Job Title: Senior Creative/Web Specialist – Art Director
Location: Charlotte or Raleigh, NC (Hybrid)
Duration: 36 Months
Note: (2 days/week in office)
Job Description:
- The Senior Creative/Web Specialist Art Director is responsible for concepting, art direction, graphic design as well as presentation design, and presenting brand advertising, product marketing, and customer- and employee-facing communications.
- The specialist partners with copywriters, account managers and digital specialists to meet creative director’s expectations and clients’ objectives within the Client brand.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensures the delivery of creative, effective communications consistent with the company’s brand standards and voice.
- Understands and executes to meet the client’s strategy, core message, target audience and specific goals.
- Produces work that is consistently on-time and within budget.
- Works collaboratively with copywriters, account managers, UX and other communicators
- Delivers materials for a broad spectrum of communications channels, including broadcast, video, animation, radio, audio, digital ads (HTML5), email and web (Sketch), direct mail, print ads, PowerPoint presentations.
- Presents materials to clients; works positively and constructively to resolve issues and make necessary revisions.
- Shows strong follow-through and attention to detail from project initiation through completion and archiving of files.
- Works within established workflow processes
- Provides expertise in effective messaging for various audiences and guidance for applying the company’s style guide and brand voice.
- Maintains or improves skill level in design software and design techniques and methods.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Basic/Required Qualifications
- 4-year degree or equivalent work experience
- Experience with art direction, graphic, web, mobile, video/broadcast and motion design (animation)
- Strong art direction/design portfolio
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch or Adobe XD, presentation software (e.g., Microsoft Powerpoint, Keynote, Prezi)
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with advertising, marketing, corporate or customer-facing materials.
- Recent experience in creating integrated communication campaigns across numerous channels.
- Strong concepting skills.
- Strong presentation skills
- Well organized, capable of managing multiple projects and deadlines concurrently.
- Proven commitment to producing error-free, superior quality work while following client brand guidelines.
- Demonstrated understanding of current communications best practices
- Collaborative, team-oriented and flexible
- Knowledge of various social media channels – Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.
- Microsoft SharePoint – document storage and management
- Workamajig – project management and time tracking tool.
- 10+ years’ experience.
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