Our agency client, located in Newport Kentucky is hiring a senior-level Art Director to join their team full time.

The most important attribute for the Sr. Art Director is to maintaining a high standard for beautiful work, and a dedication to helping clients achieve their goals.

The second most important attribute is to be a responsible leader.

The third attribute for the Sr. Art Director is to be responsible for helping the teammates improve, grow and gain confidence.

The Sr. Art Director will work as a coach, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the members of the team, and actively pursuing plans for improving. For creative people, that means improving their ability to create and craft first, present and persuade second, and lead third.

 As such, the Job Activities and Duties Include:

• Support the agency Creative Director as well as other agency leaders.

• Create outstanding work. Lead by example.

• Partner with the Creative Team and other cross-functional partners to develop design solutions that support internal objectives and initiatives, continually evolve our brands; adhere to brand standards and positioning while meeting the needs of customers and consumers.

• Manage creative standards, from concept through design, copy and production, ensuring they best demonstrate agency capabilities.
• Pitch in to solve agency problems.

• Collaborate with internal partners to develop Creative Briefs that outline the marketing objectives, design direction, timelines and budgets for all creative/design projects.

• Drive design and execution of visual materials across a broad spectrum of platforms that adhere to established brand guidelines.

• Supervise all creative/design projects including concept design, mock-ups and presentations, photography, and delivery of final creative files for production.

• Manage budget for all creative/design projects.

• Identify, Research, select and manage outsource design/creative partners.

• Strategically manage workflow of design team (internal and outsource partners) to maximize resources, and achieve desired quality of deliverables in a timely fashion.

• Serve as a trusted creative partner to internal teams and agency partners.

• Understand trends in the industry.

Job Requirements:

• Outstanding portfolio: Equally balanced in branding, design and digital excellence.

• Education: Post-secondary education graphic design or related field.

Experience/Skills:

• Minimum of 10 years in the graphic design field, and a minimum of 5 years experience as an Art Director or similar position.

• An exceptional understanding of fundamental design disciplines (typography, composition, color, etc).

• An outstanding portfolio of work demonstrating the successful delivery of innovative graphic solutions across different platforms (in-store, on-shelf, online).

• Expert level skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign).

• Ability to provide work direction to the creative/design team with confidence.

• Ability to communicate effectively to internal, external and executive audiences.

• A comprehensive understanding of underlying technical concepts related to graphics production, pre-press and printing.

• Knowledge of color management in both SWOP process and Pantone system color environments.

• Highly organized, with the ability to shift priorities and multi-task in order to meet aggressive timelines.

Project Management Skills:

• Ability to manage multiple projects with aggressive timelines.

• Manage projects through outsource partners and internal departments with the ability to resolve problems and find creative solutions as needed along the way.

• Able to budget for projects, control costs and evaluate results.

• Ability to give work direction to the creative/design team.

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