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Art Director

8-5 Monday through Friday, Remote but must be within 45 minutes of Parsippany

Pay Rate: 40-60 per hour depending on experience

Length: End of year

The Sr. Designer/Art Director partners with the Associate Creative Directors and Copywriters to establish conceptual and stylistic direction for marketing materials and campaigns (collateral, packaging, samples, POP, mini style guides, web, video, and other digital media). Responsible for providing creative solutions according to conceptual strategy, according to the GAF Style Guide. The ideal candidate is detail oriented and capable of providing creative solutions for a wide range of deliverables in a fast paced, creative environment. Understanding of Integrated Marketing and brand marketing is highly desirable.

Randstad

Description

JDA Worldwide is a full-service marketing agency serving national, emerging, and category-leading brands since 2003. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, JDA specializes in brand, creative, digital, paid media, and public relations. JDA is a portfolio company of Prolific – the growth firm. Our network of companies have been named to the Inc. 5000 for seven consecutive years and named a top Indiana employer for three straight years. JDA is filled with talented, hard working, kind, low ego teammates. Join us!

JDA is looking for an experienced Art Director to oversee creative projects from beginning to end at our advertising agency. The ideal candidate is extremely detail oriented with impeccable design abilities and a distinct eye for color, pattern, typography, and conveying best design principles. As an Art Director, you excel in a fast-paced environment, juggling a variety of daily projects, and providing artistic direction to the team while being absent of ego. Someone who has a natural eye for persuasive design and copy across a variety of dynamic mediums will be successful in this role. As an Art Director, you will work in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team including copywriters, designers, developers, researchers, strategists, and other specialists. The Art Director will work under the guidance and leadership of our Creative Director and Associate Creative Director. The Art Director will be an influencer on the team but will not have direct reports.

Friendly people, fun offices and incredible clients make it enjoyable to come to work at JDA. Our culture fosters growth, and we have top-notch employee perks and benefits. Some noteworthy examples are our flexible work-life, fun team events, excellent insurance, and healthy snacks in all offices.

Visit us online: https://jdaworldwide.com/

Location: Hybrid office schedule in our Indianapolis, IN office

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field
• 3+ years of art direction experience; agency experience highly preferred
• 5+ years of print, digital, and/or web design experience
• A diverse portfolio that showcases a refined style across a variety of project types and mediums
• Demonstrable knowledge of brand, brand systems, advertising, and marketing strategy
• Expertise in working with writers and creatives on advertising campaigns and projects
• Must be able to collaborate with and provide artistic direction to the team and ensure deadlines are met
• Writing competency and a keen eye for copy is required
• Must be a master in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• Eager to continue expanding knowledge to include thoughts, concepts, and strategies critical to our clients
• Provide high-level design work on client projects
• Precise, thorough and self-disciplined
• Works well under pressure, with a natural sense of urgency
• Experienced and/or comfortable working in the non-profit and faith-based market segment is a plus

The responsibilities are many, various, and not limited to those written in this document.

Benefits

• Healthcare plan (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• 401k with company match
• Generous paid time off (Vacation, Sick, Holidays)
• Paid parental leave
• Life insurance (100% company paid)
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability (100% company paid)
• Training & development
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Hybrid work setting and casual dress
• On-site fitness center
• Free snacks & drinks available in the office

JDA Worldwide

Tory Folliard Gallery is currently seeking a talented Gallery Manager to join its team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for a range of duties, including creation of  in-house graphic design for the gallery’s digital and printed media, digital marketing, website and records management.

It is important that the Gallery Manager acquire a working knowledge of the artists and artworks in the gallery, and that they are able to keep the gallery’s website up-to-date with current and upcoming exhibitions. The Gallery Manager will also be responsible for managing the gallery’s inventory and ensuring that it is reflected accurately on the web. 

The Gallery is looking for a candidate who is organized, detail-oriented and has excellent communication skills. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity to work in a well-established art gallery, please submit your application today

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in the arts, graphic design, or marketing fields 
• Interest in art
• Working knowledge of design and fluency in Adobe Suite or the Affinity Design Suite
• Experience in website management and data base management 
• Strong organizational skills 
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills 
• Experience in sales is a plus

Full-Time Position:  30-40 hours per week

Regular, full-time hours are Tuesday to Friday, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Saturdays, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Occasional evenings as needed for exhibition openings. This position is in person and on-site at the gallery.  Compensation is based on experience. Health care insurance as required.

Established in 1988, the Tory Folliard Gallery features painting and sculpture by the region’s most accomplished artists.  The Gallery is located in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward, a vibrant neighborhood of art galleries, restaurants and boutiques.

https://toryfolliard.com/

Tory Folliard Gallery

ROOTED IN TALENT + PASSION

We will be opening a new gallery on Hamilton Avenue in Palo Alto, California. This will be our second gallery alongside our Flagship Gallery on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach. We are currently hiring a new Gallery Art Director to help us represent world famous Veronica Ruiz de Velasco. This position will require in the beginning to overlook the setup, remodeling, shipping, hiring, face lift for the store front, website remodeling, and other tasks required prior to the grand opening of the Art Gallery.

The Gallery Director is responsible for managing the new store’s day to day operations, the maintenance, renovations, and hiring of gallery associates. As part of our team, the Gallery Art Director should always present him or herself as a professional with extensive knowledge on our collections, train and support the other associates and keep the Gallery to the highest level while representing the brand of Veronica Ruiz de Velasco. Our Gallery Director must have respect for our artist, clients, and co-workers. They must understand the importance of knowing the right dress codes and punctuality of opening the Gallery on time. The Director must, provide regular reports of operations and follow our guidelines at all times. Ethics and integrity is fundamental requirement at all times.

The Gallery Art Director is a public-facing member of the Gallery team, representing the Gallery at art world events and public programs. The Director will contribute to the Gallery’s public relations strategies, including social media, press, and influencer-outreach efforts. The successful candidate will be deeply passionate about Veronica’s art, bringing their social capital, networks, and curiosity to further the Gallery’s mission.

Qualifications

The Gallery Director must understand and appreciate the art of a Latin America master. The Director must combine business and marketing skills to manage the Gallery and a small team to run a profitable business within 6 months. Director should have significant experience in art sales or a management role in a prominent art gallery. Must be familiar with computers, payroll software, tax software, and Shopify. Must be able to work standing up for long periods of time. Schedule requires to work weekdays and weekends on different hourly shifts. Bilingual is a plus but not a must. Background at a New York auction house is a plus.

Sales

Director must take full responsibility in the selling of art works to build the Gallery income before taking on additional team members. They must maintain a consistent relationship with collectors, clients, new clients, and everyday visitors to identify the type of work in demand. The Director needs to be self motivated with the ability to motivate team members to a higher sales level. The Director should be able to keenly communicate with the artist as well as report to the owner of the company. The Director should be able to develop promotions, sales, sales reports, new releases, and commercial engagements.

About the Artist

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/veronicaruizdvelasco/

Website: https://www.veronicaruizdevelasco.com

Veronica Ruiz De Velasco stands among the greatest living artists of our time. Her talent has been recognized as genius by the masters, and her technique is only surpassed by her passion for every piece of art she creates.

As a young woman, Veronica considered putting her passion and enthusiasm toward a career in acting but soon learned that a love and talent for art lived deep within her soul. Her innate talent was quickly noted by top artists in the Mexican art community, and she became a rising star. Mexican master, Rufino Tamayo, saw in Veronica a unique talent that had to be nurtured and encouraged.

Shortly after being discovered by the masters of the Mexican art community, Ruiz de Velasco was invited to individually exhibit her work at the Museo de Arte Moderno (National Museum of Modern Art) in Mexico. She was the youngest artist ever to receive this honor at that time. The Museo de Arte Moderno included Ruiz de Velasco in their prestigious 25-year anniversary book featuring Mexico’s leading artists.

As the young artist’s talent began to create a buzz in the art community of Mexico City, the world began to take notice. Artistic masters in Mexico and Europe opened their doors to support Veronica and help her refine her technique. Her natural artistic talents were catapulted with the help of the best schools and private teachings in the world.

As the worldwide art community recognized and lined up to support the rising star, Veronica’s success was nearly instantaneous. Her exhibits were sellouts, and international powerhouses soon began to reach out to her to commission her art for renowned events and locations. Her successes include exhibitions in both Mexico, United States, Europe, and Africa.

She was one of the youngest female artists to be in the Modern Art Museum of Mexico.

Her talent attracted the attention of masters such as Rufino Tamayo and Gilberto Aceves Navarro who all took Veronica under their wings as a student and protégé.

She was commissioned to paint a mural at the ABC Hospital that was inaugurated by Prince Charles of Wales, and later a mural for the Hamon Science Building at the Southwest Medical Center in Dallas. She represented a group of Mexican artists at the South Africa FIFA World Cup. In addition, Veronica has held exhibitions worldwide including the Mexico Loteria, the Mexico City International Airport, Nordstrom in the Galleria of Dallas and the Irving Art Center. Her story and artwork have been featured in national and local publications as well as been coveted among private art collectors including several prominent lawyers, doctors, entertainers and entrepreneurs.

Veronica Ruiz De Velasco possesses an innate talent for brushstroke, color and technique. This talent was what captivated the masters of the art world who helped her cultivated and delve deeper into that natural born ability. Her artwork comes alive as she lays her heart and soul into each painting. Veronica’s vision is to share her passion with the world, mentor young upcoming artists and share in the art world as it has shared with her. Let’s welcome Veronica Ruiz de Velasco to Northern California.

Copyright (c) 2023 – Veronica Ruiz de Velasco. All Rights Reserved.

Gallery Veronica Ruiz de Velasco

Creative Director

Virginia Beach, VA

We are looking for a talented leader to join a fast, fun, and super creative environment. You must be a strong conceptual thinker with design and writing chops. You must have a love of the all things creative and be comfortable with everything from web design to presentation decks to longform video to designing vehicle wraps.

The CD will:

– Hire, manage and grow the creative department. 

– Contribute and produce big campaign ideas

– Create campaigns with a broad view of strategy and consumer engagement.

– Help create a consistent visual and verbal landscape, always with an eye on what’s next

– Follow through. Once concepting work is complete, manage campaigns throughout the process, writing, revising, proofing, etc.

-Innovate!  How can the creative get BETTER?

You MUST:

– Have 5+ years of leadership experience in an ad agency environment.

– Have experience concepting and writing scripts for video!

– Have the ability to grasp a brand’s voice, and experience presenting to clients.

– Have strong concepting and presenting skills!

– Have ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines.

– Working collaboratively with many teams.

– A strong understanding of the social/digital space.

– You must be able to pitch!  

Salary will be negotiated based on experience and proof of work! If you’re good, we’ll pay! If this sounds like you, send your portfolio website to [email protected].

Studio Center

A part-time, customer-service focused role in our flagship RowdyBox Boxing Club. Must be positive, energetic, people-loving and competent with sales. Our Studio Coordinators facilitate all client transactions, maintain the facility and provide exceptional customer-service to ensure our members are welcomed and assisted along their fitness journey. Ideally seeking candidates who enjoy fitness and community-building in a small-business setting.

Responsibilities

Perform all on-site transactions using our software system.

Sales focus: Must discuss pricing and memberships with new clients and current members.

Maintain studio cleanliness and organization.

Qualifications

Excellent verbal and people skills. A minimum of 2 years of customer-service experience.

Sales experience. A minimum of 1 year of sales-focused experience.

RowdyBox

The Role:

A highly sought-after, international design firm are looking for an engaging Studio Coordinator to join their dynamic team.

This impressive company specialize in architecture and interior design and operate with a diverse, collaborative and driven mindset.

Within this Studio Coordinator role, you will be responsible for being the main support to their Manhattan studio, and will support across general administration, HR, accounting administration, new business, and more. The role would suit someone with solid administrative experience who has a positive, approachable and warm demeanor.

This is an excellent opportunity to build on your existing skills within a leading design company who offer an impressive benefits package, culture and career growth opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• General day to day studio management
• Manage studio appearance, greeting guests and providing lunches/refreshments, organizing shipping/messengers, etc
• Closely liaise with Operations Director to provide HR assistance such as visa/passport coordination, collating timesheets and recording sick days/PTO
• Liaise with the finance department to review expenses, help with billing and ad hoc finance administration
• Support the legal department by acting as liaison between clients and legal when necessary, including sending out contracts
• Support the business development department to help send out proposals to clients and support partners with tracking and reviewing
• Liaise with travel agents to organize travel booking for studio members
• Coordinate internal and external studio events
• Liaise with PR team for project launches
• Maintain office and materials library, purchasing samples for projects/supplies for studio and archiving project materials

Key Skills:

• Previous support/administration/team support experience
• Proficient in Excel
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Warm and engaging approach
• Self-starter with a drive to learn and progress
• Dynamic with the ability to multitask and liaise with several different studio members

If you would like to apply for this position, please click on apply to attach your resume.

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The Crowd is an equal opportunities employer and agency.

The Crowd

Production Designer

Location: Culver City, CA

Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision and more

Key Qualifications:

• Expert in every aspect of Adobe Creative Suite
• Expert in comping, retouching, and silhouetting different file types
• Knowledgeable in Keynote, After Effects and/or Sketch a plus
• Experience with batch processing and other workflow efficiencies
• Experience with server structures: maintaining, archiving, optimizing
• An understanding of asset creation for multiple platforms
• Able to collaborate with multiple stakeholders

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Must have excellent organizational skills
• Must have an obsessive attention to detail
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Must be excellent communicating updates with multiple stakeholders and vendors
• Must be comfortable overseeing quality of assets created by production vendors and managing asset tracking and approvals
• Must be able to work under minimal supervision
• Must have 5+ years relevant art production experience
• Passionate about the brand, relentless in preserving its authenticity

Additional Requirements:

• Portfolio demonstrating proficiency in production
• 6+ years relevant graphic design experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Web, Graphic, Information, Comms design or equivalent

Planet Technology

The Opportunity

PepperPointe Partnerships is seeking a Partner Relations Manager to join our team. This role works closely with senior leadership to support the company’s future growth. The Partner Relations Manager role will report directly to the Chief Strategy Officer and be one of the first points of contact and representation of PepperPointe Partnerships. You will be responsible for maintaining and growing relationships with existing and prospective doctor partners, and offer overall support to help the organization achieve its goals.

A Day in The Life Of

• Daily client engagement and leader in relationship management, proactively assessing, clarifying and validating client needs on an ongoing basis.
• Develops and implements effective communication strategies for current and prospective clients.
• Plays an integral role in generating and responding to qualified leads, including creating and maintaining prospect lists, performing sales calls resulting in scheduled meetings with target referral prospects, processing and responding to online website leads, and answering and processing incoming phone leads. This individual must provide prospective partners with a great experience and a deep understanding of PepperPointe Partnerships throughout their partnership journey.
• Develops and fosters beneficial relationships with business partners, potential partners, and individuals in the orthodontic and dental communities in order to build new partnerships and enhance the organization’s reputation.
• Contributes to the development of business and marketing plans and budgets, working with colleagues to execute organizational initiatives and team goals and strategies.
• Maintains, and documents all activity in, the business development database and organizes all partner and prospective partner information.
• Assesses potential partners in terms of income potential, cultural and mission fit.
• Evaluates, determines, and realizes quarterly business growth goals.
• Prepares pitches and proposals designed to obtain new partnerships and throughout any acquisition processes, as well as online and offline communications; ensures presentations are consistent with branding.
• Develops partner and prospect collateral and sales tools, including material for pitch meetings, and speaking engagements, events, sponsorships, and other direct partner and prospect communications.
• Identifies opportunities for thought leadership and marketing initiatives to increase brand awareness of PepperPointe Partnerships to prospective partners.
• Monitors competitive activity for partners and the company, draws conclusions, assesses implications and prepares marketing and research reports.
• Proactively assesses, clarifies, and validates partner needs on an ongoing basis.
• Participates in regular meetings to keep management up to date on current opportunities and competitive actions.
• Works closely with existing partners to help strategically grow their practice through mergers, acquisitions and consolidations.
• Serves as the main point of contact for conferences, sponsorships and seminars, as needed.

What You’ll Bring To The Table

• Alignment with PepperPointe’s core values listed below

Fearlessly chasing the challenge

Relentlessly pursuing results

Serving with tenacity

Working with an uncompromising commitment to honesty

• Exceptional attention to detail and strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to juggle multiple high-visibility, time-sensitive business development projects
• Ability to think both strategically and creatively
• Must understand the goals, service, culture and strategy of the organization
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills, the ability to meet deadlines, and the ability to solve problems
• Is an extremely flexible and adaptable self-starter with a winning attitude and team spirit
• Relationship-building skills: Capable of building and perpetuating profitable business partnerships and relationships, which promote long-term success
• Ability to understand client needs and demonstrate the value of PepperPointe Partnerships
• Working knowledge of CRM tools
• Must be capable of independently organizing and prioritizing work
• Willingness and ability to travel
• Must live in Central Kentucky where the majority of practices within the Central Kentucky group are located.
• Three to five years of sales experience or client relations, primarily in the business sector and related directly to the medical or dental industry, is ideal.
• Prior experience in administering customer service, project management, or board management is also valuable.

Education

Professionals in this field typically have a Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, public relations, or a related field.

About PepperPointe Partnerships

PepperPointe Partnerships is a dental service organization (DSO) with an innovative approach to proactively address the challenges and industry changes practitioners face, create efficiencies at the practice level and provide support with non-clinical tasks, allowing practitioners to focus on providing excellent patient care. PepperPointe seeks to redefine what it means to be a DSO by fully leveraging the strengths and culture of doctor-owned dental practices, and a growth strategy for greater synergy and protection among all dental practitioners. Through the PepperPointe platform, we offer maintained doctor ownership, a collaborative network of doctors, and help clinical teams achieve the greatest success in providing excellent patient care. PepperPointe offers doctors an optimal exit and entry strategy, with partnership opportunities for every career stage, to help preserve and extend the practice legacy, and do so on their terms.

PepperPointe is an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our applicants. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. All qualified applicants, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.

This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks, and duties.

PepperPointe Partnerships

Adecco Creative and Marketing is searching for a Production Artist for a 3-month assignment. This role is for a leading party supplies manufacturer and distributor with over 50 years of industry experience!

This role is fully on-site with free parking and summer Fridays!

• Assist the design team in preparing purchased artwork for development.
• Prepare organized production files from concept art provided by Product Designers.
• Prepare organized layout and electronic files according to specification.
• Complete pre-production preparation of files by putting them in a format that allows for artwork development.
• Obtain and retain current production specifications.
• Inspect production files prepared by the other designers prior to sending to the vendor to make sure they are correctly set up.
• Color correct imagery.
• Prepare layout by placing art and text; specifying print requirements such as bleeds, clear zones, die-cut and coverage.
• Create successful die lines for customer presentations.
• Ensure that all electronic product files are prepared properly for appropriate media output and according to relevant style guides and printer requirements.
• Manage the highest level of quality by proofing all products for accuracy.
• Assure accurate printability, including traps, overprints and minimum half tone dots and line weights. Experience in preparing art for flexographic printing is preferred.
• Review matchprints and pre-production samples against final files for accuracy.
• Provide proofs for review; coordinating with creative team, internal clients; review and implement changes.
• Back up all final files and maintain a well-organized archive.
• When necessary, may help with mock-ups and printing files to in-house printers (knowledge of using cutting tools such as an Exacto knife helpful).
• Keep on the cutting edge of design and production innovations within industry and in customer products field.
• Help train/mentor Associate and Assistant Production Artists.
• Lead projects, troubleshooting issues as they arise to ensure projects are completed on time.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Excellent leadership, follow-up and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task. This includes strong communication and time management/prioritization skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with little direction.
• Strong internet and email skills.
• A working understanding of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Knowledge of various printing methods (primarily flexography but also offset, rotogravure, etc.) and how to prepare art for each method.
• Knowledge of 4-color process printing, as well as spot color printing and various printing techniques.
• Understanding of the concept of ink gain and how ink gain in respect to the various printing methods affects the files prepared.
• Must be skilled in Adobe Creative Suite, especially in Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Requires effective oral and written communication skills including the ability to present ideas, and/or facts and recommendations effectively.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or its equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree from a four-year art college or university strongly preferred.
• 3+ years of related experience and/or training required; 5 or more years preferred.
• Any equivalent combination of education, experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Adecco