Salary Range: 104000 to 124500 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)
Hinge is the dating app designed to be deleted
In today’s digital world, finding genuine relationships is tougher than ever. At Hinge, we’re on a mission to inspire intimate connection to create a less lonely world. We’re obsessed with understanding our users’ behaviors to help them find love, and our success is defined by one simple metric– setting up great dates. With tens of millions of users across the globe, we’ve become the most trusted way to find a relationship, for all.
About the Role:
Hinge is seeking an innovative and strategic Art Director to elevate and dimensionalize our storytelling efforts. Reporting to the Senior Art Director of Marketing, this role is integral in concepting, developing, and presenting various projects that align with clear strategic objectives. You will be responsible for bringing a fresh and energetic point of view to our visual narratives, ensuring they resonate deeply with our brand vision.
As an Art Director at Hinge, you will be expected to lead collaboratively throughout the creative process from concept to execution, managing communication and alignment with both internal teams and external partners. Your role will involve not just creative development but also strategic thinking, ensuring that all projects answer both the project brief and long-term business objectives. You will be a key player in making our storytelling more inclusive and intentional, focusing on casting and creative partnerships that reflect our brand values.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Conception: Respond to project briefs by developing inspiring and strategic visual concepts that align with business objectives.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to explore new creative touchpoints and dimensions in our storytelling.
- Internal Communication: Manage and present evolving concepts to senior stakeholders, internal design teams, and external partners such as agencies, directors, and photographers.
- Production: Oversee end-to-end production of photo and video shoots across various campaigns, including conception, casting, pre-production, and post-production.
- Identify and manage top-tier external partners who excel in both craft and cultural alignment, ensuring a strong representation of our brand values.
What We’re Looking For
- 4+ years of experience in a visual design or art direction role, with a proven track record of building world-class brands or working in leading agencies.
- A portfolio that showcases your taste, thought process, strategy, and not just the final visual work.
- An effective communicator, especially when interfacing with leadership—with a professional executive presence and an inspiring, inclusive leadership style.
- Strong conceptual abilities and passion for visual language, typography, graphic design, content layouts, photography, and videography.
- Creative, curious, and hungry, with a readiness to roll up your sleeves and work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. Motivated to identify opportunities to enhance the impact of your work.
- Deeply aware of consumer trends and global dynamics, ensuring that your storytelling is relevant and impactful across earned, owned, social, and paid media.
As a member of our team, you’ll enjoy:
401(k) Matching: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
Professional Growth: Get a $3,000 annual Learning & Development stipend once you’ve been with us for three months. You also get free access to Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 6000 courses, starting your first day.
Parental Leave & Planning: When you become a new parent, you’re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents.)
Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide $10,000 toward fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.
Date Stipend: All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates– Romantic or otherwise. Hinge Premium is also free for employees and their loved ones.
ERGs: We have eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)—Asian, Unapologetic, Disability, LGBTQIA+, Vibras, Women/Nonbinary, Parents, and Remote—that hold regular meetings, host events, and provide dedicated support to the organization & its community.
At Hinge, our core values are…
Authenticity: We share, never hide, our words, actions and intentions.
Courage: We embrace lofty goals and tough challenges.
Empathy: We deeply consider the perspective of others.
Diversity inspires innovation
Hinge is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe success is created by a diverse workforce of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and cultural backgrounds.
If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact employeebenefits@match.com. Note: We will only respond to inquiries regarding accommodations and if you have any questions about your job application, please reach out to your Talent Acquisition Partner directly.
