Creative Director

Every piece of art deserves to be seen.
 
Smartist is the leading art visualization app, with over 1M downloads across 175 countries and a 4.8★ rating. Artists use us to turn their work into photorealistic mockups in seconds, then sell it.
 
Now we're building Smartist Studio: the all in one platform for the whole art business. Everything around the art, so artists can get back to the art.
 
Our audience is artists. They judge us on how things look before they read a single word. We're looking for a Creative Director to own that first impression everywhere it happens.
 
What you'll do

• Own the Smartist brand end to end: identity, visual system, typography, color, motion, and the rules that keep it consistent across every surface
• Set the creative direction for campaigns, launches, and brand moments, then art direct them through to delivery
• Design the work yourself. This is a hands on role, not a role that only reviews other people's files
• Build and maintain the brand design system, asset library, and templates so the whole team can move fast without breaking the look
• Direct creative across App Store assets, paid ads, social, email, website, and in app visuals
• Brief and direct external partners: freelancers, illustrators, motion designers, photographers
• Work closely with product design, marketing, and the founders. Small team, short feedback loops, your work goes live within the week
• Raise the bar on everything that carries our name, including the parts nobody has looked at in a while
   

What we're looking for

• Brand graphic design is a must. You've built or substantially evolved a brand identity: logo systems, typography, color, layout, iconography, and the guidelines that hold it together. This is the core requirement, not a bonus
• 5+ years in design, with at least 2 spent directing creative work or leading a brand
• A portfolio that shows range and craft. We want to see finished brand systems, not only single campaigns
• Expert in Figma and the Adobe suite
• You can translate a strategy into a visual direction, and defend the direction without being precious about it
• Strong art direction instincts across photography, illustration, and motion, even where you don't execute it all yourself
• Comfortable working in a marketing context, where creative is judged on both craft and results
• Clear communicator in English, ready to work remotely

 
Nice to have

• Motion design and video editing, including After Effects
• Experience designing for App Store, including screenshots, icons, and store video
• Paid social and performance creative, and the discipline of testing it
• Art world fluency. You paint, photograph, curate, collect, or have worked with galleries
• Experience designing product UI alongside brand
• Experience directing AI assisted creative tools without letting the output look like it
   

Why Smartist

• Work from anywhere. Fully remote, flexible hours. We care when you ship, not where you sit.
• Ownership. You own the brand. Not a section of it, and not someone else's guidelines.
• Impact. Your work reaches artists in 175 countries, on a product rated 4.8★. We release weekly, so you see it live within days.
• The intersection of art and technology. Our users are painters, photographers, sculptors, and gallerists. The most visually demanding audience there is. Designing for them is the appeal of this job.
• Big moments ahead. A major platform launch and a set of brand campaigns that need a real creative point of view.
• AI that supports artists, not replaces them. That principle is non negotiable here, and it shapes what we build.
• Competitive salary based on experience, plus [paid time off, learning budget].
   

How to apply
Send your portfolio and CV. Lead with brand work, and for one or two projects tell us the brief, the constraints, and what you decided. We care more about your thinking than your case study layout.