Art Director (Creative Design)

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where everyone can thrive.
 
We are currently searching for an Art Director to join the Worldwide Marketing team in our Seattle headquarters who will assist the Creative Director in running the creative operation with a focus on functional discipline and overall creative impact.
 
 
Position Summary
 
As Art Director on the Worldwide Marketing team, you will bring strategy and expertise in all aspects of creative work. You will make all creative decisions based on best practices, time constraints, research insights, and F5 business needs. You will own the creative assets, ensuring they are organized, findable, and up to date. You will own brand, creative, and content style guidelines, ensuring they are findable and up to date. You will always exhibit a strong growth mindset and commitment to continuous improvement. Your success in this role will be measured by delivering high-quality creative projects that strengthen the brand, support marketing efforts, drive business results, and contribute to the company's overall growth.

 
 
You will:

• Have a leadership mindset, exhibiting BeF5 and LeadF5 principles
• Have an owner mindset, work with agility and focus on positive customer outcomes, and create an inclusive and collaborative environment in which all people can thrive
• Work with a high degree of autonomy in managing agency relationships and projects, taking initiative, making decisions, and solving problems independently when necessary
• Ensure creative aligns with F5's brand vision and guidelines and quality standards are maintained, working closely with agencies to align and deliver unified creative solutions
• Strategically and artfully convey the benefits of F5's products/solutions in a relatable, relevant way that resonates with our various audiences
• Contribute to the development of creative strategies that support the company's marketing and communication goals
• Ensure briefs have the right elements to communicate strategic objectives and executional priorities so agencies can deliver work on target and on brand
• Partner closely with campaign strategists, brand strategists, program managers, creative partnership managers, editorial directors, and subject matter experts to help guide the creation of assets for marketing initiatives.
• Review and approve agency creative, ensuring it meets brand standards and stakeholder needs and expectations
• Provide training and support to agency team
• Uphold F5's Business Code of Ethics and promptly report violations of the Code or other company policies
• Perform other related duties as assigned

 
 
Your knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Comprehensive understanding of creative content best practices
• In-depth knowledge of brand management and development
• Understanding of marketing strategies and their impact on business results and ability to balance creative decisions with business objectives
• Curiosity and willingness to explore, ideate, and experiment
• Strong business communications skills and the ability to comfortably and professionally interact at all levels of the organization
• Customer empathy and focus, applying design thinking principles, and optimizing customer experiences and conversion with data-driven design decisions
• Ability to make thoughtful decisions quickly, simplifying wherever possibe
• Talent for fostering strong internal and external partnerships
• Strong growth mindset and commitment to continuous improvement
• Adaptability and flexibility in a fast-paced marketing environment
• Excellent time management skills and an ability to organize and deliver projects on time with accuracy, speed, and attention to detail
• Able to keep all projects on track and communicate project status with manager and team
• A self-starter, able to seize opportunities, and stretch abilities with minimal direction
• Expert user of Adobe creative software—InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop in particular
• Ability to communicate design intent with developers to produce desired outcomes (working knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and animation libraries a plus)
• Experience with B2B in the tech industry is preferred

 
 
You have:

•  Track record of success driving effective creative solutions for a brand or product with meaningful results in the market
• 8+ years of relevant experience in design and art direction
• Bachelor's Degree
• A digital portfolio demonstrating innovative and compelling creative work and broad experience in advertising, brand, product marketing, and integrated multi-channel campaigns
   

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $110,007.00 - $165,011.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5's differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5's benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice. 

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.