Art director with 8 years of experience creating campaigns across social, digital and print for lifestyle and apparel brands. Concepted a spring campaign that delivered a 3.4x return on ad spend. Brings strong visual concepting, shoot direction and close collaboration with copywriters and producers.
Experience
Art Director, Bold Sparrow Agency (Los Angeles, CA)
Jun 2021 – Present
Concepted a spring apparel campaign that delivered a 3.4x return on ad spend across Meta and TikTok
Directed 14 photo and video shoots with budgets from $25k to $180k
Partner with 2 copywriters on concepts from brief to final delivery
Guide 2 junior designers on layouts, retouching and asset versioning
Junior Art Director, Sunrise Collective (Santa Monica, CA)
Mar 2018 – May 2021
Designed social and display campaigns for 8 beauty and wellness brands
Built a modular ad template system that cut resizing time by 50%
Assisted on location scouting and casting for brand shoots
Education
BFA, Advertising, ArtCenter College of Design (Sep 2013 – Dec 2017)
Skills
Art direction: concepting, campaign design, shoot direction, casting, retouching direction
Channels: social, digital display, out-of-home, print
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Figma
A strong Art Director resume shows the problems you framed, the decisions you drove, and the user or business outcomes they produced. Show the organization you ran (team size, budget, revenue) and the business results you are accountable for.
Sections, in order
Summary
Experience
Projects
Skills
Education
Length: Two pages are common for leadership roles; keep the first page strong enough to stand alone.
Summary: Lead with your leadership scope and the business outcomes you are known for.
Skills to feature
User research
Product strategy
Prototyping
Figma
Design systems
Usability testing
Roadmapping
Experimentation (A/B testing)
Stakeholder management
Accessibility
Example bullet points
Redesigned onboarding from 9 steps to 4, lifting week-one activation from 31% to 44%
Built a 120-component design system adopted by 5 squads, halving UI build time for new features
Ran 40 user interviews and a pricing test that informed a packaging change worth $1.2M ARR
Tips from recruiters
Put a portfolio link in the header; for product roles, link a case study or launch write-up instead.
Describe your role in shared outcomes precisely ("led", "co-owned", "contributed").
Keep visuals for the portfolio: a clean, readable resume signals design judgement better than decoration.
Recommended templates
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Timeline (ATS-friendly): Clean accent layout with a dated career timeline
Vanguard (ATS-friendly): Bold display name, accent-led headings with line rules
Art Director resume FAQ
What should a Art Director resume include?
A Art Director resume should show the problems you framed, the decisions you drove, and the user or business outcomes they produced. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Projects, Skills and Education. Show the organization you ran (team size, budget, revenue) and the business results you are accountable for.
What is the best resume template for a Art Director?
Modern, Timeline and Vanguard work well for Art Director roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Art Director resume be?
Two pages are common for leadership roles; keep the first page strong enough to stand alone.
Which skills should a Art Director put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Art Director roles are User research, Product strategy, Prototyping, Figma, Design systems and Usability testing.
How do I write strong Art Director resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as activation, conversion and retention. For example: "Redesigned onboarding from 9 steps to 4, lifting week-one activation from 31% to 44%."