Art Director

Art Director at Alteris Group, LLC

Alteris Group is seeking to hire an Art Director in our Southfield office. We are seeking an individual with highly conceptual and strong design skills, an eye for production and an excellent strategic mind. Someone that is motivated, a self-starter with an action-oriented and can-do attitude.

Summary

The Art Director’s responsibility is to produce bold, strategic and persuasive products in all media for our clients and complies with quality standards for the team. Responsibilities include concept generation, layout, revisions, direction distillation, presentation and production. Must thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops concepts and collaborates with the project teams to plan, analyze, organize and execute assigned projects as needed.
• Presents concepts to other departments.
• Builds relationships with appropriate agency leads.
• Maintains stewardship of client’s look, tone and feel
• Works collaboratively and harmoniously as a teammate both within and outside the creative department.
• Art direction of assets including image selection and direction on set, working collaboratively with producers, art buyers and photographers.
• Juggle multiple projects, sticking to deadlines and ensuring high-quality error-free output.
• Meets with project management to review work in progress and selects desired concepts.
• Partners with copywriters to develop a range of ideas and designs that are on-brief and on-strategy
• Partners with Creative team members to concept creative, on-strategy ideas
• Partners with Account team to solve problems and answer client needs and ensure on-strategy design
• Maintains file-management, using consistent naming conventions and procedures
• Loves the creative process and knows how to have fun while working hard

Required Qualifications

This position requires:

• A minimum of 6+ years of related experience
• Portfolio to demonstrate creative and technical skills

Required Skills

This position requires:

• Good sense of aesthetic, typography and practicing knowledge of information design and hands-on understanding of fundamental principles marketing
• Strong knowledge of industry-standard software/programs: InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite.
• Proficient in designing in PowerPoint and Word.
• Skilled in art techniques as well as computer proficient
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Strong time management skills
• Able to juggle multiple projects, sticking to deadlines and ensuring high-quality error-free output.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with creative agencies/professional services
• Direct marketing and digital experience
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge in the latest trends of HTML and CSS a big plus
• Adobe After Effects and HTML experience is a plus

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Alteris Group