Lead Art Director

Holidu is one of the world’s fastest-growing vacation rental technology companies. Our mission is to make booking and hosting holiday homes free of doubt and full of joy, by helping hosts generate more bookings with less work and helping guests find a holiday home they truly enjoy. Our team of 700 colleagues from 60+ nations shares a passion for tech, an ambition for constant improvement, and a relentless drive to bring the best experience to more than 40k vacation rental hosts and 4 million annual guests.

You’ll join Holidu's Brand & Creative team — a small, high-output crew of designers, brand & communication experts working across 8 European markets and multiple brands. The team sits within the Marketing organisation and partners closely with Performance Marketing, Product Marketing, and Local Sales teams.

We’re now looking for an AI-first, hands‑on Lead Art Director to set the visual quality bar across performance marketing, landing pages, product videos, and brand initiatives. As Lead Art Director, you’ll report to the Head of Brand & Creative and work directly with the Creative Studio. You’ll be the creative benchmark leading through craft: producing exceptional work, defining creative standards, and elevating the team around you.

A key part of the role will be building scalable AI-powered creative workflows that enable high‑quality content production at speed.

• Concept, produce, and iterate performance marketing ads (video/static for Google, Meta, Tik Tok) across multiple brands — from idea to final delivery and variations.
• Design and optimise landing pages for conversion.
• Lead video productions: planning, art direction, and post‑production.
• Create explainer and tutorial videos for product features and services.
• Develop visual identities for brands and new product features.

• Own creative ops — take briefs from stakeholders, push back when needed, prioritise.
• Review and elevate design output across performance marketing, brand campaigns, and landing pages.
• Ensure brand consistency across all touchpoints: ads, social, web, and product — across markets.
• Inspire the design team through hands‑on feedback, creative reviews and mentor on art direction, motion design, performance creative best practices.

• Build and scale AI‑driven production workflows that multiply the team's creative output.
• Create frameworks and guidelines that enable stakeholders across the company to use AI for content creation.
• Optimise existing automation workflows for scale, connecting tools like Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and AI platforms.
• Stay current on emerging AI tools and techniques and bring the best ones into the team's toolkit.

• 7+ years of experience in an in‑house team at a tech company or at an agency with high production volume.
• Educational foundation (A degree in Visual communication design, visual arts, media design, or similar).
• Strong portfolio demonstrating branding, advertising, hands‑on motion design, video production, and web design projects. We want to see the work, not just the strategy.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Motion design expertise — this is non‑negotiable. We need someone who thinks in movement, not just stills.
• Working experience with AI tools for content creation, and a genuine curiosity to push what's possible.
• Platform fluency — You understand creative requirements, formats, and marketing KPIs across Google, Meta, Tik Tok, and short‑form video (Reels, Shorts).
• Agency or in‑house creative team experience at a tech/product company is a strong plus.
• Experience with B2B/SaaS landing page design and conversion optimisation is a strong plus.
• Experience working across multiple brands or markets simultaneously is a strong plus.
• Fluency in English. German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Italian is a plus.

• Impact: Shape the future of travel with products used by millions of guests and thousands of hosts. At Holidu ideas become products, data drives decisions, and iteration fuels fast learning. Your work matters — and you’ll see the impact.
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