Art Director Job at John McNeil Studio in Berkeley

The role

John McNeil Studio is looking for an Art Director who can contribute across the full spectrum of creative work—from brand identity to integrated campaigns to motion-first storytelling. This person thinks conceptually, thrives in fast-moving environments, and elevates every idea with strong taste, craft, and clarity.

In addition to broader brand and campaign work, you’ll guide the creative execution of our social newsroom program. You’ll drive ideation, ensure visual consistency, and give designers, animators, and editors the direction they need to move fast without sacrificing quality. As the creative anchor of the newsroom, you’ll set the visual tone for each cycle, assign work, and ensure content flows smoothly from concept to delivery. You’ll also partner with strategists, writers, directors, and designers to contribute to brand worlds and campaign concepts, helping bring ideas to life across channels.

What you’ll do

Newsroom Leadership

• Guide the day-to-day creative workflow of the newsroom—assigning work, setting visual direction, and ensuring consistent output.
• Partner with the newsroom strategist and designers to shape each asset cycle with ideas that are on-brand, reactive, and culturally aware.
• Guide designers, animators, and editors on layout, motion, video, image selection, and final asset polish.
• Maintain a consistent visual identity across a large volume of content while continuously evolving and optimizing it.
• Keep the team sharp by bringing POVs on trends, formats, platform behaviors, and what’s working in the broader social landscape.

Art Direction + Concept Development

Design Craft + Creative Production

What you bring

This is a full time position with a generous benefits package including healthcare benefits, FSA, PTO and 401k. Location is onsite full time at our Studio in Berkeley, California.

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