How to hire a senior interactive art director

How to hire a senior interactive art director, step by step

Here's a step-by-step senior interactive art director hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a senior interactive art director job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new senior interactive art director
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your senior interactive art director job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a senior interactive art director for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a senior interactive art director to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a senior interactive art director that fits the bill.

   This list shows salaries for various types of senior interactive art directors.

   Type of Senior Interactive Art Director	Description	Hourly rate
   Senior Interactive Art Director	Art directors are responsible for the visual style and images in magazines, newspapers, product packaging, and movie and television productions. They create the overall design of a project and direct others who develop artwork and layouts.	$29-71
   Interactive Designer	An Interactive Designer takes the business product and transforms it into a product that the user interacts with perfectly. They support engineering efforts to develop designs and get the details right.	$32-67
   Art Director	An art director's duty will vary depending on the line of industry involved. However, most of the responsibilities will revolve in taking charge of the artistic direction and decisions in a project or campaign... Show more	$27-64

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Website Design
   • Graphic Design
   • UI
   • Art Direction
   • Design Concepts
   • HTML
   • CSS
   • User Experience
   • Creative Development
   • Web Site
   • Creative Direction
   • User Interface
   • Motion Graphics
   • Style Guides

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   Responsibilities:

   • Direct and manage all photography including composition, talent acquisition and photo manipulation.
   • Produce final graphics and production ready front end html.
   • Champion innovation technologically including responsive UI
   • Design execution for Lunchables Facebook intergrate online contest.
   • Champion innovation technologically including responsive UI

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your senior interactive art director job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A senior interactive art director salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, senior interactive art directors' average salary in florida is 48% less than in illinois.
   • Seniority. Entry-level senior interactive art directors earn 59% less than senior-level senior interactive art directors.
   • Certifications. A senior interactive art director with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a senior interactive art director's salary.

   Average senior interactive art director salary

   $95,666yearly

   $45.99 hourly rate

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   Entry-level senior interactive art director salary

   $61,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 31, 2025

4. Writing a senior interactive art director job description

   A senior interactive art director job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a senior interactive art director job description:

   Senior interactive art director job description example

   Santa Clara Valley (Cupertino),California,United States
   
   Marketing
   
   + You have at least 7-10 years of design and art direction experience with an expert ability to develop innovative creative work.
   
   + You have expertise coming up with creative solutions for a variety of experiences, including advertising, marketing, branding, and digital platforms.
   
   + You possess excellent design and conceptual skills accompanied by the ability to guide and evaluate and redirect creative development when necessary.
   
   + You are naturally curious and passionate about design - with a keen awareness of the evolving landscape of tools, technologies, resources, and trends.
   
   + You are a motivated and driven art director that collaborates well with a team to find solutions to complex problems.
   
   + You're a strong communicator with phenomenal presentation skills and are able to articulate ideas with clarity, engage in healthy debate, and accept directional feedback. Must be able to communicate effectively both up and down a creative organization.
   
   + You have in depth knowledge of the creative development process, including effectively and efficiently staffing projects, providing timely and helpful feedback to improve creative solutions, and producing work on schedule. Must be able to effectively lead junior creative staff members, vendors, freelancers, and photographers as needed.
   
   + Good organization skills to file work in a manner that can be shared with the team.
   
   + Excellent skills with design software, including Adobe Creative Suite and Sketch. Experience with motion and 3D software is a plus.
   
   **Description**
   
   Brainstorms, coordinates, and collaborates frequently in order to bring to life the key elements of design and art direction. Inspires the team to pursue new creative solutions while also being directly involved with the process. Leads the successful creation and production of design solutions, follows briefs and creative direction. Collaborate with ACDs, and the larger project team to explore concepts and iterate on design solutions. Anticipate and solve for potential challenges, as well as existing conditions. Plans and directs aspects of assigned projects to deliver superior design in accordance with project constraints and parameters. Delivers persuasive creative presentations to executive staff members. Dives deep into the details but also guide the work towards bigger-picture objectives. Multi-tasks on design projects that require both conceptual and functional thinking with a tireless work ethic. Reacts quickly to new information, opinions, and direction to strategically pivot when necessary. Provides thoughtful guidance to junior creative staff, with an eye on mentorship and knowledge growth. Executes high-quality design work on assigned projects. Regularly reviews creative work with the group's senior creative staff to get feedback on direction, and to ensure the work is aligned with other activities in the group. Relied upon to conceive of, design, and lead the development of high-quality creative work that pushes the Apple brand forward.
   
   **Education & Experience**
   
   Preferred: BA or BFA in Graphic Design (or equivalent).
   
   **Additional Requirements**
   
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   Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure 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 (Opens in a new window) .
   
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   Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Apple is a drug-free workplace. Reasonable Accommodation and Drug Free Workplace policy Learn more (Opens in a new window) .

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right senior interactive art director for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your senior interactive art director job on Zippia to find and recruit senior interactive art director candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit senior interactive art directors, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new senior interactive art director

   Once you've decided on a perfect senior interactive art director candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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