ART DIRECTOR AT SUPER LEAGUE!
POSITION OVERVIEW
We are seeking a versatile and highly creative Art Director to join our talented team in producing compelling visual content, innovative graphic designs, high-quality creative concepts, and captivating marketing materials. As an essential member of our creative department, you will play a crucial role in helping develop creative for a diverse range of mediums, projects, and clients – while assisting creative leads and stakeholders in ensuring alignment on brand strategies, overall creative vision, and client needs.
The ideal candidate can work well in a collaborative team environment. Possesses a deep knowledge of marketing design principles. Leverages design communication and advertising best practices. Assists in developing premium content and driving tasks forward. And has a firm understanding of visual storytelling, emerging design trends, agency workflow, and immersive and emerging technologies to help us push the boundaries of creativity.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Creative Collaboration:
- Collaborate closely with the department’s creative leads to ensure work is completed on time, following brand guidelines, and industry best practices.
- Provide principled guidance to teammates while continuing to foster a culture of continuous growth, industry best practices, and artistic excellence.
- Implement high-quality feedback, while contributing to internal review sessions, brainstorms, creative workshops, and design critiques.
- Continue our department’s core goals of making the most kick-ass concepts as a team and help foster a meaningful collaborative environment amongst your peers.
Strategic Ideation:
- Develop and present compelling creative concepts aligned with client goals, target audiences, and project objectives, emphasizing impact across immersive worlds, website platforms, social channels, and video mediums.
- Translate complex brand messages into visually engaging and memorable content, ensuring resonance across various digital channels.
Project Execution:
- Work with creative leads to shepherd end-to-end creative, from concept development to final production, ensuring that all projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest quality standards.
- Collaborate closely with fellow creatives, project managers, coordinators, as well as stakeholders to ensure seamless execution on concurrent, and often ongoing, multi-media campaigns and projects.
Design Excellence:
- Contribution to – and understanding of design feedback & creative direction.
- Interpret and implement stakeholder feedback. Know when to ask questions. Know who to ask questions to.
- Uphold brand consistency & integrity across all marketing platforms while maintaining a high level of creativity and attention to detail.
Immersive Technologies and Trends:
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, especially in the realms of immersive technologies, metaverse projects, and emerging design tools, integrating these insights into our creative approach.
- Explore opportunities to incorporate immersive elements into campaigns, enhancing user experiences and pushing the boundaries of creativity.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Multimedia, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
- Proven track record (5+ years) in a creative leadership role within a multi-media agency or similar environment.
- Exceptional portfolio showcasing successful projects across gaming or immersive experiences, website design, social media campaigns, video content, and high-impact sales materials.
- Proficiency in industry-standard design software (Adobe Creative Suite, video editing tools, etc.).
- Strong understanding of branding, marketing, and design principles.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and collaborate effectively within a team.
Perks & Benefits
❤️ Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits
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At Super League, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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