Art Director Job Description

Job summary 1

We are seeking a very talented Art Director to develop creative collateral for our campaigns by taking a brand concept and turning it into a tangible creative object. Throughout this process, the Art Director is held accountable for maintaining exceptional creative standards across print, collateral, direct mail, ad circulars, and web creative. The Art Director will play an active role in internal and cross-functional brainstorming sessions, so this person must possess a wide range of creative styles and feel comfortable expressing and presenting creative rationale.

Duties & Responsibilities 1

• Development of creative shopper marketing and consumer promotion materials for agency, Client and New Business initiatives.
• • Maintain the creative direction and expectations for specific projects, ensuring they fit the client, brand, retailer, and the overall business objectives, and are cohesive across the entire campaign.
  • Working knowledge of promotional media vendors, as well as the ability to work with a variety of product specifications.
  • Play an active role in strategic brainstorming sessions.

Requirements & Skills 1

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, direct reports
• • Track record of supporting the Creative Director and stepping to help when he/she requests
  • Up to date on creative tools (Adobe, Sketch…)
  • Must be expert at using Adobe CC to deliver digital marketing assets.

Job summary 2

You will manage and lead a team of designers and a copywriter to develop winning marketing creative across digital channels such as email, site updates, display and social media advertising. You love to propose new ideas from A/B tests to better ways to get things done. Your extensive experience in the digital space means you understand how to design a winning email and display ads that catch consumers eyes and entice them to click. You have great management skills and ability to lead, develop and retain a growing team, set goals, and delegate responsibilities. You love to coach and mentor as much as you love to partner with internal clients on better ways to do things.

Duties & Responsibilities 2

• Provide excellent art direction and mentorship to Designers and Copywriters
• Attend kick offs with our internal clients, oversee project work, propose ideas to address the business need
• Partner with internal clients to deliver results for the business
• Manage a team of Designers and Copywriter to deliver marketing creative that drives sales and supports the brand
• Develop creative for marketing across email, site, online display and other channel work as assigned
• Ensure that creative work is compelling, consistent
• Meet or beat business goals on revenue, customer retention and customer acquisition goals.
• • Support innovation, leveraging technology to work smarter
  • Adhere to brand and campaign standards to deliver work that is on brand and drives results
  • Support A/B testing

Requirements & Skills 2

• BFA in graphic design, advertising, or related field or equivalent visual design degree is a must.
• Proven ability to lead creative teams, guide and relay art and design direction, and communicate a project's creative vision to clients in a compelling way.
• A passion for bettering people, while combining storytelling and technology to inspire humans to remake themselves and the world.
• Expertise in brand development, including a strong understanding of how to incorporate a brand throughout all aspects of a campaign.
• Ability to work well under pressure, maintaining quality and attention to detail under real-world deadlines. Self-motivated and collaborative spirit.
• Significant experience designing and concepting in a fast-paced agency or start-up setting.
• • Experience in an Art Director role and with formally supervising and training employees to organize and prioritize work assignments.
  • Thorough fluency with Adobe Creative Suite. Knowledge of additional design, prototyping tools or experience with copywriting is a plus, as is expertise in front or back-end coding, illustration, motion graphics, video production, or photography.
  • Strong presentation and client-facing skills.

Job summary 3

We are seeking an experienced Art Director who can balance big-idea thinking with solid team leadership, a great network and experience of working with fun creatives, and impeccable creative execution. The ideal candidate for the Art Director role is a sophisticated, creative thinker whose leadership makes an impact in work and on everyone around them. You create with passion, innovate with every project that comes your way, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Your work demonstrates a strong point of view with a nuanced understanding of a global audience. You'll oversee talented designers and copywriters on projects working for positive, lasting behavioral change in individuals around the world.

Duties & Responsibilities 3

• Lead creative projects and teams from ideation to pixel-perfect delivery, in partnership with the Strategy, Campaigns, and Project Management teams.
• Set the conceptual and stylistic vision and take a hands-on role in the design for multiple projects and campaigns, providing design solutions that incite participation and engagement.
• • Work will include projects involving brand identity creation, campaign concepting and execution, responsive web design, infographic and data visualization, print collateral, and video graphics.
  • Collaborate with Project Management and Strategy teams to manage creative deliverables and ensure deadlines and budgets are met.
  • Present creative deliverables internally and externally, guiding teams and clients to solid creative solutions.

Requirements & Skills 3

• at least 2 years of art direction experience and 6+ years’ experience working in the design/creative field

Job summary 4

As an Art Director, you’ll work closely and collaborate with designers, copywriters, merchandisers and marketing partners to help grow our leading retail client. From developing creatives for various types of media—including catalogs, landing pages, buying guides, social and in-club signage—to concepting and strategizing campaigns—you’ll be a part of every aspect in elevating our brand.

Duties & Responsibilities 4

• Thinks creatively and analytically
• Has omni-channel experience (well-versed in both print and digital)
• Translates business objectives into visual concepts and campaigns that can work across all channels
• Has a solid portfolio with design concepts for print, digital and social
• Has photo direction experience (with pre-to-postproduction knowledge)
• Understands print production and pre-press
• Has a positive, can-do attitude
• Takes an idea and runs with it (with minimal supervision)
• • Handles working with tight timelines
  • Juggle multiple projects at one time
  • Commit to working full-time

Requirements & Skills 4

• 4+ years of experience.
• Illustration skills.
• • Motion graphics and video skills.
  • Interactive skills.
  • Clear ability to understand business goals and strategy, and develop creative that helps accomplish them.

Job summary 5

We are looking for an outstanding Art Director to join our team. You will manage a team of full-time employees and freelancers to craft innovative designs across advertising, brand, and video projects at a rapidly growing company.

Duties & Responsibilities 5

• You lead design thinking workshops and project definition activities.
• You work with a project manager to estimate project timeframes and balance great design with meeting deadlines.
• You bring a positive and can-do approach to solving large, strategic, and complex problems with simple and elegant design solutions that address project goals & requirements.
• You utilize business and customer insights to create original, innovative, and meticulous designs that demonstrate excellent typographic and layout skills while adhering to our brand guidelines.
• You autonomously run all aspects of assigned projects with minimal direction and collaborate with and present directly to project owners.
• • You manage other disciplines involved in the development of projects including illustrators, photographers, and printers.
  • You clearly and confidently communicate and present design decisions, gather and implement feedback from project owners and other designers, and manage project owner's expectations.
  • You direct the work of one or more junior and/or freelance designers.

Requirements & Skills 5

• 3-10 years’ experience in a similar role.
• A bachelor’s degree in design (or related field).
• A portfolio showing depth of thinking, art direction skills, creative vision and original ideas.
• • Ability to apply conceptual strategy, brainstorm facilitation, day-to-day directing of a project to completion.
  • Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
  • Passion, drive, desire and a proactive approach to solving client challenges and creating amazing work.

Job summary 6

We’re looking for an Art Director that takes creative thinking to the next level. The Art Director works with clients, writers, account, media and development team members to bring our clients vision to life. This role has experience working in multiple mediums, such as digital and print and has a depth of knowledge and skillset in typography, motion graphics and web design.

Duties & Responsibilities 6

• Develop concepts – ideas that drive communications campaigns and programs – in partnership with copy and development team members.
• Create layouts and designs for a wide range of media including static, digital video and experiential.
• Collaborate well across all departments.
• Review input and research. Conduct research as needed.
• Present work internally and to clients.
• • Defend your best ideas with passion and strong rationales.
  • Participate in new business pitches and other special projects.
  • Work with speed and accuracy under tight deadlines.

Requirements & Skills 6

• Bachelor's degree required
• 10+ years experience
• Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite
• Demonstrate breadth of experience and solid design skills with a strong portfolio
• Exceptional interpersonal (written and verbal) communication and presentation skills
• Ability to find creative, unorthodox solutions when needed
• Proven experience working collaboratively with writers, photographers, multimedia talent and production artists
• Experience creating and applying brand guidelines across multiple channels
• A discerning eye for branding aesthetics and meticulous attention to detail
• Proven art direction experience
• Must be able to prioritize and manage multiple projects and programs simultaneously
• Must have a strong ability to influence and motivate others
• Must be able to take direction while also being able to give constructive feedback to others
• Calm, flexible and able to work under pressure or with tight deadlines
• • Master's degree in relevant field
  • Experience working as a designer within an agency
  • Experience working with sophisticated brands

Job summary 7

We're looking for a talented and motivated Art Director to join our growing creative team. The Art Director oversees the team and works closely with creative team leadership to lead the team to deliver best-in-class creatives.

Duties & Responsibilities 7

• Lead lively and productive brainstorming sessions that stimulate creative thinking and inspire new ideas.
• Manage and develop the graphic design managers to success
• Guide and develop the graphic design managers and support them in their professional development goals.
• Provide high-level strategy and context to the managers so that they can properly aim their team's work to meet enrollment goals.
• Support the managers with staffing, development and training guidance.
• Collaborate with cross-team and creative stakeholders on conceptual and strategy-driven projects
• Partner with front-end developers to fully understand the capabilities and limitations of our systems to be able to effectively direct the design within the parameters of our content management systems.
• Work with marketing stakeholders to understand and communicate best practices across a range of data-driven marketing channels.
• Initiate and inspire new creative ideas and approaches that strengthen our brands and improve the performance of our marketing products.
• Actively participate in the growth and evolution of the creative team
• Work with the creative director to appropriately resource the design team with tech, budget and personnel
• • Work with design managers and traffic team to assess staffing needs and balancing team workloads.
  • Lead design talent acquisition strategy: vet portfolios and conduct interviews with graphic designer candidates.
  • Work closely with creative team leadership to establish new processes and efficiencies across the creative team.

Requirements & Skills 7

• 10+ years of design, brand, editorial / magazines, photography / videography and/or consumer product experience with progressive responsibilities.
• Able to create and establish loved consumer brands and associated new design language and editorial guidelines from scratch and set design standard in addition to scaling an existing set of standards
• Strong experience with entire design process for marketing creative (digital & print), print, periodicals, web and/or mobile products, and videography / photography.
• Astute storyteller via copy, design, illustration, and photography / videography.
• Innovative thinking and creative problem solving skills
• Broad operating range. Thinks strategically and has a love of detail and design finesse. An enthusiasm for directing others and rolling up your sleeves and delivering design work. A balanced understanding of strategy, usability, interaction and visual design
• Achievement in building, mentoring, and leading a high-performing team of creatives. Able to give direction and feedback to achieve desired outcomes and a consistent brand
• • Design leadership across the entire product lifecycle and multiple product launches. Able to prioritize and manage workload and meet project timelines and deliverable dates
  • High level of taste and aesthetic sense. A critical eye and an obsessive attention to detail
  • Exceptional communication skills; clearly explains design decisions to business partners, product designers, and engineers

Job summary 8

We are looking for an experienced, extraordinary Art Director who is passionate about delivering a cohesive and compelling brand across consumer touchpoints. You are a strategic thinker who rolls up your sleeves to get things done. You have built and nurtured loved consumer brands, cultivated high performing teams, and have championed the consistent delivery of the brand throughout organizations. You are inherently curious and creative. You look for better ways of approaching problem solving, get energized by tough problems, and like collaborating with others to get things done.

Duties & Responsibilities 8

• Lead the design efforts supporting paid and organic marketing. Provide art direction around the creation of inspiring photography, video content, ads and social media.
• Deliver marketing copy, content, and creative that communicates key concepts and proposition effectively
• Create beautiful visual solutions that meet business and user needs by representing the brand via typography, photography, videography, color, illustration and other factors
• • Build an exceptional creative team to deliver creative needs.
  • Develop processes and systems that scale. Actively seek areas of continuous improvement
  • Work in a highly iterative and collaborative way, directly alongside product managers, marketing managers, product designers, developers, sourcing

Requirements & Skills 8

• 3+ years of experience
• Experience using Adobe Create Suite, InDesign and Photoshop experience required
• Knowlege of and experience with pre to post production stages
• A passion for technology, fashion, music, and design and an understanding of how those intersect culturally in the here and now
• • Exceptional presentation and storytelling abilities
  • The intellectual agility to look big picture instead of day-to-day
  • Commitment to excellence — working nonstandard hours when necessary, anticipating issues and communicating with diplomacy, identifying emerging platforms and trends to drive innovation

Job summary 9

We are looking for an Art Director who can develop original concepts and designs, oversee multiple projects through execution, and inspire a growing team. Successful candidates must have direct experience in management, creative conception, execution, design, and presentation.

Duties & Responsibilities 9

• Develop big ideas that forge strong emotional connections between brand and consumer, and supporting those ideas with thorough research
• Direct all phases of creative work from concept through production
• Partner with the account and production teams to manage senior level clients.
• • Provide proposals and creative strategies for video, design, social activations that take brand creative to the next level
  • Build relationships (internally and with clients) and collaborative leadership skills.
  • Help lead, manage, and mentor junior creatives

Requirements & Skills 9

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Art or Design, Advertising, Marketing or relevant field - or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years related work experience focused on branding and marketing design
• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite with expert understanding of digital and print design
• Experience with both photography and videography
• Experience mentoring junior creatives – general guidance, direction, and employee development - not afraid to have difficult discussions
• Able to work closely and collaboratively with our Marketing Director to develop the vision for the brand
• • Innovative thinker always seeking to grow and push brand direction forward, staying on top of industry trends and other information beneficial to growing the team and brand
  • Ability to work calmly under pressure, and meet tight deadlines with a strong sense of accountability
  • Approachable, collaborative, results-oriented, problem-solver who can work with minimal direction, evaluating best practices and offering effective solutions

Job summary 10

We are seeking an Art Director to lead a creative team in developing the overall strategy for the company brand, marketing content, and product development. The ideal candidate is an excellent ideator, understanding current market trends along with brand identity. You will be responsible for elevating brand experience across all consumer touchpoints. Candidate must be a team player with an infectious positive energy, great initiative, and a get-it-done attitude. Must be able to thrive in ambiguity and love a rapid pace, doing it with a smile, with energy, by collaborating with your account and strategy partners everyday.

Duties & Responsibilities 10

• Lead a design team in all aspects of the day to day operation as well as in their overall growth and development.
• Lead the design efforts supporting paid and organic marketing.
• Provide art direction around the creation of inspiring photography, video content, ads and social media.
• Own, concept, create, design and drive process; curate and produce compelling original assets in collaboration with your team of designers.
• • Keep on top of industry trends, best practices and other information beneficial to growing and developing the company aesthetic
  • Supervise projects handled by graphic designers, serving as a leader, providing guidance and feedback to designers.
  • Develop inspiration and mood boards to inspire creative direction for Seasonal themes and promotional material.

Requirements & Skills 10