Eezy

Who We Are

Eezy is a rapidly growing tech brand that simplifies the creative process. Our products include stock images and video footage, an online graphic design editor, and custom design services. Eezy currently serves millions of monthly active users, from 150+ countries in 7 languages.

Our award-winning team is passionate, supportive, and resourceful. Since 2010, we’ve democratized design by breaking down walls that separate curious people from creating something extraordinary.

We believe all people are creative. Our mission is to provide tools today that allow people to build ideas that inspire and improve tomorrow.

Job Description

We’re looking for an Art Director to join our team. In this role, you will lead a team to execute beautiful designs for a variety of digital and print applications.

You will be a key player in evolving the design standards for our brand. Our ideal candidate can come up with great ideas and carry them through to completion, mentoring and leading our design team to success. You are talented, smart, organized, calm, and collaborative.

In this role, you will be splitting your time on two core responsibilities: 30% hands-on graphic design and 70% directing a team of talented designers to execute against excellent standards in quality and timely delivery to our clients.

Job Responsibilities

• Review, approve, provide feedback, and own overall quality of all design work for clients. Provide thoughtful, clear, and concise direction to design team in order to hit excellence in quality and ship designs on time.
• Be a hands on, expert graphic designer and execute on projects as needed. Translate complex written requirements into on-brand deliverables by taking broad concepts and suggestions and condensing them down into a simple, useful, and enjoyable design experience.
• Collaborate closely with team members and reports to execute designs from conception to completion as well as additional on-going iterations.
• Produce product designs, digital advertisements, social graphics, marketing emails, design templates, slide decks, and other designed collateral at capacity towards staying ahead of due dates and deadlines. Make revisions quickly and efficiently and spend appropriate time on each deliverable.
• Recruit, manage, onboard, and advise new designers as the team grows.
• Concept and craft mockups for tasks to reduce overall design time and help design team understand best path to shipping designs efficiently.
• Maintain a best-in-class design sense with a consistent approach to quality, cohesive design deliverables. This includes using an established level of talent, ability, and taste to create new designs and expand upon existing design needs from the company and the customer.
• Follow a structured process that allows for clarity on where projects are in the pipeline. Maintain immaculate records, copies, and libraries of designs for easy location of prior work should it need additional edits as well as opportunity to reuse components, templates, and files for future projects.
• Prioritize, manage, and update product management software towards transparency and accountability on all design projects.
• Develop and utilize an intimate knowledge of our content library in order to help us achieve an excellent standard of quality while maximizing efficiency in beautiful design.

Requirements

• Previous work experience as a Graphic Designer, Art Director, Creative Director, or similar
• Previous work experience managing other team members
• Experience in a design agency a huge plus
• Outstanding design abilities with illustrated examples of projects in portfolio
• Expert abilities with Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Experience with working on marketing content like emails, social, and promotional campaigns
• Familiarity with design trends, design topics, design tools, and design culture
• Ability to keep calm under pressure and work against tight deadlines
• Excellent English speaking and writing abilities
• Excellent English verbal communication skills
• Creativity and thoughtful problem-solving skills

About You

• You have 5+ years in design work experience
• You have 1+ years in people management experience
• You have a strong compass for great design
• You are an excellent writer and communicator
• You can take rough notes on a design project and bring back a finished product that’s ready to deliver
• You’re a self-starter and you can give feedback in a positive way
• You have a passion for designers, design trends, and design tools
• You are a strong team player with a positive attitude

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