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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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Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS evaluates whether your degree is in a field directly related to art direction. A degree in graphic design, visual communications, or fine arts strengthens your petition. A business or unrelated humanities degree may trigger an RFE requiring additional evidence.
Target employers with LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate to filter Senior Art Director roles by employers who have filed LCAs for this specific title. That filing history signals the employer understands the H-1B process and has infrastructure to sponsor again.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your job title and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through Level IV wage for art director roles before you receive or accept an offer.
Document your portfolio as specialty occupation evidence
Assemble a portfolio that demonstrates theoretical and practical application of design principles, not just executional output. USCIS looks for evidence that the role requires specialized knowledge a generalist couldn't perform without a relevant degree.
Confirm your role maps to the correct SOC code
Senior Art Director typically maps to SOC 27-1011 in DOL and USCIS filings. Review the O*NET profile for this code to confirm your job duties align. A mismatch between your offer letter and the SOC code can delay LCA certification.
Plan your petition timeline around the October 1 start date
H-1B cap-subject petitions can only start employment on October 1. USCIS opens registration in March. If you're negotiating a start date with an employer, build backward from October 1 to set realistic expectations on both sides.
H-1B Visa Senior Art Director: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior Art Director role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. USCIS recognizes Senior Art Director as a specialty occupation because the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, fine arts, or a closely related field. Your offer letter should describe duties that require that specific theoretical and practical knowledge, not just general creative judgment or managerial oversight.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas for Senior Art Director positions?
Advertising agencies, publishing houses, entertainment studios, technology companies with in-house creative teams, and consumer brands with large marketing departments are the most common H-1B sponsors for Senior Art Director roles. You can browse verified sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate, filtered specifically for this job title and location.
What happens if my art director job duties span multiple departments?
USCIS evaluates the primary duties of the role, not a broad job description. If your offer letter lists duties across brand, UX, and motion design, work with your employer's immigration counsel to draft a petition that centers the specialty occupation argument on the dominant function. Vague or sprawling duty lists are a common RFE trigger for creative roles.
Can my employer start my H-1B in the middle of a fiscal year?
Cap-subject H-1B petitions can only authorize employment beginning October 1 of the fiscal year for which you were selected in the lottery. If your employer is cap-exempt, such as a university or nonprofit research institution, they can file at any time with no October 1 restriction and no lottery requirement.
How does the H-1B prevailing wage requirement affect art director roles specifically?
The DOL assigns prevailing wages to art director positions by geography and experience level, from Level I through Level IV. Senior roles typically map to Level III or IV, which carry higher wage floors than entry-level filings. Your employer certifies in the LCA that your offered salary meets or exceeds that floor before USCIS will adjudicate the petition. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the current floor for your city before finalizing your offer.