Lead Art Director

Why Valtech? We’re advisors, visionaries, creative and techies. We embrace all things digital. We talk to each other. We have fun. We love our clients. We’re looking ahead. We are global.

Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values
-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience.

At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries.

Please note, we are only accepting applicants from the provinces of Ontario and Québec for this role. For Québec-based candidates, fluency in English is necessary because the position entails collaboration with teams based in the rest of Americas and occasionally in Europe.

As a Lead Art Director you are passionate about experience innovation and eager to push the boundaries of what’s possible. You bring 8 YEARS
of experience, a growth mindset and a drive to make a lasting impact.

The Lead Art Director is an accomplished art director and visual designer with exceptional craft and expertise across advertising, interaction design, brand experience, and AI-enabled design practices. Working within Valtech's Creative Practices discipline across the Americas, this role is primarily responsible for creating compelling, high-quality ads and concepts, and secondarily designing digital experiences that bring brands to life while solving meaningful client and user challenges.

The ideal candidate combines a strongeye for art direction, a highvisual aesthetic, and a passion for innovative creativity.

They are a proactive conceptual thinker who brings ideas, references, and a clear point of view to the table, equally comfortable creating and art directing advertising concepts and campaigns as they are crafting beautiful interfaces.

Theyare equally comfortablecreating and art directing advertising concepts and campaigns,as they arecrafting beautiful interfaces .

You will thrive in this role if you are:

• A curious problem solver who challenges the status quo
• A collaborator who values teamwork and knowledge-sharing
• Excited by the intersection of technology, creativity and data
• Experienced in Agile methodologies and consulting

Role responsibilities

• Create and execute highly polished visual design concepts and campaigns that are consistently on brand and directly aligned with clientobjectivesand business outcomes .
• Design digital experiences across web, mobile, and emerging platforms, including typography, layout, visual systems, interfaces, interaction patterns, branding elements, andcomponentlibraries.
• Translate brand expression into scalable digital experiences and user interfaces that balance creativity, usability, and performance.
• Craft and present high-fidelity design concepts and creative directions , including references, sketches, storyboards, mood boards, prototypes, and conceptual design explorations.
• Actively participate in workshops, brainstorming sessions, creative reviews, and design critiques, contributing ideas, inspiration, and innovative solutions .
• Develop interactive prototypes and motion studies using Figma and other design tools to communicate design intent and user experiencebehaviors .
• Create, evolve, and contribute to design systems, componentlibraries, brand guidelines, style guides, and other artefacts that support consistency and scalability .
• Apply accessibility best practices and inclusive design principles to ensure experiences are usable by diverse audiences and aligned with recognizedstandards.
• Collaborate closely with UXDesigners,Strategists,Copywriters,Creative Directors,Developers, and other visual designers throughout the project lifecycle .
• Partner with development teams to ensure design intent is preserved through implementation.
• Maintain exceptionally high standards of design quality , presentation, documentation, and client engagement.
• Stay current with em…