Art Director, Design
The Art Director crafts identities and identity-led campaigns for Apple's services, products, and events, bringing ideas to life through conceptual rigor, hands-on ideation, and systems thinking.
Responsibilities

• Develop and execute brand identities and identity-led campaigns from initial concept through final production.
• Build scalable identity systems that support multiple campaigns, ensuring consistency, clarity, and creative excellence across applications.
• Translate strategic briefs into clear, compelling design concepts grounded in strong conceptual thinking and systematic design.
• Art direct external partners including vendors, illustrators, photographers, and graphic designers, providing clear guidance and actionable feedback.
• Contribute to presentations and reviews, synthesize feedback, and refine work to align with creative and strategic goals.
• Collaborate across functions and manage personal workload across concurrent projects to deliver high-quality work on schedule.
• Ensure excellence in craft across typography, color, composition, imagery, and visual systems.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building brand identities and campaigns, with design as a core discipline.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong design principles, art direction, typography, color, and visual communication across identity or campaign work.
• Industry experience as a designer and art director, contributing to the creative development process from concept to final production.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
• Strong understanding of how identity systems scale and translate across multiple applications, formats, and contexts.
• Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent industry experience.

Pay & Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $142,600 and $215,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant. At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You'll find that idea reflected in everything here in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong. Learn about accessibility in Apple's workplace. Learn about reasonable accommodations for job applicants. Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.