Senior Art Director​/Designer

Description

Parallel is a brand agency helping organizations build stronger brands through strategy, identity design, digital experiences, and marketing. We are looking for a Senior Art Director/Designer

to develop compelling creative concepts and bring them to life through polished, strategically grounded design across brands, campaigns, and channels.

This is a full-time, in-person role based in San Antonio, Texas.

The Senior Art Director/Designer plays an important role in shaping creative ideas from the earliest stages of concept development through final production. This person doesn’t simply execute an established direction—they think conceptually, explore original ideas, and translate strategy and client objectives into creative solutions that are thoughtful, memorable, and effective.

You’ll collaborate with creative leads, strategists, copywriters, account teams, and other designers to develop concepts and execute work across brand identity, campaigns, digital, social, print, environmental, and presentation design. You’ll take ownership of assignments from concept through delivery, present and explain your thinking, respond thoughtfully to feedback, and ensure every final asset meets a high standard of creative and technical quality.

Success in this role comes naturally to someone who is curious, conceptually strong, and genuinely excited by the process of turning a strategic challenge into a compelling creative idea. If you bring original thinking, strong design judgment, exceptional craft, and the ability to move confidently between big-picture concepts and meticulous execution, we’d love to hear from you.

• Develop original creative concepts in response to client objectives, brand strategies, campaign needs, and creative briefs
• Explore multiple visual directions and translate abstract ideas into clear, compelling creative solutions
• Lead the design and execution of work across brand identity, campaigns, digital, social, print, environmental, and presentation materials
• Take ownership of creative assignments from initial concepting and exploration through refinement, production, and final delivery
• Translate brand strategy, creative direction, and client goals into distinctive, strategically aligned visual work
• Build thoughtful visual systems, layouts, templates, and design elements that maintain consistency across channels
• Collaborate with creative leads, strategists, copywriters, account teams, developers, and production partners throughout the creative process
• Present concepts and design recommendations clearly, articulating the strategic and creative rationale behind the work
• Participate in internal and client reviews, incorporating feedback while protecting the strength and integrity of the creative idea
• Balance conceptual ambition with practical considerations such as scope, timeline, audience, medium, and production requirements
• Prepare accurate, production-ready files for digital and print applications
• Review final work for quality, accuracy, brand consistency, and production readiness before handoff
• Manage file organization, versioning, and supporting assets throughout the project lifecycle
• Develop reusable templates and design systems that improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability
• Manage multiple assignments and deadlines while maintaining strong attention to detail and creative quality
• Communicate proactively about progress, timelines, questions, recommendations, and potential challenges
• Provide thoughtful feedback, guidance, and support to junior designers when appropriate
  
  Contribute ideas that elevate the agency’s creative output, standards, and ways of working

• 5+ years of professional design experience, preferably within a branding, advertising,…