Senior Art Director

About Quiet Valor

We’re Quiet Valor, a band of courageous creatives shaping the way that brands are experienced by pursuing creative solutions that influence behavioral shifts.

As a minority-owned Advertising Agency, we started this company with one goal in mind: to create a dynamic space where creative minds who are obsessed with producing great work can thrive. And we aim to have fun, learn, and make an impact in the process.

Unlike a traditional agency, we focus on the work and prioritize that above all else. We focus on being better influencers by embracing simple structures, staying actively involved in the ever-changing ways of human communication, and just being good people to work with on the things that matter most to our clients. In summary, we’re building something dynamic. Want to join us? Read on to learn more about our remote full-time Senior Art Director role.

About the Role

Calling all Courageous Creatives, Pandemic Prevailers, and Unapologetic Unicorns who feel suppressed by the traditional Ad Agency structure. We invite you to join our Creative team as a Senior Art Director. We’re looking for self-starters, makers, doers, and creative visionaries who desire to focus on the work—not the bottom line—to be our partner in creativity and create disruptive and groundbreaking film, digital, social, podcast, traditional, and broadcast campaigns. You’ll work closely with our Executive Director as well as other departments to handle projects from the initial briefing through to completion. You’ll have a keen eye for detail, storytelling and craftsmanship in all digital and production spaces. Aside from having a strong visual portfolio demonstrating your experience in bringing disruptive concepts and big ideas to life, you’ll be a great fit for our growing team if you exhibit strategic thinking, flawless execution, fearless innovation, and passion.

What You’ll Do

• Understand the structure of a brand’s identity—how the visual and verbal executions come together to create a holistic brand experience
• Present work internally and to clients
• Be responsible for establishing and overseeing the creative vision of the conceptual art design to be adapted and thoughtfully carried across Social, Digital, Multimedia, and other mediums
• Lead and manage a team of Art Directors and Designers
• Design websites, social ads, web banners, and everything digital
• Create brand voices and copy guidelines to bring brand strategies to life and provide richness and character to design projects
• Ensure strong creative output while reporting to the Executive Creative Director
• Proof creative work to ensure the accuracy of information
• Stay up to date with new innovations and industry trends
• Develop concepts, communicate ideas, and design solutions that meet or exceed strategic objectives in a highly collaborative environment
• Balance strategic development with client business objectives
• Directly contribute to project design and development—create storyboards / initial graphic concepts-conceive functional design solutions-create site grids and interface demos

Why You’ll Do it Well:

• You have 7+ years of experience in an agency setting
• Your strong online portfolio of your current work demonstrates strong conceptual, design, and digital skills and makes us say, “WOW”
• You’re highly proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe XD, and proficient with MS Office products, including Word and PowerPoint
• You’re comfortable and nimble creating in the digital space. Having an expertise in Sketch, Adobe XD and Figma
• You have a solid knowledge of the creative development process and the ability to perform those steps in a timely and productive manner
• You possess a strong sense of self-motivation, initiative, and time management skills
• You have excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• You’re known for your ability to think creatively and articulate creative concepts effectively to clients and team members
• You’re proactive, comfortable working remotely and independently, and possess a desire to work in a high-trust environment where comfort with autonomy and self-direction is a must
• You’re a self-starter with a strong demonstration of an opportunity/growth mindset
• You have experience empowering and leading a virtual team of designers to create excellence

What We Offer

From our inception, we’ve made a conscious effort to always keep people as the central focus of our growth strategy. And we’re committed to building and maintaining a culture that places people before profit. We’re a remote-first team where people are celebrated and valued, regardless of location. We offer a competitive salary, and while our benefits do not include healthcare, it DOES include unlimited PTO and sick days, Free food Fridays, a technology stipend, health and wellness perks, and more!

Quiet Valor is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or locally protected class.

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