Senior Art Director

Location: Somerville, MA

Work Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for an Art Director to lead how Janji shows up visually across every customer touchpoint. This role owns the synthesis of art direction, campaign design, content development, and visual storytelling, ensuring that Janji consistently feels premium, authentic, and deeply connected to our customer, the explorer runner.

You will lead creative direction across seasonal campaigns, product storytelling, website visuals, and marketing initiatives, shaping work from early concept through final execution. This role requires both high creative taste and strong execution: someone who can define visual direction, guide collaborators, and personally design at a high level.

The ideal candidate is deeply tuned into design trends across outdoor, performance, fashion, and culture; but they also know how to filter those influences through Janji’s unique lens. You understand how to make technical products feel desirable, how to create content that earns trust from discerning runners, and how to elevate a brand without losing authenticity.

What You’ll Do

Art Direction & Campaign Leadership

Lead art direction across all marketing initiatives, seasonal launches, and brand campaigns
Develop visual concepts that reinforce Janji’s product performance, premium positioning, and brand worldview
Own seasonal storytelling from pre-production through go-to-market
Create briefs, moodboards, storyboards, and shot lists for photo and video content
Direct photoshoots, including styling, visual direction, and on-set decision-making
Guide video development from concept through editing and feedback
Art direct external designers, photographers, editors, and creative partners

Design

Serve as design lead across marketing initiatives, delivering high-quality graphic design across channels
Create campaign assets for digital, retail, email, social, and brand storytelling
Maintain a high bar for typography, composition, layout, and visual consistency

Website & Digital Experience

Lead homepage visual management and campaign execution on janji.com in coordiation with Janji’s E-commerce Manager
Drive UI/UX design thinking across key website touchpoints
Own image selection, editing, and visual presentation of product and campaign assets online
Partner closely with e-commerce and marketing to improve digital storytelling and conversion

Content & Production

Lead visual planning for e-commerce and lifestyle content shoots
Ensure photography and video consistently showcase the product in a way that feels compelling, credible, and elevated
Help define how Janji’s content evolves across channels over time

What We’re Looking For

7+ years of experience in art direction, brand design, or creative leadership
Strong portfolio showing campaign thinking across photo, video, graphic design, and digital
High fluency in design trends across outdoor, running, fashion, and culture
Strong understanding of product storytelling, especially in apparel or technical goods
Experience directing photoshoots and managing creative production
Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite and modern design workflows
Understanding of UI/UX principles and digital-first design
Strong creative instincts paired with excellent organization and follow-through

Who You Are

You care deeply about taste, detail, and visual clarity
You understand what resonates with highly discerning runners who value authenticity
You are energized by making technical product feel exciting and emotionally compelling
You can move fluidly between concepting and execution
You have a strong point of view, but you collaborate well
You believe great design and storytelling can move people and build lasting brand value

Bonus if You Have

Experience in running, outdoor, or performance apparel
Familiarity with the ultra and trail running world
Firsthand connection to the gear, culture, and mindset of the ultra-distance athlete

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