Senior Art Director at Remitly | GB | Rezi

Senior Art Director at Remitly

Senior Art Director

Remitly · GB

1 weeks ago

Senior Art Director

Remitly · GB

9 days ago
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About the Role

Remitly's mission is to transform the lives of immigrants and their families by providing the most trusted financial services on the planet. Our EMEA & APAC Creative team makes work that connects with local cultures and drives business results across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, covering brand campaigns, digital performance, motion, broadcast and out-of-home. As a Senior Art Director you'll be a senior specialist and project leader. You'll own regional creative from concept through delivery and optimisation. You'll work independently, hold the team to a higher quality bar, coach junior designers, and partner with global teams and external agencies to move Remitly's brand forward. You'll be accountable for measurable creative outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead creative development for regional campaigns across brand and performance channels, ensuring work meets or exceeds the global quality bar.
  • Translate briefs into well-reasoned, insight-led concepts that bring clarity to ambiguous problems and prioritize the customer.
  • Own design projects from concept to completion, selecting methods, timelines, and creative approaches to achieve business objectives.
  • Review and elevate agency and partner work, ensuring it is on-brand, accurate, and excellent.
  • Audit existing creative using data, insight, and market context to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Design with a global mindset, considering non-English languages and localization from the outset.
  • Proactively communicate timelines, risks, blockers, and dependencies to stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with global creative, marketing, brand, and performance teams to integrate regional needs into broader creative strategies and represent those needs in cross-functional forums.
  • Guide and coach junior designers, and facilitate knowledge sharing among teams in different locations.
  • Identify and implement process, template, and delivery improvements to enhance team quality, efficiency, and consistency.

Requirements

  • 6-8+ years of experience in visual design, digital design, and multi-channel execution.
  • Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
  • Proven track record of leading creative for campaigns or regions with demonstrated in-market results.
  • Ability to translate strategy and customer insight into compelling creative with distinct conceptual directions.
  • Experience directing external agencies and improving their work quality.
  • Experience mentoring or coaching junior creatives.
  • Strong judgment and structured thinking for ambiguous problems, with the ability to build alignment and handle conflicting viewpoints constructively.
  • Track record of reliability, ownership, and self-management in a hybrid environment.

Skills

  • Visual design
  • Digital design
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Figma
  • Conceptualization
  • Agency direction
  • Mentoring
  • Structured thinking
  • Self-management
  • Motion design (bonus)
  • AI creative tools (bonus)
  • Presentation skills (bonus)

Location

  • London

Work Type

  • Hybrid
  • 3 days onsite per week

Experience Level

  • Senior

Benefits

  • Paid Vacation Days
  • Health insurance
  • Commuter benefit
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
  • Continuing education

About the Company

  • At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward.
  • We're looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that's you and you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.
  • Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster.
  • Under the Company's current hybrid-work expectations, employees in this position work onsite Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional onsite attendance may be required based on business needs, and the Company may modify its hybrid-work expectations from time to time. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.

Equal Opportunity

  • Remitly is an E-Verify Employer
  • At Remitly, we are dedicated to ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.