Art Director, Ads Brand Innovation Lab

Art Director, Amazon Ads Brand Innovation Lab

Are you a versatile creative who thrives across disciplines? Are you a true multi‑disciplinary talent who leverages a full AI toolkit to deliver visually stunning design, big ideas that get noticed, frictionless UX, and sharp copy? Are you excited to own the full creative workflow—from insight‑driven pitch decks to polished digital campaigns? Then let's talk.

Amazon's Brand Innovation Lab (BIL) is looking for a full‑stack Art Director to create one‑of‑a‑kind campaigns for a wide range of leading global brands across every advertising vertical. You'll partner with other multi‑disciplinary creatives, solutions managers, producers, and software developers to create first‑class full‑funnel customer experiences across the Amazon Canvas (Prime Video, Alexa, Twitch, Live Sports, Amazon Music). You'll lead projects and own client relationships, focusing on creating work that benefits the end customer while expanding what's creatively possible—from brief to execution.

This role will use data, insights, and creativity to create campaign strategy and concepts, develop designs and the look and feel for experiences, as well as templates for never‑before‑done brand experiences that will solve customer problems on and off Amazon platforms. You have strong conceptual, presentation, storytelling, and project management skills, as well as digital media expertise, and of course, a keen attention to detail.

• Concept, design, and execute innovative ads, campaigns, and experiences for global brands.
• Partner with other creatives, solutions managers, developers, strategists, and producers to create customer‑focused solutions that deliver on advertiser objectives.
• Lead campaigns and collaborate with internal teams, clients, and external agency partners.
• Deliver high‑quality designs and exceptional art direction for campaigns across different Amazon touch points.
• Demonstrate in‑depth understanding of Photoshop Suite, Figma, and AI tools.
• Bring a deep passion for understanding customers and making work that delivers results.
• Present ideas and concepts to clients, agencies, and internal stakeholders.
• Ideate across both traditional and non‑traditional formats, with a proven ability to create new mediums for advertising.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously to meet deadlines.
• Mentor and inspire junior designers and creatives.

• Partner with IMDb on how to create a reality content series for a travel brand.
• Invent a product that helps revolutionize cooking with a CPG brand.
• Present a campaign to brand clients and their partner media agency.
• Design a trivia experience for a Fin Serv brand using Prime Video titles.
• Review video edits for influencer product launch campaign.
• Innovate what's next on Amazon for our fashion advertisers.

Brand Innovation Lab is an award‑winning team that conceptualizes and executes bespoke advertising experiences for global brands—including Nike, Purina, Gap, Santander, and P&G—who invest in media with Amazon Ads. We collaborate across designers, strategists, engineers, producers, and more to create customer‑focused solutions across the Amazon canvas (Alexa, Twitch, Prime Video, Fire TV, etc.) that are customized to advertisers' goals.

• Experience in marketing, brand advertising, media sales, or online advertising and close work with senior advertisers and agency stakeholders.
• Minimum 6 years of professional experience.
• Experience with Figma and the Adobe CS suite: XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere, and After Effects.

• Knowledge of branding guidelines and corporate identity, visual design, print, and digital layout design.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, please visit Amazon's accommodations page for more information.

The base salary range for this position is 81,500.00 –  CAD annually for the Toronto, ON location. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits, including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), a Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well‑being.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.