Art Director

Location: LaSalle

About GALE
GALE is a creative business agency that brings business insights to brand storytelling and activates it across every channel. With expertise in business strategy, media, CRM, addressable and integrated brand communications, performance marketing, and technology, GALE creates marketing systems and communications that grow businesses. GALE delivers strong outcomes for its partners in Fin Tech, QSR, retail, gaming, entertainment, home services and more.

Founded in 2014, the agency currently has offices in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Bengaluru, Austin, Denver and Kansas City.

Some Brands We Work With:
Uber, Delta, Starbucks, Diageo, Hard Rock, MilkPEP, Pella, Money Lion, Waymo, BMO, Goldman Sachs, Creative Planning, NBA, Chilli’s, & Bain Capital.

If you’re driven by a passion to build something great, a desire to innovate, and a commitment to achieve excellence in your craft, GALE is a great place for you.

Inclusion in Hiring
GALE is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

What You'll Do
We are currently seeking a  Digital Art Director  to join our creative team on one of our digital apps focused client accounts. Working alongside copywriters, designers, and creative leadership, you’ll concept and craft digital-first work across social, display, CRM, and in-app channels — work that’s as sharp strategically as it is visually. You’ll help shape how one of the world’s most recognizable brands shows up in feeds, inboxes, and on screens every day.

Who You Are

5-7 years of experience as an art director or senior designer at an agency or in-house creative team, with a focus on digital

A portfolio of conceptual, brand-driven digital work — social-first campaigns, CRM, and performance creative that’s beautiful and effective

Expert in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite; motion skills (After Effects) a strong plus

Deep fluency in digital and social platform best practices, specs, and formats

Experience art directing photo/video shoots and working with production partners

A collaborative teammate who takes feedback well and gives it thoughtfully

Comfortable juggling multiple work streams in a fast-paced, high-volume account

Experience on large, multi-channel brands (rideshare, delivery, tech, or lifestyle a plus)

Nice to Have

Concept, design, and art direct digital campaigns across paid social, display, email/CRM, in-app, and web

Translate Uber's brand system into thumb-stopping, platform-native creative — knowing what works on Tik Tok versus Meta versus programmatic

Partner with copywriters to develop integrated campaign ideas from brief through final delivery

Oversee and elevate the work of designers and studio artists, giving clear, constructive creative direction

Present work internally and to clients with confidence and a strong point of view

Collaborate with strategy, media, and production teams to ensure creative performs against business goals

Maintain brand consistency and craft standards across high-volume, fast-turn deliverables

Stay on top of platform trends, formats, and emerging creative tech, bringing new ideas to the team proactively

What You Will Do

Concept, design, and art direct digital campaigns across paid social, display, email/CRM, in-app, and web

Translate Uber's brand system into thumb-stopping, platform-native creative — knowing what works on Tik Tok versus Meta versus programmatic

Partner with copywriters to develop integrated campaign ideas from brief through final delivery

Oversee and elevate the work of designers and studio artists, giving clear, constructive creative direction

Present work internally and to clients…