Marketing Art Director

Art Director 

Location: Tel Aviv, On-site.

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience Level: High

About the Role

We are looking for a visionary Marketing Art Director to serve as the creative heartbeat of our gallery studio. This is a high-impact, role designed for a "strategic creative"—someone who can architect a brand-level marketing strategy and then roll up their sleeves to execute it across digital full costumer lifecycle print, digital,physical spaces, and marketing campaigns.

You will be responsible for the gallery's visual identity, implementing the marketing strategy, and the seamless operation of our creative studio. You won’t just be making things look beautiful; you will be using design as a tool to drive collector engagement, support artist growth, and elevate our presence in the global art market.

This is a leadership position, leading the studio team (Digital campaigns, UIX, film, print, visual AI) along with the studio manager & operations manager. 

Core Responsibilities:

• holistic marketing creative development: Partner with leadership to translate gallery objectives into high-performing marketing campaigns & special projects. Use market insights to define the "how" and "why" behind our creative output.
• Brand Harmony: Evolve and maintain a cohesive visual identity across all touchpoints, ensuring the gallery’s brand remains prestigious and consistent.
• Digital Strategy: Lead the visual direction for social media, email marketing, and web, utilizing data-informed design to increase ROI and audience growth.

Multidisciplinary Design & Artistic Development

• Collateral & Print: Direct and design high-end catalogs, brochures, and invitations with a deep focus on typography and luxury production.
• Online marketing: create marketing materials for the entire customer lifecycle, working closely with the growth director and CMO. 
• Package Design: Create bespoke packaging solutions for artwork shipments and VIP gift sets that enhance the collector experience.
• * Event & Environmental Design: Design the visual flow for exhibitions and international art fairs, including signage, booth layouts, environmental graphics, art instalation and exhibitions.

These are led by the events and exhibition directors, yet a high level of involvement is expected to ensure brand consistency.

Studio & Project Management

• Workflow Oversight: Manage the creative lifecycle from brief to delivery, ensuring all projects are on time and within budget.
• Asset Management: Maintain the gallery’s digital archives, including high-resolution artwork photography and brand libraries.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in art direction or creative leadership, ideally within the arts, luxury, or a high-end agency setting.
• Strategic Mindset: Proven ability to link design decisions to marketing outcomes and business growth.
• Technical Mastery: Expert-level Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator). AI Tools mastery (Higgsfield, CompyUI, Runway). Experience with motion or web design is a plus.
• Production Knowledge: experience with of print processes, paper stocks, and high-end finishing.
• Leadership: Experience managing studio workflows and external contractors in a fast-paced environment.
• Management: 5 years of experience managing a creative team of 3+. 

Why Join Us?

This role offers the unique opportunity to shape the visual legacy of a growing gallery, we are the biggest gallery in israel and among the 5 leading galleries in the world. You will have a seat at the table for high-level strategy to define how the world experiences art.