Art Director, Flex Creative

About the role

Salesforce's Global Brand & Creative team brings its brand to life across campaigns, events and experiences such as Dreamforce. Flex Creative provides adaptable, high-craft support during peak demand and high-priority moments. As a hands-on Art Director based in Dublin, you will turn complex business and product ideas into bold, memorable creative, using emerging AI tools to speed up your process while keeping originality and brand craft at the centre.

Key responsibilities

• Develop original creative concepts and visual narratives that turn complex business and product stories into clear, human, memorable experiences across campaigns, events, film, digital, social and other brand touchpoints.
• Partner with copywriters, strategists and the Flex Creative Associate Creative Director to shape ideas from early concept through final execution, building mood boards, storyboards and design systems.
• Guide designers, animators, agencies and production vendors so the final work meets the approved concept and a high standard of craft, and present concepts and rationale to senior stakeholders.
• Use generative AI and emerging creative technologies to accelerate concepting, visual exploration and production, with strong judgment so outputs stay original, inclusive and on-brand.

Required profile

• 8+ years of art direction, design or related creative experience in an agency, in-house creative team or brand organisation, with a strong portfolio across multiple channels and formats.
• Able to turn complex or technical subject matter into simple, audience-centred visual stories, with a strong grasp of typography, composition, colour and design systems.
• Confident presenting creative rationale to senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners.
• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required; experience is evaluated against the core competencies of the role.
• Nice to have: integrated brand programmes, event creative or other high-profile brand initiatives; familiarity with B2B, enterprise technology or complex global brands; creative direction to internal teams or vendors without formal management responsibility.

Required skills

• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Figma
• Generative AI tools for concepting and visual development