Senior Art Director for Ambi

The Senior Art Director / Art Director is responsible for owning and shaping the overall visual direction of Ambi a brand under the Ask and Embla Group across key marketing and customer touchpoints. This role operates at a strategic and leadership level balancing high-level creative vision with hands-on design oversight to ensure visual excellence consistency and strong commercial impact.

Working closely with the Creative Director and cross-functional partners across Marketing Web Product and Performance this role sets and protects Ambis visual standards ensuring all creative output strengthens brand equity while supporting business growth. This role provides leadership across the design function guiding art direction mentoring designers and continuously elevating creative quality across all outputs.

This role will lead design direction across Ads Web and Retention Marketing while overseeing Ambis brand expression across broader customer touchpoints including branding packaging social media PR and future physical or experiential activations.

What Youll Do

Creative Direction and Strategy

• Own and evolve the brands visual direction across all major customer and marketing touchpoints
• Translate brand campaign and business objectives into strong creative frameworks concepts and visual systems
• Lead the development of key visuals and creative direction for campaigns launches and major initiatives
• Ensure all visual communications are cohesive on-brand and effective across digital social print and web platforms
• Champion brand guidelines and visual standards ensuring consistent execution while allowing room for creative evolution
• Incorporate insights from performance data audience behavior and industry trends to continuously refine creative direction

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Marketing Web Product Performance and Retention teams to align creative direction with business goals
• Act as a senior creative partner in campaign planning offering strategic input from concept through execution
• Present creative direction concepts and rationale clearly to stakeholders incorporating feedback without compromising creative integrity
• Ensure creative output supports both brand-building and performance-driven objectives

Creative Leadership and Oversight

• Set and uphold a high bar for design quality craft and visual storytelling across the creative team
• Provide clear art direction and feedback to designers to ensure consistency and excellence across all deliverables
• Review and approve creative work across channels ensuring alignment with brand standards and campaign intent
• Guide the creative team through complex or high-impact projects offering direction and problem-solving support

Team Leadership and Development

• Mentor and develop Art Directors and Designers helping them grow in craft confidence and creative judgment
• Support talent development through regular feedback coaching and design reviews
• Identify opportunities to improve creative workflows tools and processes to increase efficiency without sacrificing quality
• Help build a collaborative high-performing creative culture grounded in trust ownership and creative ambition

Project Oversight and Workflow

• Oversee creative planning and execution across multiple projects ensuring timelines scope and priorities are well managed
• Work with partners to balance creative ambition with production realities budgets and timelines
• Anticipate creative risks or bottlenecks and proactively address them to keep projects moving forward

Who You Are

• Must be willing to work in Singapore
• At least 8 years of proven experience in a Senior Art Director or Art Director role with significant ownership over brand and campaign creative.
• Strong background in fashion retail cosmetics jewelry or e-commerce brands is highly preferred.
• Deep resonance with Ambi as a brand with a clear understanding of its aesthetic values and cultural positioning is highly preferred.
• Exceptional visual design and art direction skills supported by a strong portfolio across digital web social print and campaign work.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and strong familiarity with modern digital design workflows.
• Deep understanding of brand systems visual storytelling and how design supports marketing and commercial outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead mentor and elevate designers while maintaining a high creative bar.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to balance creative vision data-informed insights and business objectives.
• Clear and confident communicator comfortable presenting creative direction to senior stakeholders.
• Highly organized and capable of managing multiple high-impact initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

About Ask & Embla and Ambi

Who We Are:

Ask & Embla is a rapidly growing jewelry brand born from alternative subcultures shaped by punk goth and music movements. Were based in Singapore with a collective following of more than 850000 across our social media channels. Our growth continues with the launch of Ambi our piercing-focused jewelry brand which carries the same spirit of self-expression as Ask & Embla.

As e-commerce brands we ship internationally to a diverse customer base and we are proud to be one of the leading brands worldwide in the alternative jewelry space. Were passionate about creating a company that brings out the best in everyone where individuals love to work and grow as a team. That means constantly learning building new things staying flexible about how and where we work and empowering each other to do the proudest work of our lives.

Ask & Embla and Ambi are led by an ex-Googler and ex-Amazonian supported by dozens of team members across multiple countries. Were building the foundation to expand into several business verticals beyond e-commerce while continuing our operations to fulfil thousands of orders each month.

Ready to Join Us

If youre a results-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment we encourage you to apply!

Learn More about Ask & Embla and Ambi:

Website - - - - - Work With Us

We learn and build fast together united not only by the purpose and passion of creating beautiful expressive and sustainably made jewelry but also by a community that celebrates freedom in self-expression. Everyone deserves to be fully themselves and our jewelry designs are contemporary emblems that let them do so with pride.

Job Details

Job Types:

Full-time

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Hybrid setup
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid time-off
• Employee discounts
• Professional development opportunities

Schedule:

• Day shift

Location:

• Singapore - 115 KING GEORGES AVENUE Singapore 208561