Job Description
Art Director
United States
Full Time
We are seeking an Art Director who has a passion for creating award-winning work and is an excellent conceptual/strategic thinker, as well as a natural collaborator and storyteller, to join Goldmind, Synchrony s in-house agency. Our ideal candidate has exceptional design skills in all things digital, such as interactive banners, social media, email campaigns, presentations, consumer journeys and brand campaigns, including still and motion-based executions. The Art Director solves problems in collaboration with creative directors, senior art directors, content strategists, copywriters, designers, developers, videographers, the account team and more. Primarily responsible for designing national advertising and marketing campaigns for digital business platforms across the Synchrony enterprise that focus on internal and external B2B and B2C campaigns. Health care industy experience a hugh plus.
We re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. You have the option to be remote, and work from home, or come into one of our offices. You may be occasionally requested to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, training and culture events.
MUST PROVIDE LINK TO PORTFOLIO/WORK SAMPLES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ROLE.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Responsible for helping to concept and execute on a wide range of creative projects including but not limited to: national advertising campaigns, brand identity development and campaigns, corporate events, environmental design, presentations, website design, social media, email campaigns and banner ads
- Collaborate with senior art directors, graphic designers, proofreaders, animators, videographers, photographers, 3D designers, digital designers, content strategists, front-end developers and/or additional outside vendors as required as they relate to a project
- Provide creative thought leadership in the development of high-quality, conceptual, visual design projects
- Deliver smart media creative that impacts brand metrics and business outcomes.
- Conduct and participate in creative reviews
- Present work to peers, managers, clients, and executive leadership
- Follow creative briefs, budgets, timelines, and internal processes for each project
- Work expeditiously on a high volume of projects with constantly changing deadlines
- Make sure all objectives are being met and that work is error-free
- Offer new ideas for creative processes and collaboration
- Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor s Degree in Fine Arts, graphic design, Digital Design OR in lieu of degree a high school diploma and 6+ years of work experience in visual design and/or creative agency experience
- A minimum of 4 years of professional advertising agency experience and/or work within an in-house creative team
- MUST PROVIDE LINK TO PORTFOLIO/WORK SAMPLES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ROLE.
Desired Characteristics:
- Digital focused strategic/conceptual thinker
- Team player and collaborator
- Flexible, fast thinker especially during critical or stressful times
- Takes initiative and is a self-starter
- Strength in multitasking and problem solving
- Ability to work independently
- Innovative and out-of-the-box conceptual thinking
- Passionate and creative, inspired by new trends and emerging technologies
- In-depth knowledge of, and experience in, creating and developing brand identity
- Excellent presentation skills
- Outstanding communication and great people skills
- Mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD)
- Proficient in UX/UI programs such as Sketch, Figma and InVision
- HTML 5, CSS and ActionScript experience a plus but not required
- Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)