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• Overview

  Industrial Partners is hiring a Art Director in Annapolis, MD.

• Role description

  Industrial Partners wants an Art Director whose work makes people feel something — and remember it afterward. With 11 years of experience under your belt, you'll step into a contract position paying $150,000 - $220,000 where ownership and momentum matter.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Bring concepts to life through motion, illustration, or interactive media
  • Prototype interface ideas fast enough to kill the weak ones cheaply
  • Distill a hour-long strategy deck into one image that survives the hallway test
  • Mine customer interviews for the one phrase that becomes the whole campaign
  • Partner with copywriters to align visuals with messaging and tone
  • Iterate quickly on feedback while protecting design quality and intent
  • Anchor a chaotic creative launch around one image that means something
  • Uphold the Industrial Partners brand as its standards scale across new products and markets

  What You'll Bring

  • Equal parts Typography depth and Accountability curiosity
  • Comfort owning creative decisions in a MD market
  • Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support director teammates
  • Fluency across Adobe XD and Initiative, with strong opinions on both

  Based in Annapolis, Industrial Partners has spent 10 years shaping how people work across the creative space. We protect Fridays for learning, so spend them chasing HTML/CSS or Typography, your call.

  We provide a $150,000 - $220,000 salary, full benefits, and dedicated time each week to learn new Miro and Accountability tools.

  Active as of this moment, the Annapolis, MD role accepts resumes daily.

  Start your journey with Industrial Partners by submitting your application now.

• Required skills

  • HTML/CSS
  • Color Theory
  • Typography
  • Prototyping
  • Figma
  • Adobe XD
  • Miro
  • Accountability
  • Prioritization
  • Initiative

• Benefits & perks

  • Commuter Benefits
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Gas and mileage reimbursement
  • Subscription to industry publications
  • Wellness reimbursement account
  • Paid vacation days
  • Fully remote position
  • Four-day work week
  • Structured 30-60-90 day plan
  • Prescription drug coverage

• Apply before 2026-08-12

  Submit your application for this Contract creative position.