Job Title: Art Director
Location: Houston, Texas
Type: Freelance / Contract
Location: Houston, Texas
Type: Freelance / Contract
Exciting new opportunity for an Art Director to join a best-in-class in-house agency! If you are interested in being on the client-side and exploring in-house capabilities, this could be an excellent move for you! The Art Director provides design leadership and art direction for the in-house agency. Working in collaboration with a copywriter who develops the verbal portion of concepts, the AD develops visual ideas in response to a creative brief.
For selected assignments, the AD will also help develop creative strategies and lead the conceptual development. This opportunity is located in Downtown Houston.
Art Director Responsibilities:
Art Director Requirements:
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For selected assignments, the AD will also help develop creative strategies and lead the conceptual development. This opportunity is located in Downtown Houston.
Art Director Responsibilities:
- Lead in directing and executing the design of marketing assets as prescribed by creative/marketing briefs under the direction of the ACD, account teams and clients
- Provide art direction on small- and large-scale projects from creative conception to completion
- Brainstorm and strategize with creative team to help develop creative direction with a focus on the look and feel of marketing materials
- Convert rough ideas into visual prototypes (e.g., sketches, layout drafts) to illustrate concepts for creative reviews
- Recommend, research and develop imagery (e.g., photography, illustration) to support creative strategy and execution
- Collaborate with writing team to artfully build creative solutions to address specific project objectives
- Direct and be accountable for the final development and production of creative assets
- Ensure brand guidelines and directives are embraced and adhered to in all executions
- Contribute to development of initial creative strategies to address core marketing and business objectives
- Actively participate in the ideation process leveraging research, analytics and brand insights
- Mentor new team members by offering support and counsel on various aspects of their role as requested by the design team lead
- Take lead role and work directly with clients as dictated by the scope of the project
Art Director Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in design, advertising or related field
- 5-8 years design experience
- 1-3 years art direction experience
- Advertising agency experience
- Demonstrate proficient expertise in using Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Understand design applications in traditional and emerging channels
- State opinions clearly and can verbally describe visual concepts
- Adapt well to changing priorities, deadlines and directions
- Ability to work autonomously without micro-direction and can be counted on for accuracy
- Demonstrated creative conceptualization skills
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