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As an Art Director at Lumina Corps, you will work with federal public health and science agencies, nonprofits, and a multi-disciplinary internal team to lead creative strategies and visual storytelling to support meaningful campaigns and programs. The ideal candidate is a skilled designer with experience in digital design, a deep understanding of government communications, and a strong portfolio supporting mission-driven work. Strong preference for candidates in the DMV area.
What You'll Do:
Creative Strategy and Concept Development:
- Collaborate with communications strategists and other team members to develop the concepts, design, and creative strategies that align with client objectives and resonate with target audiences.
- Lead the visual execution of government-focused campaigns, from concept development to overseeing print, digital, video, and social media assets, ensuring all deliverables meet quality standards and project goals.
- Provide creative direction and oversight to designers, freelancers, and other collaborators.
Design Execution:
- Design and art direct a wide range of deliverables, including campaign materials, data visualizations, social media content, websites, digital solutions and UX/UI, reports, print collateral, and video and animation.
- Translate complex scientific and health information into clear, engaging, and accessible visual communications for diverse audiences.
- Ensure all work meets Section 508 and WCAG accessibility standards, plain language principles, and applicable federal and client brand guidelines.
Client Collaboration and Presentation:
- Present and explain creative concepts and design rationale to clients verbally and in writing.
- Develop strong relationships with clients and colleagues by leading with a customer-focused, collaborative approach.
- Incorporate client and stakeholder feedback while maintaining creative integrity and strategic intent.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Contributes visual thinking to strategic planning, audience research, and message and materials testing.
- Work closely with project managers and designers to adhere to timelines and scopes, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
Brand and Message Consistency: Ensure all creative work aligns with client guidelines, and complies with public sector regulations.
Business Development: Participate and contribute to business development planning and pursuits.
Education and Experience
- Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in graphic design, web design, human-computer interaction, communication, or a related field.
- Experience: Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive creative experience, including complex campaigns. Experience with federal public health programs, agencies, or similar contexts.
- Portfolio: Extensive portfolio demonstrating successful campaigns across digital and traditional media, preferably with examples of government, public health, social services, or other public sector work.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required
- Multifaceted Campaign Expertise: Experience in planning and executing creative strategy for campaigns, leading designers and guiding managers, collaborating with other team members, and providing expertise in best practices for various platforms and formats for creative execution.
- Digital Design Proficiency: Expertise in digital design tools and platforms, including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Figma, and other web/mobile design tools.
- Responsive and Interactive Design: Knowledge of responsive design principles, interactive media, and UX/UI best practices.
- Visual Storytelling: Ability to create engaging visual narratives that support campaign messaging across digital and traditional media.
- Client Relations Skills: Demonstrated experience working directly with clients and offering strategic guidance.
- Knowledge of Section 508 Compliance: Familiarity with accessibility standards, inclusivity guidelines, and other standards in public sector visual and digital communications.
- Professional Qualities: Ability to work across multi-disciplinary internal teams, excellent attention to detail, multitasking, prioritizing, and independent working abilities.
- Mindset: A positive, solutions-oriented attitude, adaptable to various tasks.
Core Values
All employees are expected to uphold these values in their everyday work and interactions with colleagues and clients:
- Illuminate new ideas
- Serve the big purpose
- Communicate with understanding
- Commit to quality
- Own your part
- Embrace inclusivity
Lumina Corps is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics.
As an Art Director at Lumina Corps, you will work with federal public health and science agencies, nonprofits, and a multi-disciplinary internal team to lead creative strategies and visual storytelling to support meaningful campaigns and programs. The ideal candidate is a skilled designer with experience in digital design, a deep understanding of government communications, and a strong portfolio supporting mission-driven work. Strong preference for candidates in the DMV area.
What You'll Do:
Creative Strategy and Concept Development:
- Collaborate with communications strategists and other team members to develop the concepts, design, and creative strategies that align with client objectives and resonate with target audiences.
- Lead the visual execution of government-focused campaigns, from concept development to overseeing print, digital, video, and social media assets, ensuring all deliverables meet quality standards and project goals.
- Provide creative direction and oversight to designers, freelancers, and other collaborators.
Design Execution:
- Design and art direct a wide range of deliverables, including campaign materials, data visualizations, social media content, websites, digital solutions and UX/UI, reports, print collateral, and video and animation.
- Translate complex scientific and health information into clear, engaging, and accessible visual communications for diverse audiences.
- Ensure all work meets Section 508 and WCAG accessibility standards, plain language principles, and applicable federal and client brand guidelines.
Client Collaboration and Presentation:
- Present and explain creative concepts and design rationale to clients verbally and in writing.
- Develop strong relationships with clients and colleagues by leading with a customer-focused, collaborative approach.
- Incorporate client and stakeholder feedback while maintaining creative integrity and strategic intent.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Contributes visual thinking to strategic planning, audience research, and message and materials testing.
- Work closely with project managers and designers to adhere to timelines and scopes, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
Brand and Message Consistency: Ensure all creative work aligns with client guidelines, and complies with public sector regulations.
Business Development: Participate and contribute to business development planning and pursuits.
Education and Experience
- Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in graphic design, web design, human-computer interaction, communication, or a related field.
- Experience: Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive creative experience, including complex campaigns. Experience with federal public health programs, agencies, or similar contexts.
- Portfolio: Extensive portfolio demonstrating successful campaigns across digital and traditional media, preferably with examples of government, public health, social services, or other public sector work.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required
- Multifaceted Campaign Expertise: Experience in planning and executing creative strategy for campaigns, leading designers and guiding managers, collaborating with other team members, and providing expertise in best practices for various platforms and formats for creative execution.
- Digital Design Proficiency: Expertise in digital design tools and platforms, including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Figma, and other web/mobile design tools.
- Responsive and Interactive Design: Knowledge of responsive design principles, interactive media, and UX/UI best practices.
- Visual Storytelling: Ability to create engaging visual narratives that support campaign messaging across digital and traditional media.
- Client Relations Skills: Demonstrated experience working directly with clients and offering strategic guidance.
- Knowledge of Section 508 Compliance: Familiarity with accessibility standards, inclusivity guidelines, and other standards in public sector visual and digital communications.
- Professional Qualities: Ability to work across multi-disciplinary internal teams, excellent attention to detail, multitasking, prioritizing, and independent working abilities.
- Mindset: A positive, solutions-oriented attitude, adaptable to various tasks.
Core Values
All employees are expected to uphold these values in their everyday work and interactions with colleagues and clients:
- Illuminate new ideas
- Serve the big purpose
- Communicate with understanding
- Commit to quality
- Own your part
- Embrace inclusivity
Lumina Corps is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in art director jobs.
- 5 or more years of experience in art direction or graphic design
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
- A portfolio demonstrating brand identity, campaign, or editorial work
- Experience managing or mentoring junior designers and production artists
- Ability to present creative concepts to clients or internal stakeholders
- Familiarity with digital production for web, social, and motion assets
Tips for Your Art Director Job Search
Tailor your portfolio to each role
Agencies want campaigns and brand systems. In-house teams want style guides and production-ready assets. Swap your portfolio's lead case studies to match the hiring company's output before you apply, not after you get a callback.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists art director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Show your creative direction in context
Document the brief, your concept rationale, and the final deliverable for each project. Hiring managers want to see how you think, not just what you made. A case study without context reads as execution, not direction.
Filter for your preferred production environment
Job titles overlap significantly. Read the tools section of each posting carefully. A role requiring deep Figma proficiency signals a digital-first team. One listing InDesign and press specs signals print production. Match before you apply.
Prepare to walk through one project live
Most art director interviews include a portfolio review where you narrate a project from concept to delivery. Practice explaining your decisions out loud, including the ones you made under client or budget constraints, not just the final polish.
Negotiate using total package, not title alone
Art director compensation varies widely by medium, team size, and whether the role involves managing other creatives. Before negotiating, clarify headcount responsibility and ownership of brand assets, then anchor your ask to those scope specifics.
Art Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most art directors?
The companies hiring the most art directors right now include Real Chemistry, VML, and Dentsu, with the largest share of openings in New York, California, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Advertising agencies and large consumer brands consistently account for the highest volume of postings.
How many art director jobs are remote?
About 82% of art director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting ongoing flexibility across creative industries. Digital-first roles in social media, UX, and content marketing tend to be the most remote-friendly, while broadcast, print production, and agency roles more often require on-site collaboration.
How do you become an art director?
Most art directors start as graphic designers, junior designers, or production artists and build toward the role over several years. Developing a portfolio that shows concept ownership rather than execution is the critical step. Many move into art direction by leading smaller projects or campaigns within a team, then formalizing the transition when applying externally. A degree in graphic design, visual communication, or a related field is common but not universally required.
Can you get an art director job with little experience?
Entry into art direction with limited experience is realistic if your portfolio shows concept-level thinking, not just finished production. Agencies and startups sometimes hire junior art directors who can demonstrate strong visual judgment and a point of view, even without years of formal title history. Freelance projects, rebranding exercises for real organizations, and spec campaigns built for your portfolio can all substitute for direct employment history.
What does the art director interview process look like?
The art director interview typically begins with a portfolio review where you walk the hiring team through two or three projects in depth, explaining your brief, your creative decisions, and how you handled feedback or constraints. A second round often involves a creative brief exercise or a day-rate paid test project. Final rounds usually include conversations with senior creative leadership and, for agency roles, sometimes a client-facing simulation.
Where can I find and apply to art director jobs?
You can find and apply to art director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your background, specialization, and preferred work format, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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