Job Description
We're looking for a talented, experienced freelance Art Director to support our creative team across our brands, including Sling, Boost Mobile, and DISH. We want an idea person who turns strategy into strong, ownable creative and sets the visual direction for campaigns across digital, social, OOH, in-store, and broadcast. The ideal candidate works closely with copywriters, designers, and creative leaders, and is as comfortable concepting as giving clear art direction.
This is a freelance, remote position with the option to come into our Denver or Littleton offices.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop campaign concepts rooted in strategy, audience, and brand
- Set visual direction and give clear direction to designers and partners
- Work with copywriters to create integrated ideas and executions
- Guide work across channels while protecting the core idea
- Present and sell creative work with a clear rationale and point of view
- Collaborate with strategy, account, production, and other agency disciplines
- Uphold brand standards across Sling, Boost Mobile, and DISH
- Use AI tools intentionally to expand ideation, explore visual and conceptual territories, build references, and speed up early creative development, while protecting originality and brand standards
Skills, Experience and Requirements
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in-house or at an agency
- Portfolio showing a range of strong campaign ideas, visual storytelling, integrated thinking, and the ability to turn strategy into distinctive creative
- Bachelor's degree in Advertising, Design, Communications, or a related field
- Conceptual thinking and strong visual judgment
- Strong understanding of design, typography, composition, and visual systems
- Ability to give clear art direction
- Strong presentation, storytelling, and collaboration skills
- Advanced proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
- Familiarity with Google Workspace (Slides, Docs, gChat, Meet) and project management tools (e.g., Airtable/Hive)
- Some experience prompting imagery with generative models (Nano Banana/Gemini, Artlist, Runway, etc.) and using LLMs (Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, etc.)
- Proven ability to work quickly on tight timelines
- Experience in TV, entertainment, or wireless is a plus