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Get Access To All JobsAt Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.
Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors - Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together - help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.
Locations: New York, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles (West Hollywood), Chicago, Austin
ABOUT THE ROLE
The details are what make a product feel great: an icon that reads instantly, a pictogram that explains a concept without words, a small animation that makes an interaction feel right.
As Senior Art Director, Illustration & Motion, you’ll own that layer of craft across Expedia’s products.
You are a maker first. You’ll art direct and set the visual standard, and you’ll also open the file and do the work. You’ll partner closely with product designers, the design system team, and engineers, and you’ll build systems and workflows that scale quality, not just speed.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Design Product Illustration and Iconography
- Create icons, pictograms, spot illustrations, and illustrated system assets used across iOS, Android, and web
- Maintain and evolve our visual language, keeping assets consistent, accessible, and scalable
Design and Produce UI Motion
- Craft UI animations, micro-interactions, and animated illustrations that add clarity and delight
- Prepare assets and motion details so engineers can implement them accurately (e.g., Lottie, Rive, native animation)
- Review builds and give feedback so the shipped experience matches the design intent
Build Scalable Systems for Assets in Figma and Code
- Design and maintain scalable systems for icons, pictograms, illustration, and motion, with clear structure, naming, tokens, and versioning
- Build well-organized Figma libraries and components that make assets easy for designers to find, use, and customize
- Partner with design system and engineering teams to define how assets are packaged, delivered, and implemented in code across platforms (e.g., icon fonts or SVG pipelines, asset catalogs, animation files)
- Create documentation and guidelines so teams can adopt assets correctly and consistently, and set up processes for contribution, updates, and deprecation
Scale Craft with AI and Automation
- Build repeatable AI-assisted workflows for illustration, iconography, and motion production that raise output without lowering quality
- Evaluate, adopt, and teach new AI tools, and set clear quality, brand, and ethical standards for how they’re used
- Automate repetitive production work (e.g., asset generation, variations, exports, QA, Figma-to-code handoff) so the team can focus on high-value creative decisions
Art Direct and Collaborate
- Provide art direction and critique to designers, freelancers, and partners to keep work cohesive and high quality
- Translate product and brand goals into clear creative direction
- Manage multiple projects at once, from concept through delivery
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE:
- Our products have a cohesive, recognizable system of icons, pictograms, and illustration
- Assets are easy to find, use, and implement, in both Figma and code, with minimal rework
- UI motion feels polished and consistent, and ships as designed
- Teams produce more high-quality assets, faster, through AI-enabled workflows
- Creative quality stays high as production scales
WHAT YOU BRING
Minimum Qualifications:
- A strong portfolio showing illustration and motion work in a product context, including icons, pictograms, and UI animation
- Hands-on expertise in illustration and motion tools (e.g., Illustrator, Figma, After Effects, Rive, or equivalent)
- A high bar for AI fluency: demonstrated experience using AI tools and automation to scale creative work while maintaining craft, taste, and brand consistency, with examples you can share
- Systems thinking: experience building or contributing to scalable asset systems (icon, illustration, or motion libraries) in Figma, with an understanding of how those assets are implemented in code
- Experience art directing or providing creative feedback to other designers, freelancers, or agencies
- Strong foundations in composition, color, shape, and timing, with attention to detail at small sizes
- Working knowledge of how illustrated and animated assets are handed off and implemented across iOS, Android, and web
- Clear communication and the ability to present work and rationale to cross-functional partners
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Motion, HCI, User Experience, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5–10+ years of experience in product design or related disciplines
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working directly within a design system, including tokens, variables, and component architecture
- 3D skills (e.g., Blender, Cinema 4D) and experience blending 3D with illustration or motion
- Scripting or tooling skills (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Figma plugins) to build automations and asset pipelines
- Experience in travel, consumer marketplaces, or high-volume consumer products
- Video editing and sound design experience
Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits.
The total cash range for this position in New York is $187,000.00 to $261,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $299,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. The total cash range for this position in Chicago is $161,000.00 to $225,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $257,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. The total cash range for this position in Beverly Hills is $173,000.00 to $242,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $277,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. The total cash range for this position in Austin is $173,000.00 to $242,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $277,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. The total cash range for this position in San Francisco is $187,000.00 to $261,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $299,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.
Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.
Benefits and perks
Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership.
Accommodation requests
Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request.
About Expedia Group
Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.
Important notice
Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is the careers page.
Equal Opportunity
Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.
At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.
Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors - Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together - help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.
Locations: New York, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles (West Hollywood), Chicago, Austin
ABOUT THE ROLE
The details are what make a product feel great: an icon that reads instantly, a pictogram that explains a concept without words, a small animation that makes an interaction feel right.
As Senior Art Director, Illustration & Motion, you’ll own that layer of craft across Expedia’s products.
You are a maker first. You’ll art direct and set the visual standard, and you’ll also open the file and do the work. You’ll partner closely with product designers, the design system team, and engineers, and you’ll build systems and workflows that scale quality, not just speed.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Design Product Illustration and Iconography
- Create icons, pictograms, spot illustrations, and illustrated system assets used across iOS, Android, and web
- Maintain and evolve our visual language, keeping assets consistent, accessible, and scalable
Design and Produce UI Motion
- Craft UI animations, micro-interactions, and animated illustrations that add clarity and delight
- Prepare assets and motion details so engineers can implement them accurately (e.g., Lottie, Rive, native animation)
- Review builds and give feedback so the shipped experience matches the design intent
Build Scalable Systems for Assets in Figma and Code
- Design and maintain scalable systems for icons, pictograms, illustration, and motion, with clear structure, naming, tokens, and versioning
- Build well-organized Figma libraries and components that make assets easy for designers to find, use, and customize
- Partner with design system and engineering teams to define how assets are packaged, delivered, and implemented in code across platforms (e.g., icon fonts or SVG pipelines, asset catalogs, animation files)
- Create documentation and guidelines so teams can adopt assets correctly and consistently, and set up processes for contribution, updates, and deprecation
Scale Craft with AI and Automation
- Build repeatable AI-assisted workflows for illustration, iconography, and motion production that raise output without lowering quality
- Evaluate, adopt, and teach new AI tools, and set clear quality, brand, and ethical standards for how they’re used
- Automate repetitive production work (e.g., asset generation, variations, exports, QA, Figma-to-code handoff) so the team can focus on high-value creative decisions
Art Direct and Collaborate
- Provide art direction and critique to designers, freelancers, and partners to keep work cohesive and high quality
- Translate product and brand goals into clear creative direction
- Manage multiple projects at once, from concept through delivery
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE:
- Our products have a cohesive, recognizable system of icons, pictograms, and illustration
- Assets are easy to find, use, and implement, in both Figma and code, with minimal rework
- UI motion feels polished and consistent, and ships as designed
- Teams produce more high-quality assets, faster, through AI-enabled workflows
- Creative quality stays high as production scales
WHAT YOU BRING
Minimum Qualifications:
- A strong portfolio showing illustration and motion work in a product context, including icons, pictograms, and UI animation
- Hands-on expertise in illustration and motion tools (e.g., Illustrator, Figma, After Effects, Rive, or equivalent)
- A high bar for AI fluency: demonstrated experience using AI tools and automation to scale creative work while maintaining craft, taste, and brand consistency, with examples you can share
- Systems thinking: experience building or contributing to scalable asset systems (icon, illustration, or motion libraries) in Figma, with an understanding of how those assets are implemented in code
- Experience art directing or providing creative feedback to other designers, freelancers, or agencies
- Strong foundations in composition, color, shape, and timing, with attention to detail at small sizes
- Working knowledge of how illustrated and animated assets are handed off and implemented across iOS, Android, and web
- Clear communication and the ability to present work and rationale to cross-functional partners
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Motion, HCI, User Experience, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5–10+ years of experience in product design or related disciplines
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working directly within a design system, including tokens, variables, and component architecture
- 3D skills (e.g., Blender, Cinema 4D) and experience blending 3D with illustration or motion
- Scripting or tooling skills (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Figma plugins) to build automations and asset pipelines
- Experience in travel, consumer marketplaces, or high-volume consumer products
- Video editing and sound design experience
Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits.
The total cash range for this position in New York is $187,000.00 to $261,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $299,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. The total cash range for this position in Chicago is $161,000.00 to $225,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $257,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. The total cash range for this position in Beverly Hills is $173,000.00 to $242,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $277,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. The total cash range for this position in Austin is $173,000.00 to $242,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $277,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. The total cash range for this position in San Francisco is $187,000.00 to $261,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $299,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.
Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.
Benefits and perks
Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership.
Accommodation requests
Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request.
About Expedia Group
Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.
Important notice
Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is the careers page.
Equal Opportunity
Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Art Director
Build a portfolio that proves specialty occupation
USCIS must confirm your role requires a specific degree, not just creative talent. Structure your portfolio around conceptual strategy and brand systems rather than execution alone, so it supports the specialty occupation argument in your petition.
Check employer LCA history before applying
Use the OFLC Wage Search to verify whether a studio or agency has filed Labor Condition Applications for Art Director roles specifically. Employers who have filed for this occupation code are meaningfully more likely to sponsor again.
Target employers exempt from the H-1B cap
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government-affiliated organizations are cap-exempt, meaning they can hire you on H-1B outside the annual lottery. In-house creative roles at major research hospitals or university presses are legitimate options.
Use Migrate Mate to filter for verified sponsors
Search Art Director roles on Migrate Mate to see employers with documented H-1B filing history for this occupation. This filters out companies that are open to sponsorship in theory but have never filed, saving you time on applications that won't convert.
Negotiate offer timing around the April filing window
H-1B cap registrations open in March for an October 1 start date. If you receive an offer in May, your earliest cap-subject start is the following October. Get offers by mid-February so your employer can register you in the same cycle.
Clarify whether your title matches the LCA job code
Art Director maps to a specific SOC code that determines prevailing wage level. If your actual duties span UX, motion, or brand strategy, confirm with your employer which job code they intend to use before the LCA is filed, since mismatches can trigger Requests for Evidence.
H-1B Visa Art Director: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Art Director role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, Art Director qualifies when the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as graphic design, fine arts, visual communications, or a closely related discipline. The employer must show the degree requirement is standard for the role, not just preferred. Roles framed as requiring any bachelor's degree regardless of field are harder to qualify.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Art Directors?
Advertising agencies, in-house creative departments at consumer brands, media companies, publishing houses, and entertainment studios are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for Art Directors. Smaller boutique studios occasionally sponsor but are less predictable. You can browse verified sponsors on Migrate Mate, which surfaces employers with confirmed LCA filing history for this specific occupation.
How does the prevailing wage requirement affect Art Director job offers?
Your employer's LCA must certify they'll pay you at least the DOL prevailing wage for Art Director in the work location's metro area. Wages are tiered by experience level, so an entry-level Art Director and a senior one have different minimums. You can look up the applicable wage using the OFLC Wage Search before evaluating an offer.
Can an Art Director on OPT work while waiting for H-1B approval?
If your H-1B is filed before your OPT expires and your employer submits before the October 1 start date, cap-gap protection automatically extends your work authorization through September 30. Your employer must file your I-20 STEM OPT extension and H-1B petition in sequence. USCIS issues guidance on cap-gap rules each cycle, so confirm current requirements with your employer's immigration counsel.
What happens to my H-1B status if I change employers as an Art Director?
H-1B status is employer-specific, so changing jobs requires your new employer to file a transfer petition before your last day at the sponsoring company. You can start working for the new employer as soon as the transfer petition is received by USCIS, not when it's approved. If you're let go, you have a 60-day grace period to find a new sponsor or change status.