Art Director

Job Summary

JOURNAL is a growing Thai fragrance and lifestyle brand offering fragrance, personal care, and home fragrance products across retail, e-commerce, marketplaces, and partner channels.

We are looking for an experienced Art Director to lead and elevate the brand’s visual direction across packaging, campaigns, digital content, retail materials, and new product launches.

The ideal candidate has strong experience in branding and design leadership, with a good understanding of consumer brands, commercial objectives, and production requirements. Experience in beauty, fragrance, cosmetics, personal care, lifestyle, retail, or related industries is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and elevate the overall visual direction and design language of the brand.
• Translate brand strategies and creative concepts into strong key visuals and design executions.
• Oversee design across packaging, campaigns, content, digital platforms, e-commerce, and retail materials.
• Ensure all creative outputs align with brand identity and maintain high visual standards.
• Review and approve artwork for quality, accuracy, consistency, and production readiness.
• Develop and maintain brand guidelines, design systems, templates, and asset libraries.
• Collaborate with Creative, Marketing, Business Development, Commercial, and Product Development teams.
• Manage design workflows, priorities, and timelines across multiple projects.
• Coordinate with printers, suppliers, and external vendors to ensure production quality.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the graphic design team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in branding, design, or visual communication.
• At least 3–5 years of experience leading or managing a design team.
• Strong portfolio in branding, packaging, campaign design, and visual storytelling.
• Experience in an in-house brand environment is preferred; agency experience is a plus.
• Experience in beauty, fragrance, cosmetics, personal care, lifestyle, retail, e-commerce, or FMCG is highly preferred.
• Strong sense of visual aesthetics, layout, typography, color, and composition.
• Good understanding of packaging, artwork preparation, printing, and production processes.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work effectively across teams.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Good command of English at a working level.
• Immediate availability or a short notice period will be highly considered.