Art Director (B2B & Tech)

Job Title: Art Director (B2B & Tech)

Client Location: remote | talent must be in Pacific or Mountain Time

Starting: 10/04/2023

Salary/Pay Rate: $45 – $50 hourly

Firm, non-negotiable: No

Hours: Full-time

Duration: 6 Months with a possibility of extending

Job Description:

Art Director (B2B & Tech)

Aquent Studios x Adobe is a custom-built creative agency partnership that provides scalability with world-class talent to Adobe’s in-house studio and web team. This collaboration creates exciting opportunities to work with Aquent Studios and impact millions of customers, showcasing Adobe’s products via innovative storytelling and unique visual experiences.

Job Description: Art Director (Partner Marketing)

In the enterprise space, Adobe is a leader in marketing and customer experience technology, helping businesses of all sizes adapt to the ever-changing expectations of the market. We’re looking for an Art Director on the Aquent Studios team to support a highly creative Adobe team to design and produce a wide range of deliverables (web, email, banners, guidelines, event and environmental assets, high-level image making, graphic design). Artistic sensibilities, technical proficiency, clear communication and problem-solving abilities are essential. Illustration and motion design skills are a huge plus.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working closely with CDs and Designers to maintain the aesthetic of the brand and ensure all materials are designed and produced accordingly
• Taking conceptual direction from CDs to create mockups and execute for final delivery
• Maintaining awareness of industry trends, incorporate new techniques, and informs others
• Proactively anticipating issues, suggesting solutions, and thinking of the big picture
• Managing multiple projects and meeting all deadlines while working collaboratively within a fast paced, reiterative environment

What you need to succeed:

• Ability to create high quality assets: an eye for detail with a sophisticated, bold and expressive aesthetic
• Passion for design, pride in your craft, and desire to take the work even further
• Knowledge of design elements (color, typography, and composition) is essential
• Experience working with design systems
• Keen understanding/awareness of brand appropriate aesthetic, culture and audience when creating assets
• Ability to quickly grasp and appropriately translate client brand guidelines
• Ability to accept and design against feedback from colleagues in a rapid iterative design process
• Ability to work collaboratively within fast paced timelines
• Exceptional attention to detail and process
• Confident, articulate presentation skills to effectively deliver creative and explain the rationale behind design decisions
• Knowledge of video or animation tools is a big plus. A general interest in computers and an aptitude for learning new technology are vital.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience working in an in-house creative team or agency
• A well-rounded portfolio showcasing a solid design aesthetic, artistic sensibilities and skills
• Ability to work in all facets of digital spaces and screens
• Graphic design, high-level image making
• Brand system design experience
• Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Motion graphics/animation skills a huge plus (After Effects)
• Any added skills such as photography or illustration another big plus

Portfolio with appropriate tech, B2B, user-focused samples must be submitted to be considered.

Aquent Studios