Associate Creative Director, Art

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Job Description

This role can be based in our New York City, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, or Mountain View office.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

The Creative team is looking for an Associate Creative Director, Art to help shape how LinkedIn shows up in the world.

This is a role for a visual thinker who leads with ideas and is deeply invested in craft. You’re not just guiding the work—you’re in it, designing, shaping, and pushing it forward.

You care as much about the strength of the concept as you do about how it comes to life. You have strong taste, a point of view, and the ability to translate ideas into work that feels clear, intentional, and well made. You’re excited by ideas that don’t just live on screens, but come to life through environments, activations, and experiences.

You’ll work across brand and marketing from the outset—co-creating ideas and turning insight into creative that connects with real people.

Responsibilities:

Translate strategy and insight into strong visual ideas, campaigns, and creative platforms

Partner with Copy and Strategy from the very beginning—co-creating ideas, shaping briefs, and developing concepts together

Lead the visual direction of projects while staying hands on in the work—from early ideas through final execution

Design and art direct across channels—brand, marketing, social, video, events, and experiential

Bring ideas to life through thoughtful, high-quality execution—not just direction

Help shape how ideas show up in physical spaces, activations, and live experiences—translating brand expression into moments people can feel and remember

Push craft and detail, ensuring the work is visually compelling, cohesive, and fully realized

Stay close to the work—reviewing, refining, and improving output at every stage

Collaborate with designers, writers, producers, and cross-functional partners to bring ideas to life

Present work clearly and confidently, articulating both the idea and the execution

Mentor and guide designers, raising the overall level of craft and thinking across the team

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

8+ years of experience in design, art direction, or creative roles

BA/BS degree in design, marketing, or related field experience

Preferred Qualifications

A portfolio that shows both strong ideas and exceptional execution

Ability to move fluidly between concepting and hands-on design

A clear visual point of view, with range across formats and styles

Experience developing creative for events, activations, or experiential campaigns

Ability to translate ideas into spatial, environmental, or immersive brand experiences

Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including copy, strategy, and marketing

Experience presenting and defending creative work

Experience mentoring or guiding designers

High standards for craft, with a bias toward making the work better, not just finishing it

Suggested Skills

Visual Concept Development

Art Direction & Design Craft

Experiential & Spatial Thinking

Cross-Disciplinary Creative Collaboration

Creative Storytelling Across Channels

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $125,000 to $195,000.

Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

Additional Information

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