Lead Art Director - Flex Creative

About the role

Salesforce is hiring a Lead Art Director to join its Global Brand & Creative team in Ireland on Flex Creative, a team that provides adaptable creative support for high-priority brand and event initiatives. The role turns complex business and product ideas into bold, memorable visual stories, using emerging AI tools to explore ideas faster.

Key responsibilities

• Develop original concepts and visual direction for brand campaigns and event experiences, from first sketch to final delivery across digital, film, social, presentations and environmental graphics.
• Partner with copywriters, designers, strategists, producers and the Associate Creative Director to turn business goals into clear, strategically sound creative.
• Guide designers, animators, agencies and vendors so final work matches the approved concept and meets high craft standards and Salesforce brand standards.
• Present ideas and the thinking behind them to creative leaders and senior stakeholders, and use generative AI responsibly to speed up concepting and production while keeping work original, inclusive and on-brand.

Required profile

• 8+ years of art direction, design or related creative experience in an agency, in-house team or brand organization.
• A strong portfolio showing conceptual thinking, art direction and visual craft across multiple channels and formats, including brand or event work.
• Degree or equivalent relevant experience; experience is evaluated against the core competencies of the role.

Required skills

• Typography, composition, colour, motion and design systems.
• Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Even better: experience with generative AI tools for concepting, visual development or production, familiarity with B2B, enterprise technology or complex global brands, and experience directing external partners in Figma without managing people directly.