Senior Art Director

Job Brief

The Senior Art Director will need to concept and execute creative campaigns that blend storytelling and visual innovation. The ideal candidate will be able to express their ideas clearly, provide direction and leadership to team members, execute company objectives, and partner with cross-functional departments on strategy and execution. You will lead a team of graphic designers and the production team.

Responsibilities

You will work in a creative, fast-paced environment that requires proven leadership and vision execution by partnering with cross-functional departments to translate business and marketing objectives into ideas that are clear, compelling, and visually exciting.

More responsibilities in detail:

• Responsible for managing and supporting a team of graphic designers to bring concepts, presentations, and marketing activations to life.
• Collaborate on the ideation and development of innovative marketing campaigns.
• Participate in executing the entire creative process within an allotted time frame and budget.
• Work with project managers and associate creative directors to ensure that schedules are accurate and realistic and deadlines are met.
• Lead presentations and effectively communicate a creative vision.
• Collaborate with managers, designers, writers, other marketing team members, and external stakeholders to ensure the appropriate concepts, themes, and messages are represented effectively and consistently for the business objective(s) and audience(s).
• Strong conceptual, graphic design, type, and layout skills for projects ranging from social media content, e-commerce campaigns, and short format video (IG Reels / TikTok / YT Shorts) to live-streaming (Social & e-Commerce).
• Stay on top of the latest standards, processes, and trends in the visual design and digital media field.
• Responsible for all pre-production meetings for projects including photoshoots, video editing, broadcast, and fulfillment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in graphic design, fine arts, or related field.
• 6 years or more of hands-on experience with digital design, typography, color, and web layout design; proficient use of Adobe Creative Suite, or other industry-leading, relevant visual design and wireframing tools; demonstratable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio.
• Ability to present creative work internally and to clients.
• Ability to collaborate with copywriters and graphic designers.
• Ability to collect and interpret feedback.
• A well-rounded client work portfolio demonstrates a strong understanding of client objectives.
• Ability to critically communicate and persuade around design concepts.
• Passion for design, and always thinking of ways to improve experience through creativity.
• Ability to motivate and inspire top performance against assigned projects.
• Dynamic, creative personality, effective at engaging and influencing various audiences.
• Must understand design in multiple mediums — print, digital, and mobile.
• Experience video - Especially anything relevant for Tiktok / IG story and beauty/lifestyle/fashion