Art Director

The role:

The Creative Studio at SoFi is looking for a talented art director to join our best-in-class in-house agency and deliver exceptional digital experiences for our rapidly growing brand.

You’ll partner with product marketers, project managers, and other cross-functional partners to create digital assets for our Member business unit. 

We’re looking for someone who  is driven, forward-thinking, and nimble enough to collaborate with your creative partners on messaging as well as visual design. You’ll be joining a supportive, fun team culture of creative people excited to come to work every day in order to help people get their money right.

What you’ll do:

• Own end-to-end concept and design for marketing projects across a variety of digital mediums for the Member team, including but not limited to:
• Email Design
• In app messages
• Social media posts
• Branding campaign and assets
• Lead gen campaigns and assets
• Digital Videos
• Digital Display Banners
• Create marketing materials for engaging, fast growing products
• In addition to designing marketing materials, you’re also comfortable collaborating with your team copywriter on messaging and concepts.
• Create consumer- and enterprise-facing work that is visually exciting, forward-thinking, and emotionally engaging.
• Help us test, iterate, and optimize designs to consistently deliver and improve business results.
• Work collaboratively with fellow members of the creative, web, and development teams as well as cross-functional stakeholders, like product marketing, lifecycle marketing, and strategy 
• Champion the SoFi brand and user experience, and help shape SoFi’s brand narrative.
• Be a part of our close knit in-house Creative Studio, producing award winning, first-in-class advertising and marketing materials.

What you’ll need:

• A minimum of two years working as an art director at an ad agency, in-house creative department, or freelancing for major brands.
• Must have a strong well-rounded portfolio full of beautiful, yet functional, work that demonstrates the ability to deliver business results.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and iterate on different design options based on stakeholder and creative feedback.
• Ability to balance multiple projects with tight timelines while producing high-quality work.
• You’re all about the data. You love testing design solutions and iterating based on results.
• Very comfortable collaborating with product marketers, product designers, brand strategists, and other cross functional partners. 
• Self-motivated and able to work independently while also supporting the larger team.
• Awesome written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Experience working in similar regulated industries, primarily FinTech and Insurance is a plus

Software:

• Proficient in design software and tools including Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Adobe After Effects for subtle motion graphics
• Experience with Adobe Substance for 3D asset creation