Art Director, Design

Summary Marcom LA is Apple’s Global Marketing Communications group creating and overseeing the world‑class marketing and advertising driving Apple's rapidly‑growing Services sector including Apple Sports, Apple Music, App Store, Apple Pay, Apple Arcade, Apple News, Apple Books, Apple Podcasts, Apple Maps, iCloud, Creator Studio and more. Whether we’re launching the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, launching F1 on Apple TV, sharing the next generation of games in the App Store, or celebrating the seamless joy of using Apple Pay, Marcom LA’s mission is to build brand love for Apple every day. We do that with inspiring creative, a culture‑first mindset, and the belief our Services make our incredible Apple devices even better. The Marcom LA Design team is a creative team of designers, art directors and motion art directors—thinkers and makers who focus on ideas as much craft. We create identities that are unmistakably Apple, rooted in the DNA of its products and experiences, and expressed with simplicity, elegance, and purpose. Description The Art Director crafts identities and identity‑led campaigns for Apple’s services, products, and events—bringing ideas to life through conceptual rigor, hands‑on ideation, and systems thinking. Responsibilities Develop and execute brand identities and identity‑led campaigns from initial concept through final production. Build scalable identity systems that support multiple campaigns, ensuring consistency, clarity, and creative excellence across applications. Translate strategic briefs into clear, compelling design concepts grounded in strong conceptual thinking and systematic design. Art direct external partners including vendors, illustrators, photographers, and graphic designers, providing clear guidance and actionable feedback. Contribute to presentations and reviews, synthesize feedback, and refine work to align with creative and strategic goals. Collaborate across functions and manage personal workload across concurrent projects to deliver high‑quality work on schedule. Ensure excellence in craft across typography, color, composition, imagery and visual systems. Minimum Qualifications 7+ years of experience building brand identities and campaigns, with design as a core discipline. A portfolio demonstrating strong design principles, art direction, typography, color, and visual communication across identity or campaign work. Industry experience as a designer and art director, contributing to the creative development process from concept to final production. Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign). Strong understanding of how identity systems scale and translate across multiple applications, formats, and contexts. Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent industry experience. Preferred Qualifications Outstanding conceptual design and problem‑solving skills. Experience pitching and executing original design concepts from ideation through final delivery. Demonstrated ability to develop cohesive visual languages and extend them across multi‑channel campaigns and applications. Experience designing within established brand systems, with strong instincts for where to push and where to stay consistent. Strong visual storytelling instinct—able to use imagery, typography, and composition to communicate ideas with clarity and purpose. Skilled collaborator—earns trust quickly, engages confidently with competing creative perspectives, and builds alignment without diluting the work. Clear communicator, able to articulate a strong rationale for creative decisions in presentations and reviews. Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working toward a clear direction without a fully defined brief. Versatility across brand identity and campaign design, combining systematic thinking with high‑level craft. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apple