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About the Role
About Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.
At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.
This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to help build Pinterest's EMEA creative department from the start, as part of House of Creative. As an Art Director, you'll play an integral role in shaping the next iteration of the Pinterest brand — launching global, culturally relevant, award-winning campaigns with a particular emphasis on concepting and art direction. Working across both consumer and B2B marketing, you'll partner with Creative Leaders across the company to tell our story in the most impactful and inspiring way to Consumers, Creators, and Advertisers.
Key Technical Responsibilities
- check_circle Conceptualize and develop compelling campaign creative from end to end – taking embryonic ideas towards their strongest possible 360 degree creative execution.
- check_circle Create memorable films, commercials, and 360° campaigns, including brand partnership work.
- check_circle Art direct photography and video shoots, from treatments and mood boards through to final selects.
- check_circle Uplevel creative quality of work across the team in partnership with marketing - delivering both business results and international recognition for the Pinterest brand in the industry.
- check_circle Provide meaningful feedback to in-house art directors and designers (across a breadth of disciplines, like graphic, motion, digital, video, editing, etc) across a variety of formats.
- check_circle Compellingly represent the thinking behind your team’s work to key stakeholders, creative directors and team members, including partnering with the US creative team to adapt flagship campaigns for EMEA markets when needed.
- check_circle Bring depth to conceptual creative direction, art direction, and design.
- check_circle Use AI tools thoughtfully to explore more ideas faster and bring concepts to life, while owning the craft and quality of the final work.
Prerequisites & Qualifications
- check Minimum of 8 years of experience as an art director with an emphasis on producing film, commercials, and 360 campaigns (with 3+ of those years in a creative leadership role).
- check Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Visual Communications, Design, Advertising, or equivalent experience.
- check A book of work with examples of outstanding creative across a variety of brands.
- check Excellent leadership, mentorship, and interpersonal skills, with a track record of inspiring creative teams to achieve their best work.
- check Strong grasp of art direction and design craft across a wide variety of formats.
- check Proven ability to craft a story or concept that shapes culture, rather than reacting to it.
- check Strong presentation skills, with an ability to convey complex concepts in compellingly simple terms.
- check Proven experience art directing on set and managing production partners, from treatments and mood boards through to final selects.
- check An accomplished creative leader who can bring out the best work in others and produce exceptionally high quality work individually.
- check An expert collaborator: a creative with deep experience working with writing partners to develop concepts, through to execution.
- check Hands-on experience using generative AI tools in your art direction process (e.g. concepting, mood boards, pre-visualisation), with strong judgement on originality, brand consistency, rights and representation.
- check Full proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
About Pinterest Greenhouse Board
Verified hiring organization details.
Pinterest Greenhouse Board is a hiring entity associated with Pinterest, a visual discovery engine and technology company that helps users find inspiration for their lives. Operating in the technology and software sector with a presence in Los Angeles, CA, this recruitment channel facilitates the sourcing and onboarding of talent to support Pinterest's core platform development, engineering initiatives, and business operations.