The Job

Under the guidance of the Creative Director, the Art Director will help deploy and elevate the visual identity of Coral Gardeners. This is a hands-on, high-craft role: you bring our brand guidelines to life across every touchpoint, creating compelling content and campaigns that raise awareness and make ocean conservation so beautiful it's impossible to ignore.

Responsibilities

Master and apply Coral Gardeners' brand guidelines with precision and consistency across all visuals
Create compelling content and creative campaigns that raise awareness for coral conservation and drive engagement with our mission
Produce high-quality graphic design work across all formats: social content, campaign assets, ads, newsletters, decks, packaging, merch, and partner collateral
Translate creative briefs into engaging, on-brand visual executions that elevate our mission and aesthetic standards
Build and maintain templates, design systems, and reusable assets that ensure brand consistency across the organization
Collaborate with internal teams to support their visual needs while upholding brand standards at every level
Stay ahead of design trends, social formats, and visual culture to keep our outputs fresh, relevant, and platform-native

Requirements

5+ years of proven experience in graphic design or art direction, with a strong portfolio
Sharp brand sensitivity and a strong design aesthetic, with the ability to generate original concepts and think outside the box
Exceptional graphic design skills: typography, composition, color theory, and layout, across both digital and print
Proficiency in software such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and other relevant tools
Strong knowledge of social media platforms and their respective creative specs and formats
Experience working with or alongside creative agencies is a strong plus
Fluency in English is required; proficiency in French is a plus

Personal Qualifications

Passionate about impact-storytelling and ocean conservation
Genuinely nice human being – good vibes only policy
Well balanced between ideator and action-focused
Autonomous and resourceful in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. You own your workload and figure things out
Versatile by nature: equally at ease designing a social campaign, a pitch deck, a merch collection, or an office poster
A youthful, trend-aware eye for design, paired with meticulous attention to detail
A strong communicator, receptive to feedback and direction

The Opportunity

Coral Gardeners is in a high-growth phase, and this role grows with it. You'll be joining a passionate, international team at a pivotal moment, with real visibility on your work and genuine opportunities to shape how one of the world's most exciting conservation organizations shows up visually.

What you can expect

Paid opportunity: salary & benefits to be discussed depending on your profile and experience
Contract: Full-time freelance
Time off: 5 weeks of paid leave per year
Environment: Remote-first position, with travel to our headquarters in Moorea, French Polynesia

Art Director