Art Director Job Description
Art director
provides creative solutions in meetings, as needed, to resolve design challenges between the Packaging Design team and merchants.
Art Director Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Build final art files with hires art, purchased typefaces, and editorial copy, using Indesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator programs
Has a thorough understanding of typography, photography, graphic design and environmental design
Actively follow global design trends, and proactive in contributing fresh ideas
Act as a visual storyteller who understands the difference between good and great, and will push projects to the next level
Collaborate with merchants and marketing to translate strategy into compelling, emotionally engaging retail & catalogue experiences
Understand how to overcome in-store purchase barriers, while delighting consumers with an emotional retail experience
Facilitate collaboration across functions, including Photography, Copy, Merchants, Marketing, Visual Merchandising and Product Design teams, to translate strategies into visually compelling, emotionally engaging stories
Design and produce site launches, emails, and special projects/presentations
Work with Senior Art Director and Web Design team to extend and optimize Web functionality, site architecture, user interface and navigation
Manage and mentor designers and temporary help or freelancers as assigned
Art Director Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Art Director
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPI, CPR, BA, BFA
Education for Art Director
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the art director job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Design, Graphic Design, Advertising, Fine Arts, Art, Marketing, Art Direction, Education, Communications, Digital Design
Skills for Art Director
Desired skills for art director include:
Illustrator
Photoshop
Adobe Creative Suite
InDesign
Product challenges in relation to overall market
Digital landscape
Therapeutic areas of primary accounts
Typography
CSS
Design programs
Desired experience for art director includes:
6+ years of professional art direction experience
Experience with a variety of game art disciplines
Extensive understanding of management strategies, design processes, and creation of stylistic guidelines
Experience managing a team of designers and copywriters, across print, digital, retail
Ability to maintain composure and articulate directives in a fast-paced environment
Be familiar with design software and be able to source programs to maintain technical proficiency of designers and brand
Art Director Examples
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Art Director Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of art director. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for art director
- Work with cross functional partners to ensure concept is carried through multi channel outlets
- Present concepts in fully-produced pitches tothe internal team and Management
- Direct and collaborate with Design Houses, Animatorsand Freelance designers
- Work closely with the Director of Graphics tomanage production schedules, team assignments and project deliverables
- Attend Production meetings to be able totranslate vision and make it a reality on-air
- Own, articulate, and evangelize visual direction
- Direct multiple art disciplines to achieve incredible results
- Taking a lead design role of the visual web execution of a portfolio of EA games and services
- Presenting design executions to Senior Creative leadership, Marketing, game studio and executive staff
- Working closely with engineering, QA and Product Management to ensure accurate development against design targets
Qualifications for art director
- Experience in Retail, Youth Culture/Lifestyle, Fashion
- Expert in graphic design
- Quick learner, able to adapt to constant changes and tight timelines
- Passion for games with a deep understanding and love of the Diablo franchise
- A minimum of 10 years’ experience crafting video game art
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a lead artist or art director
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of art director. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for art director
- Execute site launches, e-marketing creative, and special web initiatives
- Edit film for Web photography
- Attend merchant turn-in meeting for each site assigned
- Partner with marketing and merchant partners to design brand-right layouts for the Web
- Creates advertising for print & online media including inserts, ROPs, direct mail, POP, logos, annual reports, online banners, email blasts, as required by BDS Marketing initiatives
- Manages creative process of assigned projects to keep them on budget and on time
- Work with the Creative Director to establish and further define the brand expression and experience
- Work with the Creative Director and and Product Owners to establish and further define goals, strategies and tactics for our products
- Work closely with the Creative Director and design team to establish design standards and brand guidelines for mobile and web products
- Work with internal customers to understand their design needs and timelines
Qualifications for art director
- Extensive experience developing and refining unique visual styles
- Solid knowledge of current and next-gen art techniques, , fundamental art principles
- Proven ability to visually solve problems in collaboration with other artists and leads of other disciplines
- Able to explore a wide variety of ideas that push the Diablo style
- Genuinely enjoys working with others
- Knowledge of printing and finishing methods.Occasionally the position will require attendance at press checks
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Our growing company is looking for an art director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for art director
- Develop digital concepts individually, in brainstorm environments
- Deliver clean, layered, and labeled source files to the design and production teams
- Stay current on design knowledge and trends, especially in the interactive space
- Produce creative concepts and comps that transcend digital tactics and tie into emotive ideas that engage and affect the audience
- Generate clear ideas and concepts in tandem with CD, MD and Content strategist
- Understand marketing initiatives, strategic positioning and target audience
- Cooperate with the rest of the creative team across different types of media
- Manage and delegate responsibilities to other designers and provide directions
- Present completed ideas to leadership team
- Stay on top of all trends and maintain best practices
Qualifications for art director
- Bachelor's degree in arts, fine arts, or marketing
- Prior experience in development of retail collateral, point-of-sale, and promotional materials
- Prior experience in art direction, photography, graphic design and photo shoots
- Ability to translate established marketing strategies into clear, concise, appealing visuals that are consistent with the brand image
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead and develop an in-house staff of graphic artists and manage multiple outside creative resources
- Must have at least 7 years experience in graphic design
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of art director. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for art director
- Oversee projects from concept development through delivery
- Uphold visual and graphic brand standards across all projects and platforms
- Work with art staff to select artwork and photos for magazine (commission illustration and photography, find stock art, create custom illustration using royalty-free art)
- Assists with the design of brochures, booklets, fliers, ads, TV commercials, billboards, , according to strategic plans provided by Creative Director/Account Executive, and by assignment from the Creative Director
- Creative, design and management lead on a range of 360 seasonal campaigns that may include, but is not limited to photography, videos, gifs, design identities, and interactive experiences with various applications for ecommerce, Destination Kors, digital advertising, social platforms, in-store, print collateral
- Manage a design team, including daily workload and individual development
- Creative savvy and superb conceptual ability with experience in upscale brands and understanding of fashion and marketing trends
- Sensitivity to strict schedules and flexible to make changes within tight deadlines
- Passion and desire for learning and growth
- Bachelors degree in Graphic Design/Communication Arts
Qualifications for art director
- Understanding of business needs in order to execute proper hierarchy of message
- Ability to create tight comps that best represent creative direction
- Modern, relevant graphic design and typography that is brand supportive and clear in message
- Experience in both model and product photography including model casting, styling, lighting
- Ability to partner and collaborate with creative and marketing peers
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite knowledge of Flash, HTML a plus
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of art director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for art director
- Support the brand through creative storytelling and unique experiences
- Collaborate with other members of the creative team to ensure assets are aligned
- Participate in brainstorms, communicate concepts and take direction and feedback from cross team leads
- Support the store and visual display team to create signage needed for interior highlight areas typographic treatments for windows
- Work with marketing and public relations department to creative visual collateral for events, outdoor advertising, direct mail promotions Newspaper and Magazine advertisements
- Deep experience of using the Adobe range of creative design tools
- Understanding of mobile app, mobile UI / UX design and advertising
- Innovative vision and creative flair combined with an understanding of digital marketing
- Experience with 3D Modelling software would be a benefit
- A passion for making amazing things
Qualifications for art director
- Ability to effectively manage multipleprojects simultaneously in a high-work volume, quick-turnaround environment
- Undergraduate degreein Graphic Design or related discipline
- Must be able to manage and supervise a staff of graphic designers
- Requires the ability to be client interface to meet creative and budgetary demands
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in broadcast television/digital media at Sr
- A minimum of 10 years’ experience in crafting video game art