Art Director

Company: POLA Marketing
Location: Covington LA
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports To: Creative Director

POLA Marketing is looking for an Art Director to help make the work. Youll concept campaigns art direct photo and video shoots alongside our Creative Director and design the decks that sell the ideas in the first place.

We shoot constantly. This is not a desk job with an occasional production day youll be on set regularly making visual calls under real pressure then back in the file the next morning turning what we shot into the work.

This role is for a designer whos outgrown execution-only work and is ready to own the visual direction of a project but who still wants to make things. Youll work closely with our Creative Director on direction and standards.

Campaign Concepting

• Develop campaign concepts from brief to presentation across digital social video and print
• Build the visual story behind an idea and articulate why it solves the clients problem
• Contribute to new business pitches and help shape how we win accounts

Shoots

• Art direct photo and video productions alongside the Creative Director from pre-production through wrap
• Build shot lists references and visual direction with directors DPs and producers
• Own the look on the day: set props wardrobe styling framing
• Make fast calls when conditions change and the plan stops working
• Carry the direction through post: edit color finish

Design & Decks

• Design pitch decks campaign presentations and concept visuals that sell the thinking not just show it
• Produce campaign deliverables across brand digital print and social
• Deliver production-ready files to spec and on deadline
• Maintain and extend brand systems across client work

Direction & Standards

• Hold the visual bar on everything you touch
• Give clear direction to designers freelancers and production partners
• Take direction from the Creative Director and carry it through including on calls youd have made differently
• Juggle multiple projects and shoot schedules without letting the work slip

Required

• 4 years in design or art direction
• Portfolio showing concept work produced work and craft-level design execution
• Real on-set experience across photo and/or video production
• Strong presentation design you can build a deck that carries an idea
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• Able to make decisions quickly under production pressure
• Based in or willing to relocate to the Covington / New Orleans area

Preferred

• Agency or production company background
• Motion video editing or 3D capability
• Photography or styling background
• Experience with pre-production planning budgets and vendor sourcing
• Experience directing freelancers and external partners

Send your portfolio and a note about a shoot you art directed what the plan was what went wrong and what you did about it to