Art Director

Job Description

We are looking for a concept-driven Art Director with strong graphic design capabilities. This role is ideal for someone who can take a brief, crack the big idea, and translate it into powerful visual storytelling across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Develops concepts and collaborates with the production team as needed.
• Builds relationships with appropriate agency creative leads.
• Works productively and harmoniously as a teammate with Copywriters and production/producers who share the responsibility on the given assignment.
• Collaborates with Copywriter and Information Architects in concepting and ideation.
• Updates recommendations based on any client comments and shares approved recommendations with all departments.
• Meets with project management to review work in progress and selects desired concepts.

Education and Experience:

• 2+ years of experience within digital and print marketing or a comparable industry.
• Art education in advertising design and conceptual thinking is preferred.
• Portfolio is required to demonstrate creative and technical skills.
• Demonstrated judgment and imagination for the creation and arrangement of the visual elements of an advertisement.
• Experience with online content (websites, email, interactive tools, search).
• Comfortable presenting to clients
• Experience with Responsive design is a plus.
• Must be skilled in art techniques as well as computer proficient.
• Previous experience as an Art Director/Associate Art Director preferred.
• Experience in emerging platforms (mobile, tablets, etc) is a plus.
• Skilled in art techniques as well as computer proficient.
• Motivated, self-starter with an action oriented and can-do attitude.