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Albertsons

Floral Manager Vancouver WA

Vancouver, WA · On-site

This role offers a hands-on, creative, and fast-paced environment where your work and artistic ... Floral design, production, and visual merchandising execution * Inventory management, ordering, and ...

Albertsons

Floral Manager Vancouver WA

Vancouver, WA

This role offers a handson, creative, and fastpaced environment where your work and artistic skills ... Floral design, production, and visual merchandising execution * Inventory management, ordering, and ...

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How much do visual development artist jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 14, 2026, the average yearly pay for visual development artist in Portland, OR is $114,352.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $93,900.00 and $161,200.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What does a visual development artist do?

As a Visual Development Artist, your day often begins by reviewing project briefs and collaborating with the art director or other team members to align on creative direction. You’ll spend a significant portion of your time sketching, painting, and revising environment designs, characters, or color scripts, either digitally or traditionally. Regular feedback sessions with the team are common, providing opportunities to iterate and improve your work. Throughout the day, you may also research visual references and ensure your designs are consistent with the project’s overall style and story. This mix of creative independent work and collaborative interaction is key to shaping the visual identity of the project.

What is a visual development artist?

A Visual Development Artist creates the overall look and feel of a project by designing characters, environments, props, and color schemes. They work closely with directors and art teams in animation, film, and gaming to establish a cohesive visual style. Their work helps guide the production team in bringing the story to life. This role requires strong artistic skills, creativity, and knowledge of digital painting and design tools.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a visual development artist?

To thrive as a Visual Development Artist, you need strong skills in drawing, color theory, composition, and storytelling, often backed by a degree in art or a related field. Proficiency with digital painting tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, and knowledge of 3D software like Blender or Maya is typically required. Creativity, adaptability, and effective communication are crucial soft skills, helping you translate concepts into compelling visuals and collaborate with other team members. These abilities enable you to contribute high-quality visual assets that guide the look and feel of animation, film, or game projects.

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Infographic showing various Visual Development Artist job openings in Portland, OR as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 75% Full Time, and 25% Part Time. Highlights an 75% In-person, and 25% Hybrid job distribution, with an average salary of $114,352 per year, or $55 per hour.

Director Paid Acquisition

Maxon Computer GmbH

Portland, OR

Full-time

Re-posted 23 days ago

Job description

If you want to be a Maxonian and help bring the best 2D and 3D visual effects, motion graphics, gaming, AR/MR/VR, visualization and design software to the market, then we should have a chat.

WHO WE ARE:
Packed with brilliant, passionate people, Maxon is deeply rooted in the creative industry and committed to empowering the artistic community.We are Maxonians. We encourage and motivate each other to be curious learners. We are obsessed with customer fulfillment and inspiration -before, during and after purchase. If you too want to be a Maxonian and help bring to market the finest software products for 2D and 3D visualeffects, motion graphics, games, AR/MR/VR, visualization and general design, let's talk.

To fuel our next stage of growth we are looking for aDirector Paid Acquisitionto join our Marketing leadership team andto own and scale our multi-channel performance marketing engine across audiences.

What you will do:

Strategy and execution:

  • Develop and implement end-to-end user acquisition strategies across paid channels like Meta, Google Ads, TikTok Ads, and Apple Search Ads.
  • Build and lead ahigh-performingteam

Budget management:

  • Manage paid media budgets to achieve set annual growth goals. Forecast costs and sales (as part of the overall P&L) and report on actuals vs forecast monthly, quarterly and annually.

Campaign optimization:

  • Optimize campaigns for user growth and profitability by adjusting creatives, targeting, bids, and budget allocation.

Performance analysis:

  • Capture, monitor, analyze, and report on key metrics like CAC, LTV/CAC, and ROAS to inform decisions.
  • Partner with data science and analytics team to build dashboards and automate reporting.
  • Establish data infrastructure for end-to-end analytics and incrementality testing.

Testing and innovation:

  • Design and tests to improve conversion rates and explore new, unconventional growth opportunities.
  • Set up incrementality tests to demonstrate paid marketing incrementality.

Cross-functional collaboration:

  • Work closely with B2B, Brand and Creative, Product, Web dev and Engineering, and Data Science to align on growth initiatives.

What we are looking for:

  • 7-8+years' experienceas a leaderinfull-funnel user acquisition, with a proventrack recordof managing and scaling multi-objectivepaid media campaigns that show high incrementality and hit set revenue goals.
  • Bachelor's degree or higher or equivalent relevant experience
  • Hands-on experience in building end-to-end marketing analytics and data infrastructure necessary for capturing paid media profitability and incrementality.
  • Strong commercial and analytical skills and the ability to make long-term, data-driven decisions on the ways to grow and optimise.
  • First-handexpertisewith major advertising platforms and analytics tools.
  • Creative thinking to develop high-performing ad creative and testnew approaches.
  • Solid experience in leveraging 1P, 2P and 3P data, user behaviour data, and market signals.
  • Deep experience in leading and influencing teams and stakeholders across different departments, from Company's senior leadership to cross-functional stakeholders. Ability to clearly outline path for growth and requirements.
  • Business fluency in English, another European language would be a plus

Salary Range *: 190-220k USD annually

*Salaries at Maxon are based on a candidate's specific criteria including experience, skillset, education and location. Maxon uses industry-driven survey data for building compensation structures to make sure our employees are receiving fair and competitive wages.


WHAT WE OFFER:

You will be part of a highly motivated international team of specialists working in an environment that offers a warm welcome with detailed onboarding and a dedicated mentor for a familiarization period as well as a wide range of individual development possibilities. Interested in joining our team? Click "Apply" to submit your application. Don't meet every single requirement? At Maxon we embrace diversity, are avid explorers and curious learners, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't entirely match every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply in any case. You may be just the right candidate for this or other positions.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

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