Art Director, Creative X

Company Description

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

At Fortune Brands, we’re building something big. We’re advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We’re delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we’ve transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

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Job Description

As the Art Director for our internal agency, Creative X, you will help shape how Fortune Brands Innovations’ brands connect with consumers and professionals through thoughtful, engaging creative experiences.

In this role, you will combine conceptual thinking, design craft, and brand stewardship to create meaningful creative that supports consumer engagement, empowers professional customers, strengthens brand equity, and contributes to business growth across our mass premium and luxury portfolios.

You will partner with teams across Fortune Brands Innovations’ business units to bring cohesive creative to life, with an initial focus on our Water business, including brands such as Moen and House of Rohl.

Working closely with Brand, Product, Channel, and cross-functional partners, you will translate insights and strategy into cohesive creative across integrated campaigns, digital content, social storytelling, photography, video, retail environments, packaging, and experiential activations, including showroom experiences, trade shows, and large-scale brand events.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys collaborating with diverse teams, guiding creative exploration, and nurturing ideas from concept through execution. A strong understanding of brand systems, elevated design aesthetics, and integrated storytelling will help ensure our creative work remains consistent, inspiring, and culturally relevant.

Experience exploring GenAI and AI-powered creative tools to support ideation, design exploration, and creative workflows is also valuable.

We value individuals who can Think Fast, using insights to guide thoughtful solutions and adapt to evolving opportunities; Work It Together, building trust-based partnerships across teams to create impactful work; and Make the Hard Call, balancing creativity, brand integrity, and business needs with care and clarity.

POSITION LOCATION: This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule based out of Deerfield, IL. Effective fall 2025, Fortune Brands will transition to a new world-class campus in Deerfield, bringing together associates from across our U.S. offices, brands, and functions. The campus will offer vibrant workspaces for collaboration, along with amenities for dining, onsite daycare, fitness and recreation.

What you will be doing:

Brand & Campaign Development

• Help shape art direction across integrated campaigns for all business units ensuring creative work feels cohesive, insight-driven, and aligned with brand strategy.
• Translate consumer insights, brand positioning, and business goals into engaging creative concepts, visual storytelling, and campaign experiences.
• Collaborate with copywriters, designers, and cross-functional partners to create creative that encourages connection, engagement, and brand preference.
• Support the premium and luxury expression of our brands through refined visual systems, thoughtful design execution, and carefully crafted photography direction.

Experiential & Retail Experiences

• Concept and develop creative for experiential moments, including trade shows, showroom environments, events, and retail installations.
• Partner with brand and retail teams to design immersive brand experiences that bring product stories and innovation to life.
• Ensure experiential and retail creative aligns with brand systems while creating memorable and welcoming brand interactions.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Marketing, Product, and other teams to understand goals and shape creative solutions that support both brand expression and business needs.
• Share creative ideas and visual direction with stakeholders in a way that builds understanding, trust, and alignment.
• Act as a thoughtful creative partner, helping teams clarify opportunities, refine briefs, and move ideas forward collaboratively.

Creative Craft & Team Collaboration

• Guide art direction across photo and video shoots as well as CGI development, supporting composition, lighting, styling, and storytelling.
• Support and mentor designers and junior creatives, helping nurture creativity, curiosity, and continuous growth.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of brand guidelines and visual systems so they remain consistent, modern, and culturally relevant.

Innovation & Creative Exploration

• Explore and apply GenAI and emerging creative technologies to support ideation, expand visual exploration, and enhance creative workflows.
• Use insights and category trends to help creative work remain relevant and meaningful to audiences.
• Collaborate with production partners to maintain high-quality creative across all asset types.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 6 years of art direction or visual design experience within an agency or in-house creative team OR High School Diploma and at least 8 years of art direction or visual design experience within an agency or in-house creative team.
• Experience supporting and directing photo and video production, with familiarity in production workflows and visual storytelling approaches.
• Experience working across digital content, social media, retail environments, packaging, and experiential activations.
• Understanding of brand systems, visual identity frameworks, and design consistency.
• Experience managing complex creative initiatives while collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience exploring or applying AI-powered creative tools or generative AI in the creative process.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to build positive relationships across teams.
• Portfolio Required: A portfolio demonstrating thoughtful visual storytelling and integrated campaign work across digital, social, and content experiences.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in agency environments or in-house creative teams.
• Background in durable goods, home products, kitchen/bath, lifestyle, or design-driven categories.
• Experience working with premium or luxury brands that emphasize elevated design and brand storytelling.
• Experience contributing to large-scale brand campaigns and experiential brand activations.

Additional Information

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $90,000 USD - $135,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits, adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.

Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water, outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments, with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury, contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more, visit our website at fbin.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer. Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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