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ART DIRECTOR

Are you a visionary and creative Art Director with a passion for shaping brand visual identities? Join our team and take the helm in conceptualiaing and executing innovative design concepts across diverse media. Your leadership, design strategy, and collaborative prowess will be instrumental in driving our brand's creative direction and elevating its visual communication. Dive into the details of this exciting role:

Responsibilities:

Creative Leadership:

Lead and galvanise a team of designers, including graphic artists, illustrators, photographers, and other creative minds, to craft remarkable visual content.

Visionary Branding:

Develop and articulate the brand's design vision, fostering consistency and harmonisation with business objectives.

Collaborative Synergy:

Forge tight-knit bonds with cross-functional teams, including marketing, product, and content wizards, to decipher project objectives and translate them into impactful design solutions.

Conceptual Creativity:

Conceive and orchestrate the creation of visual assets spanning various channels: print, digital, social media, advertising, and beyond.

Guided Creativity:

Provide creative direction and counsel throughout the design journey, from initial spark to the triumphant finish.

Project Mastery:

Wield your project management prowess to juggle multiple initiatives concurrently, ensuring the best quality work lands within the timelines.

Design Vanguard:

Stay perched atop industry trends, emerging design technologies, and best practices, fueling innovation and fresh perspectives within the team.

Brand Stewardship:

Develop and nurture brand guidelines, design systems, and visual benchmarks to enshrine a consistent brand identity.

Stakeholder Dialogue:

Present design concepts to both internal teams and external collaborators with finesse, conveying design strategies and rationales seamlessly.

External Collaborations:

Collaborate with external agencies, freelancers, and partners to bolster creative resources and enhance design capabilities.

Mentorship Marvel:

Elevate and coach team members, cultivating their professional growth and advancement within the company.

Qualifications:

• Educational Eminence: Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Fine Arts, or a related field.
• Artistic Authority: A trail of proven experience as an Art Director or Creative Director, underscored by a diverse portfolio spanning design spectacles.
• Leadership Luminary: Command of leadership skills, adept at inspiring, guiding, and overseeing a creative collective.
• Design Dominion: Adeptitude in graphic design principles, typographical finesse, color theory, and layout design.
• Tool Virtuosity: Mastery of design software like Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), alongside other relevant design instruments.
• Strategic Savvy: Strategic prowess coupled with a deep understanding of how design contributes to brand identity and business objectives.
• Communication Command: Eloquence in communication, adept at conveying design concepts, strategies, and feedback effectively.
• Multi-Platform Maestro: A history of overseeing multi-platform campaigns spanning print, digital, social media, and advertising.
• Project Prowess: Adept project management skills that empower task prioritization, timeline management, and deadline adherence.
• Innovative Instinct: Creative problem-solving skills, capable of tackling design challenges and conjuring innovative solutions.
• Expanded Horizons: Knowledge of UI/UX design, video production, or animation is a glittering plus.
• Trend Tracker: The agility to adapt to evolving design trends and technologies and integrate them into the brand's visual language.

This is an example of one of the expert roles the team at S2M have placed previously. If you are looking for Art Director job opportunities in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne or any other Australian city, simply register your resume with S2M.

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