborative, low-ego approach and strong instincts for great creative

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the visual direction for marketing creative across channels and formats
• Support hypothesis-driven creative testing, partnering closely with growth and analytics to continuously iterate and optimize based on results
• Own the creative briefing process translating goals and insights into clear, actionable briefs that inspire great work
• Lead concepting and design for high-impact campaigns, from paid social to product launches
• Adapt creative approaches to resonate with different target audiences while maintaining brand cohesion
• Provide hands-on art direction, feedback, and mentorship to a team of designers
• Partner with growth, product, and content leads to ensure creative is brand-aligned, performance-optimized, and tailored to each channel (paid ads, landing pages, emails, social content, and more.)
• Partner with the creative operations manager to keep timelines, deliverables, and resourcing on track across the production pipeline

Benefits

• Work wherever you want! As a fully remote company with no central office, we want you to work wherever you are happiest and most productive. Whether that’s out of your home, a co-working space, or elsewhere
• Competitive cash and equity compensation in a hyper growth, early stage company 🚀
• Stipend to set-up your ideal working environment
• Competitive Benefit Plans for employees based on your location (e.g. in the US we offer: Medical, dental and vision benefits and the ability to contribute to a 401k plan)
• Unlimited PTO
• 3 day weekend every month! We take off the “First Friday” every month to focus on rest, recuperation, or just having fun!