Art Director

Our client, a notable food company, is looking for a contract Art Director to join their team.

6 month contract

Hybrid in Irvine – potential for remote candidates

$35/hour

SENIOR ART DIRECTOR

Craft and curate the visual identity & creative direction of the brand, collaborating with all levels of the design team.

Responsibilities:

· Strong presentation skills, both internally and externally. Selling in creative ideas and the strategic rationale behind them with enthusiasm

· Understanding and appreciation of the importance of strategy and can create compelling, creative solutions

· Mentor and coach art directors and designers by providing inspiration and direction

· Implementing process to make sure deadlines are met on each project

· Ensures projects adhere to the approved brand and messaging guidelines to maintain our Brand Codes

· ​​Effectively improve processes and look for efficiencies

· Schedule and/or work with PM’s to create check-in’s and priorities with design team and copywriter

· Ability to carry branding seamlessly across multiple channels

· Ability to take industry experience and apply it towards better processes and creative output

· Think holistically about each project across all categories of the business

Qualifications:

· 7+ years of experience at agency/in-house concepting and art directing ideas for brand and product

· Strong digital and web design experience

· Photography, Motion graphics, animation, video skills a plus

· Strong Design and Branding Experience

· Ability to carry branding seamlessly across multiple channels

· Must stay current with skill sets and have a mastery of the Adobe design applications along with sketch and comping skills

The Day-to-Day

· Design, articulate and present visual direction to partners. Exceptional presentation skills with the ability to articulate conceptual creative

· Able to make strategic decisions based on marketing objectives

· Photoshoot Direction—working with Art Director of Photography and designers on pre-production documents, set design, food styling, hero selects and retouching.

· Prioritizing team projects and time management.

· Simultaneously direct multiple projects while managing one’s own design project(s).

· ​​Effectively improves processes and looks for efficiencies

· Schedules creative check-in’s and priorities with design team, copywriter and reporting back to ACD’s.

· Provides inspiration and initial direction

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