Art Director, Brand Partnerships
New York
Brand Partnerships /
Full-time /
On-site
Company And Culture
Created in 2002 by Marc Eckō, Complex is a leading global youth entertainment network showcasing the evolution of major pop culture categories, including streetwear and style, music, sneakers, and sports. Complex is a juggernaut in the content and culture space, delivering unprecedented global reach.
Complex is the world’s definitive cultural commerce, content, and experiential platform. We have created an all-new operating system built for the next generation, seamlessly integrating discovery, inspiration, community, and shopping. The company represents an expansion of the original vision with a deep understanding of convergence culture and its impact on contemporary society.
Whether through video, long-form editorial, or social content, Complex tells stories that engage dynamic conversation with our communities. Our internet-breaking cover stories document the heroes of culture and take them to the next level through product collaboration and shoppability.
Complex has become experts in creating immersive environments at our IRL experiences and cultural events. ComplexCon is our flagship festival bringing together the world’s most influential brands and artists for an unforgettable weekend of style, sneakers, art, design, food, music, inspiration and more.
Join us to help redefine the way people shop, while building a global marketplace that moves at the speed of culture. Complex is committed to building a high performing team that is passionate about what they do and the communities we serve.
Everyone at Complex truly believes in the company and its mission; it’s a requirement for working here. There is synergy within the teams that make Complex what it is, a well-oiled machine. Employees are at the forefront of the company's success because every one of us is given the opportunity to provide suggestions, feedback, and direction.
Why We're Hiring
Our team is growing and looking for an Art Director to raise the bar within the Complex Brand Partnerships team. You’ll work within the Branded Art and Design team cross functionally with branded content (editorial and video), account management, product and experiential to ideate and execute deliverables. We offer a full range of products—from content to live events—to our clients and need someone with a strong technical skillset and ability to work from concept ideation to finished execution bringing a wide range of deliverables to life. We’re seeking a well rounded utility player with a multi-disciplinary approach and deep expertise within innovative graphic design, social design, display media, printed collateral, merch and experiential concepting. This role is ideal for a creative visionary who understands how to transform cultural insights and partner brand guidelines into iconic visual expressions across mediums—from digital to physical. This individual is self-motivated, highly collaborative, and relentlessly curious, consistently sparking new ideas, pushing boundaries, and elevating design and creative across a range of platforms.
What You'll Do
- Mentor and Lead: Concept and pitch work to internal and external teams. Work with designers bringing concepts and campaign objectives to life
- Collaborate: Working with design leaders, account managers, experiential and product to create a visual roadmap for a variety of deliverables
- Executing projects: Taking projects from concept to launch, creating within existing workflow systems while marrying brand guidelines and the Complex visual ID
- Presenting: You’ll pitch and sell your work in to senior leadership and brand clients as necessary
- Display and Social Design: Ability to translate larger campaign initiatives and creative into display and social deliverables
- Experiential and Event Design: Work with design leadership on conceptualizing and executing physical brand experiences—from bespoke pop-up activations to large-scale experiences like ComplexCon
- Apparel: Design of limited-edition merch drops, and collabs bringing fashion sensibility to product storytelling
- Researching: Conducting research to identify problems and validate designs
- Expert in latest Mac software: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects), Google Slides, Figma, ReadyMag, SketchUp or other experiential 3D render softwareImpressive, wide-ranging portfolio (brand, print, event, editorial and product is a plus)
- Working knowledge of current AI render platforms
Who You Are
- Minimum 6-8 years of graphic design experience and art direction experience within the last 3-4 years at an agency, culturally-adjacent media publisher, or in-house brand
- Passion for forward-thinking design across digital, print, experiential, and product
- Voracious consumer of pop culture and working knowledge of trends in music, events, streetwear, and fashion at large
- Well-organized, with strict attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem solving
- Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, interpersonal
- Able to support design decisions using industry insight, best practices, and tried and true execution approaches
- Obsess about the details and push the creative until its reached the best execution
- Highly responsible, self-motivated, and able to thrive in an energetic, fast-paced, high growth, entrepreneurial environment
- Must have strong time management skills and the ability to pivot from project to project juggling multiple at a time
- Passion for materials within tangible design for apparel, packaging, print, and experiential builds
What We Offer
- Best in class health, dental, and vision insurance
- Healthcare FSA
- Dependent Care FSA
- Commuter Benefits FSA
- Short-term/long-term disability and life insurance
- Paid Parental leave
- 401k with 4% match
- Pet Insurance
- Legal and Identity Theft Plans
- Vacation time and sick days
$110,000 - $125,000 a year
The Pay Range, which consists of salary and commission, for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Complex Total Rewards offerings for employees.
We're 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.
The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.
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