Job description
Our client, a notable consumer brand, is looking for a Sr. Art Director to join their team in a contract role.Hybrid in Irvine (2 days/week) but open to remote for stellar candidates
$35/hour
ART DIRECTOR:
Craft and curate the visual identity & creative direction of the brand, collaborating with all levels of the design team.
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR
Responsibilities:
- Strong presentation skills, both internally and externally. Selling in creative ideas and the strategic rationale behind them with enthusiasm
- Understanding and appreciation of the importance of strategy and can create compelling, creative solutions
- Mentor and coach art directors and designers by providing inspiration and direction
- Implementing process to make sure deadlines are met on each project
- Ensures projects adhere to the approved brand and messaging guidelines to maintain our Brand Codes
- ??Effectively improve processes and look for efficiencies
- Schedule and/or work with PM's to create check-in’s and priorities with design team and copywriter
- Ability to carry branding seamlessly across multiple channels
- Ability to take industry experience and apply it towards better processes and creative output
- Think holistically about each project across all categories of the business
- 7+ years of experience at agency/in-house concepting and art directing ideas for brand and product
- Strong digital and web design experience
- Photography, Motion graphics, animation, video skills a plus
- Strong Design and Branding Experience
- Ability to carry branding seamlessly across multiple channels
- Must stay current with skill sets and have a mastery of the Adobe design applications along with sketch and comping skills
The Day-to-Day
- Design, articulate and present visual direction to partners. Exceptional presentation skills with the ability to articulate conceptual creative
- Able to make strategic decisions based on marketing objectives
- Photoshoot Direction—working with Art Director of Photography and designers on pre-production documents, set design, food styling, hero selects and retouching.
- Prioritizing team projects and time management.
- Simultaneously direct multiple projects while managing one’s own design project(s).
- ??Effectively improves processes and looks for efficiencies
- Schedules creative check-in’s and priorities with design team, copywriter and reporting back to ACD's.
- Provides inspiration and initial direction