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About the Role
We’re looking for an Art Director to lead concept development for Clutch. You’ll turn business and audience insight into strategically sound concepts, then art-direct them across campaigns, product, social, and retail. This is a hands-on role for a master of craft who is fluent across design tools and formats and obsessed with getting the work right.
Responsibilities
- Lead concept development and ideation with the Creative Director for campaigns, brand moments, and customer experiences, grounding ideas in business context and audience insight.
- Own daily art direction: set the visual bar, direct photo, video, motion, and design production, and keep the work sharp from first sketch to final asset.
- Run creative reviews and approval within the design team and external partners, giving clear, actionable feedback that makes the work better and the team stronger.
- Move fluidly between concept and hands-on execution across a range of design tools and mediums, building out designs across product, video, experiential and digital.
- Concept and service the marketing departments advertising needs, building tools that contribute towards our self service ‘creative engine’.
- Use data and creative learnings to sharpen future concepts and continuously improve the work.
- Increase the creative team's output whilst raising craft and originality.
Requirements
- 5+ years in a creative agency or in-house brand team, including 3+ years in an art direction role, with campaigns that shipped and ran in market.
- Strong art direction and design craft. Portfolio required, we’ll want to see shipped work and your specific role on it.
- Experience leading shoots and directing photographers, videographers and freelancers on set, and reviewing and approving day-to-day creative within an established brand system.
- Ability to apply a brand system consistently across campaigns, marketing, product and customer touchpoints.
- Collaborative by default; this role is in-office at 60 Adelaide St.
- Experience in automotive, retail or e-commerce, or with high-volume product photography is a plus.
Skills
- Art direction
- Design craft
- Concept development
- Visual direction
- Photo production
- Video production
- Motion production
- Design production
- Creative reviews
- Feedback delivery
- Design systems
- Brand systems
- Advertising
- Data analysis
- Creative strategy
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- In-office
- Permanent
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- 3+ years in an art direction role
- 5+ years in a creative agency or in-house brand team
Salary/Compensations
- $95,000 - $120,000 annually
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits from day one
- Room to grow into senior creative leadership
- Comprehensive healthcare, dental, vision, prescriptions, life insurance, and dependent coverage
About the Company
- Clutch is Canada’s largest online used car retailer, delivering a seamless, hassle-free car buying and selling experience to drivers everywhere.
- Named to The Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s Top Growing Companies for six consecutive years and also awarded spots on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ and Fast 500™ lists.
- Headquartered in Toronto, Clutch was founded in 2017 and currently services Ontario, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
- Clutch is backed by a number of world-class investors, including D1 Capital, Altos Ventures, BMO Capital Partners, Canaan, Real Ventures, and others.
Equal Opportunity
- Clutch is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed. If you require accommodation at any stage of the interview process, please email talent@clutch.ca.
- We use AI-assisted tools to help screen and assess applications. Final hiring decisions are made by our team.