In-House Art Director for Hospitality Clients, Hotel, Resort & Restaurant Campaigns, Ubud

People often fall for a place weeks before checking in: dawn light skimming a plunge pool, a plate caught the moment it leaves the pass. We need someone to decide how those moments get framed.

About GDA

Our Ubud team handles photography and filming, social channels, websites, paid ads, AI projects and SEO for its clients. Plenty of them run hotels, resorts, villas, spas, restaurants or bars; others come from different sectors.

The job

Permanent and full-time; the desk is in Ubud and remote work is not an option. Visual quality across all accounts rests with you: you set each brand's creative direction, steer our designers, camera crew and editors, and sign off on everything prior to publishing.

A typical week

• Shaping a client request into a concept, reference boards and a realistic shoot plan
• Running productions on location: guest suites, pool decks, spa cabins, a crowded bar
• Reviewing layouts, cuts and photo picks, then giving notes concrete enough to fix in one pass
• Writing visual rules so one brand feels identical on Instagram, its site and its ads
• Pitching concepts in English to the client, then reworking them around what they say
• Mapping out campaigns with our ad buyers, social team and web builders so the creative fills rooms

What you bring

• Genuine years running art direction or heading a creative team, with the last word on visuals
• A portfolio with branding, campaigns or content made for a hotel, resort, villa or restaurant
• Sound instincts for lighting, composition, typography and vertical video
• Patience in coaching junior creatives
• Fluent English in conversation and on paper, for pitches and critiques

Why GDA

Travellers and food lovers will meet your direction across a wide spread of properties, and SEO, performance media, social and development people who understand hospitality marketing will sit beside you.

Applying

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