Art Director

Organization Overview

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is an international nonprofit network that supports entrepreneurs through chapters and peer connections across the world. Founded in 1987, it serves roughly 20,000 members in more than 220 chapters and aims to help entrepreneurs create meaningful growth through shared learning, relationships, and experiences.

EO is built around values of trust and respect, curiosity, bold thinking, and collective progress. Team members work across countries and cultures in support of a global entrepreneurial community, with opportunities for learning, collaboration, and professional development.

EO provides a competitive total rewards package that includes benefits, professional development support, and a flexible work environment, depending on the role, location, and plan terms.

Role Summary

The Art Director will guide, protect, and refine EO’s visual identity across global, regional, chapter, and member-facing communications. This person will lead the creative direction for EO’s foundational brand assets and ensure that the organization’s visual system remains cohesive, refined, accessible, and easy for internal teams and chapters to use.

The role also leads the visual approach for custom campaigns, major launches, leadership communications, and other high-visibility moments. The Art Director turns strategic goals into visual systems that strengthen brand pride, reinforce EO’s standing, and help members feel a stronger sense of belonging.

This position combines hands-on design leadership with ownership of brand standards. The Art Director will direct designers and freelancers, evaluate creative output, and work closely with marketing, communications, product marketing, events, digital, and regional stakeholders so EO presents itself as one consistent, trusted global brand.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage EO’s core brand assets, including guidelines, templates, executive decks, one-pagers, campaign toolkits, chapter materials, and other widely used global resources.
• Ensure the visual identity is applied consistently across materials used by global, regional, chapter, and member audiences.
• Act as a key reviewer and advisor on brand usage, covering logo treatment, typography, color, imagery, layout, accessibility, and visual structure.
• Work with Marketing and Communications leadership to evolve the visual system in ways that improve prestige, clarity, belonging, and ease of use.
• Create reusable systems and templates that help chapters, regions, portfolios, and staff produce on-brand work with less effort.
• Maintain version control and quality control so teams have one trusted source for approved creative materials.
• Look for ways to streamline, modernize, and strengthen brand resources for a global audience.
• Lead visual concept development and art direction for custom campaigns, launches, engagement initiatives, leadership programs, anniversary moments, and global activations.
• Convert campaign strategy, audience insights, and messaging into visual platforms that can extend across video, digital, social, email, events, print, presentations, and chapter toolkits.
• Build campaign design systems that are distinct, adaptable, and aligned with EO’s brand standards.
• Collaborate with writers, product marketers, communications leads, video producers, and project managers on briefs, concepts, and final outputs.
• Direct campaign photography, motion graphics, video visuals, event creative, presentation design, and social media content.
• Make sure bespoke campaigns feel polished and emotionally engaging while still being practical and usable across the global network.
• Design, review, and approve important creative work across print, digital, web, social, video, presentations, and events.
• Give clear direction to internal designers, freelancers, agencies, and production partners.
• Check creative output for brand fit, quality, accuracy, accessibility, and usability before final release.
• Work with Creative Operations and Production Management to define scope, timelines, staffing needs, and creative safeguards.
• Help establish workflows that support strong work, realistic timing, clear ownership, and proper review cycles.
• Maintain high design standards while balancing the needs of a fast-moving global organization.
• Serve as an internal brand advisor for teams, portfolios, regions, and chapter-facing stakeholders.
• Educate staff, member leaders, and vendors on EO’s visual standards and how to apply them correctly.
• Support the creation of training tools, office hours, and guidance that make brand use simpler for others.
• Partner with regional and chapter stakeholders to encourage correct adoption of the brand while reducing confusion and friction.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure creative solutions align with strategy, audience needs, and brand rules.
• Stay informed about design, accessibility, digital, and visual storytelling trends that can improve EO’s expression.
• Provide supervision to two team members based in the Philippines.
• Travel as needed, up to 5%.
• Attend occasional early-morning and evening meetings across multiple time zones.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, art direction, brand design, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in brand design, art direction, visual identity, campaign creative, or creative production.
• A strong portfolio showing brand systems, campaign direction, layout, typography, digital work, and multi-channel creative delivery.
• Experience owning or governing brand standards inside a complex organization.
• Solid understanding of visual identity systems, typography, color, layout, accessibility, imagery, and production methods.
• Working proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Figma or comparable design tools, PowerPoint, and Google Slides.
• Ability to produce high-end creative work while also developing practical systems and templates for others.
• Experience leading freelancers, agencies, designers, photographers, motion designers, or production partners.
• Strong creative judgment and the ability to give feedback that is specific and actionable.
• Ability to balance several priorities while preserving quality, accuracy, and consistency.
• Strong collaboration skills and comfort working with marketing, communications, digital, events, product, regional, and executive teams.
• Global perspective and sensitivity to cultural differences, translation needs, accessibility, and local adaptation.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including the ability to explain creative choices clearly and confidently.
• Multilingual ability is an advantage.
• Candidates must submit a portfolio with relevant art direction and creative examples; a portfolio URL should be included on the resume or portfolio samples attached.
• The role is primarily sedentary/light work and involves regular use of a computer, telephone, and video-conferencing tools.
• The position requires strong written and verbal communication skills and participation in both virtual and in-person meetings.
• The role includes lifting or moving up to 5 kgs, where applicable.
• EO provides accommodations during recruitment and employment as required by law; applicants needing assistance may contact recruitment@eonetwork.org.
• EO is committed to equal opportunity and fair treatment in hiring and employment.

Benefits and Compensation

EO expects the starting annual pay for this position to fall between USD 112,500 and USD 129,000, depending on skills, experience, internal equity, and work location.

The benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits, life and AD&D insurance, personal and sick time, vacation time, floating holidays, and reimbursement options for professional development.

This role is not eligible for bonus, commission, equity, or any other incentive compensation.

Work Conditions

This role is based in the United States and is primarily onsite. It requires routine computer-based work, frequent use of communication and video-conference tools, and the ability to collaborate across time zones. The position also involves occasional early and late meetings and direct oversight of two staff members located in the Philippines.

Additional Information

EO is a nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurs around the globe through community, learning, and shared growth. The organization emphasizes inclusive collaboration and offers a flexible work environment where appropriate for the role.

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