Art Director - Sr

Hybrid Tues Weds Thurs on site in Plano, TX

Our client seeks a senior Art Director to support digital marketing initiatives across static ads and select motion or video assets. The role will contribute to ad concepts, production design, template exploration, and organizational tasks while collaborating with designers, writers, creative directors, marketing strategists, and business partners. The position offers opportunities to learn new tools and influence process and strategy thoughtfully.

Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen. Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $40.00 to $45.00/hr. w2

JN -

• Support multiple digital marketing channels with a focus on static ads and some motion or video.
• Contribute to ad concepts, production design, template design exploration, and organizational tasks.
• Collaborate with designers, writers, creative directors, marketing strategists, and business partners to build and refine ideas and designs.
• Adopt new approaches and tools while influencing processes and strategy in a thoughtful and meaningful way.

Intake Call 10/8

additional Notes

Jane Knaus

Punkaj Trivedi

Mitchell Postle

Here you go Punkaj!

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Capital One Sr. Art Director (Req 110464-1)

Manager Qual Call Notes - October 8, 2026

• 100% Remote is approved
• Candidates must work Central Time or Eastern Time business hours
• Plano relocation is no longer required

• Current system max bill rate: $67.26/hr
• Hiring manager confirmed there is flexibility above that rate for exceptional candidates

• Current end date:
  12/31/2026
• Strong likelihood of extension beyond December 31
• Team intends for this to continue past the initial assignment if the right person is hired
• Extension is more likely than conversion at this time

Hiring Manager:
Nisha

Team Structure:

• Creative Director
• 2 Associate Creative Directors (including Nisha)
• Copywriter
• Art Director
• New contractor will join this group

The resource will work closely with:

• Another Art Director
• Copywriter
• Associate Creative Directors
• Creative Director

The team supports:

Focus areas:

• Digital paid advertising
• Meta advertising
• Static digital ads
• Video marketing assets
• Creative testing

This is considered a "special assignment" within ongoing BAU work.

The two major work streams:

Building a large library of:

• Digital ads
• Variations
• Creative iterations
• Testing assets

May support:

• Storyboards
• Storyboard concepts
• Video creative development

• Strong digital advertising experience
• Experience designing across multiple digital platforms
• Ability to quickly learn and execute within Capital One brand systems
• Strong collaboration skills
• Ability to handle high-volume production

• Meta advertising experience
• Static and video ad experience
• Storyboarding
• Interaction Design
• UX principles
• Financial services experience
• Capital One experience

Nisha specifically said she wants to see:

Digital ad design

Meta/social advertising work

Storyboards

Interaction design work

UX-related projects

Most importantly:

She emphasized wanting candidates who can:

• Tell the story behind projects
• Explain strategic thinking
• Walk through decisions during portfolio reviews

She does not simply want pretty designs.

Good news:

They are completely open to:

• Agency candidates
• Corporate candidates
• Hybrid backgrounds
• Freelance candidates

However:

Candidates should understand how corporate workflows operate because they will need to:

• Hit the ground running
• Work through established processes
• Handle stakeholder feedback quickly

Nisha spent quite a bit of time here.

Ideal candidate should be:

• Manages multiple deadlines
• Handles numerous concurrent projects

• Asks questions
• Finds answers independently
• Requires minimal hand-holding

• Works well across teams
• Accepts feedback

Can explain:

• Why a design works
• Design rationale
• Creative decisions

She specifically called this out.

This is important.

The team anticipates:

This…