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About Salesforce

We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place.

Salesforce is looking for a Senior Art Director to work with on a contract basis. We are looking for someone who combines skill and enthusiasm with a passion for design, quality, and attention to detail. You will be ready to take ownership of key projects, collaborate with teams, and present design work to executives with confidence and clarity. You should be used to working on multiple projects within tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. While confident and passionate in your abilities, you possess a willingness to learn something new. 

In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with the team that specializes in characters, company culture, Trailhead and internal events. You will create bold, impactful concepts for our programs and guide them to successful execution through every stage of production. While you're comfortable taking direction, you also excel at conceptualizing and championing your own ideas—and delivering exceptional results.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 

• Design Leadership & Execution

  • Oversee and execute high-quality deliverables for digital, print, presentations, and motion graphics.

  • Produce and refine assets such as design systems and templates, landing pages, event signage, product icons, ensuring consistency and excellence.

  • Stay ahead of design trends, tools, and technologies, integrating them into projects to maintain cutting-edge design and efficiency.
     

• Concept Development

  • Work closely with our Senior Creative Director and cross-functional teams to develop innovative and strategic design concepts that align with Salesforce's events and brand design.

  • Leverage visual storytelling and design to craft compelling narratives that engage and inspire audiences.

  • Collaborate and partner with project managers, copywriters, designers, and marketing teams to ensure creative vision is executed effectively across all channels ahead of deadlines.
     

• Presentation

  • Present concepts and designs to stakeholders, including senior leadership, and incorporate feedback to refine and improve creative deliverables.

  • Ability to produce, document and maintain a comprehensive Brand Kit-of-Parts and/or Brand Guidelines to ensure consistency for developed design systems.

  • Participate in all necessary internal and external meetings – status, team briefings, brainstorming sessions and presentations.
     

QUALIFICATIONS
 

• Strong problem solving skills and detail oriented.

• Superior presentation, oral, written and time management skills.

• Strong knowledge of design principles, typography, color theory, composition, and visual storytelling.

• Experience with corporate branding, and working with corporate guidelines.

• Can work with and/or create custom illustrations.

• Familiarity with current advertising and design trends, and practical knowledge of Internet and multimedia technology.

REQUIREMENTS

• 7+ years experience in a visual design role, preferably at a tech company, design firm or agency.

• Strong online portfolio with outstanding examples across a variety of digital and traditional media that demonstrate creative and technical skills.

• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.

• In-office attendance is required.

BONUS

• Event conference/booth/environmental design experience

• AI creative tools (Firefly, Midjourney; etc) working knowledge 

• Presentation design experience

• Video/motion graphic design experience

• Working with complex illustrations

• Iconography & Character design knowledge

Why Salesforce? 

Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. The company was founded on three disruptive ideas: a new technology model in cloud computing, a pay-as-you-go business model, and a new integrated corporate philanthropy model. These founding principles have taken our company to great heights, including being named one of Forbes's "World's Most Innovative Company" six years in a row and one of Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" nine years in a row. We are the fastest growing of the top 10 enterprise software companies, and this level of growth equals incredible opportunities to grow a career at Salesforce. Together, with our whole Ohana (Hawaiian for "family") made up of our employees, customers, partners and communities, we are working to improve the state of the world.

 

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Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.