Senior Art Director

The role

The Senior Art Director will develop original concepts and visual worlds for brand and campaign work. This includes shaping the brand identity across restaurants, menu launches, partnerships, and various media channels.

What you will do

• Develop original concepts and visual ideas for brand and campaign work
• Translate ideas into visual worlds across film, photography, social, digital, OOH, print, and restaurant experience
• Establish visual direction across typography, composition, color, photography, illustration, and motion
• Design and art direct hands-on from early explorations to final execution
• Partner closely with copywriters
• Art direct photo and film shoots with in-house and external partners
• Extend campaign ideas into cohesive systems across channels and markets
• Manage, mentor, and give feedback to designers and junior creatives
• Present and defend creative thinking to internal teams and senior stakeholders
• Stay close to culture, food, art, design, fashion, photography, film, and emerging visual languages

Required qualifications

• 6-7+ years of art direction and design experience
• A portfolio that shows exceptional taste, conceptual thinking, and visual craft
• Deep understanding of typography, layout, hierarchy, composition, color, and image-making
• Strong graphic design skills
• Experience creating integrated campaigns across multiple channels and formats
• Strong understanding of photography and film, with experience directing shoots from concept through post
• Experience leading or mentoring designers or junior creatives
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• An understanding of motion and how visual systems behave beyond static design
• Strong presentation skills
• The ability to work independently and self-edit

Nice to have

• A passion for food, sustainability, and culture

Benefits

• Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
• Three different medical plans
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Flexible PTO plan
• 401k program
• Employee HSA and FSA
• Complimentary greens
• Clear career path with opportunities for development
• Free sweetgreen swag

About the company

Sweetgreen is a national restaurant brand dedicated to building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Since 2007, it has reimagined fast food to be fresh, flavorful, and rooted in relationships with farmers and communities.