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MAC Staffing Group is seeking Art Directors to support our client’s growing auction house company, headquartered in Dallas, TX. This is a nonmanagement position. The ideal candidates will work closely with fellow designers, print production staff, marketing managers, and subject matter experts to design materials with brand consistency, in a fast-paced environment. Print design experience promoting fine jewelry, luxury goods, or fine art is a plus.
Summary:
This is NOT a digital UI/UX, web, or e-commerce design position. The purpose of this job is to personally design (not art direct other staff) a high volume and variety of print materials:
- 80% of the time will be spent on the design and layout of auction catalogs between 100 and 400+ pages.
- 20% of the time will be spent on designing and production of print ads for publications, direct mail, brochures, and other types of collateral.
Skills & Abilities:
- The successful candidate is a deadline-driven, reliable self-starter.
- Able to work independently with extreme attention to detail.
- Must be able to juggle and prioritize a heavy volume of jobs with competing deadlines, i.e., understand when to put aside one project to start another, yet work on both during the same timeframe.
- Must be able to work overtime hours (with pay) on weeknights and weekends when necessary to meet extremely tight deadlines.
- Must be able to attend outside press checks as necessary.
**An extensive portfolio of work is required for consideration. **
Education / Experience:
- 7+ years of comprehensive work experience in graphic design for print, with thorough pre-press knowledge. High level of clean aesthetic design ability, with excellent typography, image layout, and color use skills.
- Experience with design and production of print advertisements, direct mail, and various print marketing collateral is required.
- Advanced expertise with Mac OS, Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat), and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
- Ability to produce multi-page projects quickly and accurately (catalogs, books, magazines, brochures); i.e., not just logos or one-page flyers.
- Ability to trouble-shoot and solve technical issues related to design and production.
- Ability to sketch rough thumbnails or concept drafts.
- Ability to color correct and prepare graphics for print, and to proof bluelines.
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