Art Director/Communication Designer

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together.

The Global Business Marketing team is looking for an Art Director to oversee all of online presence, product marketing, and small business marketing. Someone who’s up to the challenge of telling the evolving Facebook story to the market in the most compelling and surprising ways possible. Ideal candidates should be natural leaders with a marketing/advertising agency background skewing heavily into the realms of digital. Experience leading the design for expansive online and digital creative initiatives is a must. You will work with a highly cross-functional team of marketers, product leaders, technologists, and business leaders, all working together to bring our ideas to life. Contenders will interview with a variety of our cross-functional team members and will be expected to give a portfolio and POV presentation with accompanying Q&A.

* Collaborate with creative partners to concept and create innovative and big marketing ideas. * Produce layouts or rough sketches to communicate initial ideas and then follow through to delivering flawless executions. * Take complex concepts and products and bring them to life simply and beautifully. * Find and oversee the appropriate photographers and artists to help bring their vision to life. * Partner with UX design and engineering to bring concepts to life online and continually optimize, improve, and evolve. * Manage design projects and provide design direction working closely to guide the work of external agencies.

* 10+ years of experience working at an advertising agency * Previous experience as an Art Director * Portfolio featuring a variety of work examples- Portfolio link on resume required. * Deep digital experience and understanding of digital design and marketing channels. * Proven experience overseeing ideas from inception to launch. * Ability to take feedback and input and come up with solutions that keep the integrity of the ideas. * Highly proficient in Photoshop, InDesign and Powerpoint * Experience with Adobe Illustrator and Keynote a plus * Ability to easily explain design decisions * History of self-initiated projects * Understands basic user-experience design and content strategy * Basic understanding of the design principles to driving results in an online environment * Bachelor's degree or equivalent * Eligible to work in the US