The Global Marketing team brings to life the unique promise of Hilton's portfolio of brands by defining, creating, and delivering exceptional multi-channel marketing campaigns designed to drive business results.

What will I be doing?

We seek an Art Director to join our award-winning in-house creative team. Hilton Creative Studio partners with cross-functional teams to build marketing platforms and consumer campaigns to drive consumer awareness, engagement, preference, and loyalty with Hilton and our 18 brands. The Studio team of account managers, copywriters, designers, production artists, and animators is primarily located in McLean, VA. However, we also have team members in Glasgow, Dallas, and remote locations in the US!

The ideal candidate will have a wide range of design capabilities and experience, with a solid background in visual communications, print, digital, social, branding, and typography.

More specifically, you will:

• Proactively understand and gain knowledge of our business, brands, target audiences, and competitor activities.
• Lead the creative team for a designated business unit within the in-house creative studio. Partner closely with the account manager to keep all projects on track.
• Partner with the ECD/Design Team/Copywriters to develop compelling creative solutions across omni-platform touchpoints with a customer-first lens. Effectively communicate the strategic intent for each tactic.
• Collaborate with the partner teams and other members of the internal creative studio to understand business goals, marketing objectives, and creative strategy to support various marketing campaigns and projects.
• Day-to-day you may design with the team, provide feedback, guide or inform a creative strategy. Cultivate learning new tips, tricks, shortcuts, design tools, etc.
• Present and provide a business rationale for creative ideas to our internal partners for approval and development.
• Responsible for graphic design and direction, seeing all projects through from concept, design, production, completion, and delivery.
• Evolve, revise or redevelop creative in response to feedback from the Executive Creative Director, or internal partners.
• Help plan and run effective creative brainstorming workshops and creative presentations for our partners across marketing, brand, and corporate lines of business.
• Adhere to Hilton's brand identity and accessibility standards and guidelines while helping to inform the evolution and extension of the visual identity.
• Influence efficient creative workflow and the Hilton Creative Studio ways of working.
• Support leadership with recruitment, and training. Recognize, inspire and motivate the talent of those on the team.
• Use campaign performance data to understand the effectiveness of campaigns and apply key takeaways to future campaigns.

We seek someone with strong attention to detail, a self-starter, a positive demeanor, and a collaborative personality. We believe the success in this role will demonstrate itself through the following attributes and skills:

• Strong leadership, communication, and staff management skills
• Expert knowledge of design fundamentals and messaging hierarchy
• Confidence, enthusiasm, and determination; Can successfully solve problems
• Collaborative, and can work with partners across multiple functions
• Have an interest in popular culture, new trends, and styles
• Experience working at a creative agency
• Experience in hospitality or consumer brands

• Seven (7) years of relative Design experience, preferably in a design firm, advertising, or in-house creative department
• Four (4) years managing junior creative or design teams
• Seven (7) years of working knowledge of Adobe Suite
• A standout portfolio that demonstrates the strong design, storytelling, brand, and campaign development
• Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to inspire and sell creative rationale to senior management and cross-functional teams
• Can process and produce multiple projects in a short time frame- resizing art/layout accordingly to specs

• Strong portfolio showing a range of experience, concepts, and visual styles
• Animation & Video production experience
• Experience working with a marketing department, understanding of business goals, and can find creative solutions to help achieve objectives
• Experience working on direct response materials and designing for a range of marketing platforms, including email, banner ads, social, landing pages, print collateral, television

The future of hospitality is bright at Hilton : a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands . Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture, and we are consistently named among one of the World's Best Workplaces.

We support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members, so they can Thrive, thanks to innovative programs and benefits such as workplace flexibility, career growth and development, and our Go Hilton travel discount program. Hilton prioritizes understanding and integrating our Team Members' unique perspectives and voices-along with those of our Guests, Owners, Suppliers, and Partners-to cultivate a diverse and inclusive environment for all. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it's like to be on Team Hilton!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions of his or her role, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.