Salary
💰 $84,500 - $136,100 per year
About the role
- Bring strong conceptualizing abilities and strategic problem solving to deliver highly creative design solutions focused on audience and brand goals
- Work closely with the Associate Creative Director to execute defined creative strategy and transform high-level client needs into engaging visuals
- Lead the design of large and complex projects from concept to completion across a variety of marketing channels for multiple brands within the Mercury portfolio
- Present to clients and clearly communicate creative visual decisions
- Oversee vendor execution of visual work (including photographers and animators)
- Work closely with assigned creative team members and help oversee that the art direction is executed across campaign touchpoints
- Create and maintain design standards and guidelines to ensure consistency in all visual materials
- Understand a client’s campaign needs and translate that into a creative concept; participate and/or lead brainstorming sessions
- Implement stakeholder feedback and secure internal approvals
- Meet regularly with Associate Creative Director and Creative Operations for prioritization and workload projections
- Ensure all projects are completed on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards
- Guide and mentor designers to grow and develop their skills
Requirements
- 4-6 years of art direction experience, with 1-3 years in a supervisory role
- Photoshoot pre-planning and on set art direction experience required
- Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate campaign art direction to a team of designers
- Strong portfolio of creative work across multiple channels, including digital, print and experiential
- Exceptional conceptual skills with the ability to articulate creative concepts in meetings and presentation
- Must work well under pressure, exercising good judgment as well as good interpersonal skills
- Must have a good grasp of project time requirements to be able to meet deadlines, client expectations, and avoid over-commitments
- Consistent attention to detail
- Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communications, Fine Arts or Design