Location: Remote (US), with travel as needed
Vacatia is an innovative hospitality company reinventing the vacation rental and ownership experience across discovery, booking, and stay. We’re building the next generation of travel lifestyle products — blending technology, hospitality, and design to create smarter, more connected experiences for guests, owners, and partners.
We’re looking for a hands-on Art Director, Marketing who will translate marketing objectives into compelling creative across digital, print, motion, and on-property channels. Reporting to the Director of Creative Operations & Brand Strategy, you’ll develop concepts, lead creative initiatives as needed, and collaborate with artists, designers, and marketing partners to bring a unified vision to life. You’ll also mentor designers and provide creative guidance without direct people management responsibilities.
If you thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments and love combining creative thinking, collaboration, and hands-on execution — this is your opportunity to make your mark at the intersection of hospitality and innovation.
Why You’ll Love Working at Vacatia
- Build the Future: Help bring Vacatia’s brand to life through engaging campaigns, thoughtful design, and dynamic motion content.
- Impact That Matters: Create clear, compelling communications that connect with owners, guests, and partners throughout their vacation experience.
- Innovation at Scale: Collaborate across creative and marketing teams using modern design tools, 3D animation, and approved AI-powered solutions.
- Autonomy and Ownership: Guide creative projects from concept through delivery while staying actively involved in design and production.
- Culture of Growth: Share your expertise, mentor designers, and develop your craft in a collaborative environment that values initiative and continuous improvement.
- Guide creative from concept to delivery, translating marketing briefs into compelling visual solutions and coordinating designers, artists, freelancers, and creative partners as needed.
- Strengthen brand consistency by applying Vacatia’s enterprise guidelines across campaigns, communications, templates, and reusable design assets.
- Create motion graphics and 3D animation from concept and storyboarding through production, adapting content for different channels and technical requirements.
- Design integrated marketing campaigns across email, digital, print, and on-property channels, maintaining cohesive creative across audiences and formats.
- Elevate digital experiences through responsive email design, landing page assets, wireframes, and layouts that prioritize usability, accessibility, and mobile optimization.
- Deliver high-quality print and resort collateral, preparing production-ready files and coordinating with vendors to maintain accuracy, quality, and timelines.
- Mentor designers and collaborate across teams, providing actionable feedback, presenting creative rationale, and managing deliverables and competing priorities.
- Improve creative effectiveness by using performance insights, stakeholder feedback, and workflow improvements to refine execution and simplify complex information.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in graphic design, marketing design, or a related creative field, including art direction, creative initiative leadership, and designer mentorship.
- A portfolio demonstrating strong concepts and hands-on execution across brand campaigns, digital, print, and motion, including a motion reel or animation examples.
- Demonstrated ability to guide creative projects from brief through final production and apply established brand guidelines across audiences and channels.
- Hands-on experience with 3D animation tools such as Cinema 4D or Blender, along with motion graphics tools such as After Effects.
- Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, with working knowledge of Premiere Pro.
- Familiarity with email design and marketing automation platforms such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
- Working knowledge of responsive design, visual hierarchy, UX principles, accessibility, and print production.
- Strong communication, organization, and time management skills, with the ability to explain creative decisions, provide constructive feedback, and balance multiple projects.
- Experience in hospitality, travel, vacation ownership, or lifestyle brands, familiarity with lifecycle marketing and CRM-driven design, and experience with wireframing or light prototyping are preferred.
Join us at the start of something big. If you’re ready to design for impact, guide creative collaboration, and bring memorable brand experiences to life, we’d love to hear from you.