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  • antimotion

    Saw this post on linkedin - jeez, did they miss anything haha?

    Senior Art Director:

    Takes responsibility to work with the existing Dublin/New York Creative Brands team to deliver against client execution, meeting and exceeding Key Performance Indicators.

    Brainstorm conceptual directions using UGC at core, both independently and as part of an integrated team

    Translate words and ideas into high caliber conceptual designs that engage, enlighten and inspire the end user, maintaining campaign and brand continuity and interactive usability

    Develop a variety of creative materials for social campaigns, digital activations, and printed materials for agency clients. In addition, create assets for prospective client presentations, in-house communications, and anything else our clients or new business needs demand

    Ability to create 360 campaigns but with a digital expertise.

    Able to create ideas centralized on video production for both digital and broadcast.

    Lead group reviews of creative work, adding perspective and taking direction as needed

    Lead client, and internal creative review meetings, professionally presenting the department’s work, persuasively explaining design rationale to non designers, collecting and absorbing feedback and offering solutions in real time

    Guide other Art Directors/designers in the development of all skills relevant to their growth as professional designers

    Keep current on advertising campaigns, design trends, and industry technology, sharing findings with the department to facilitate new ways of thinking, working, and problem solving

    Ability to create clear mood boards that communicate conceptual and aesthetic direction of stories

    Ability to understand the editorial mission of a story and present creative solutions to help the reader

    Awareness of contemporary photographers and illustrators

    Collaborate with various disciplines to solve problems through stunning design

    Receive creative direction and design feedback fluidly and without trepidation

    Voice your opinion on style and aesthetic, while defending design decisions

    Conceptualize the big picture, but pay serious attention to detail

    Create and manage assets, typography, logos and icons for multiple platforms

    Accurately estimate and track time through Toggl platform

    Help to mentor and grow all Jr. Art Directors globally

    Communication and people skills with the ability to be flexible and collaborate effectively with editorial/production/news/viral... staff

    Ability to create breathtaking presentations (PPT and KeyNote)

    Ability to develop ideas lead by insights and data (works closely with Insights and Strategy Analyst)

    Extremely creative and able to articulate Storyful and any brands vision

    Maintain awareness of brand budgets

    Skills Required:

    8-10+ years relevant experience within creative, production, execution, events planning, media, brand agency environment or in-house creative studio

    Beautiful portfolio of compelling digital work

    Expert knowledge of digital communications and print production processes

    Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills

    Proficiency with Mac OSX, InDesign, Illustrator, Keynote, Photoshop, Acrobat, PowerPoint and Word

    Ability to work on multiple projects at once and to meet deadlines on a daily basis in a team-oriented environment

    Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS

    Knowledge of how to create responsive design systems

    Skill with prototyping tools (InVision, XD, etc.)

    Skill with Keynote and Powerpoint

    Skill with motion (After Effects, Animate) and 3D (Cinema 4D)

    Strong understanding of grid, layout, typography and color

    Skill with prototyping tools (InVision, XD, etc.)

  • freedom0

    I think they are looking for a CEO who can design.

    • hopefully one who can spell "caliber" properly as well. Good thing they'll have that eye for detailsausages
  • OP311

    I wonder how much they underpay.

  • scarabin_net1

    Can eat a whole watermelon

    Sorts and pairs socks with ease

    Fluent in Klingon

  • Peter1

    Huh? I see little wrong with it.

    What I do think is wrong is people turning art directors and creative directors in less than 10 years.

    Even more wrong than employers asking for it.
    Employers at least have the excuse of being uninformed.

    Art direction is not extra senior designer. It's a different game. Or at least it is suppose to be.
    Work a few as junior designer, a few as a designer, a few as senior designer, then start seeing if art directing is for you. Without the experience from every aspect of design, who and what would you direct or mentor? People with even less experience?
    It's the blind leading the blind.

    • true. One could be an average designer but a great art director -- they are different beasts, as you said.Gnash
    • Right. But one has to actually work as a designer in order to direct design and designers. The other way around doesn't work. Should not work.Peter
  • OSFA2

    Two things:

    1. Salary = $45K

    2. They'll give the position to a hack that has no idea how to do 1/2 of those requirements.

  • Hayoth-2

    hopefully, the first job will be their website.

  • CyBrainX2

    Any job description for an Art Director that lists developer skills like CSS and Javascript wasn't written by a creative. I thought that nonsense stopped in the 20th century.

    Also, never take a job that breaths a word about PowerPoint.

    • especially when the include the phrases like "create breathtaking..." along with PowerPoint. Really?Gnash
  • CyBrainX0

    It's possible you could get there and find out the company has a great creative dept. but the corporate mgmt. is kind of clueless. It's always worth it to take an interview. At the worst, you will learn something even from idiots. Sometimes job descriptions are ignored for years. I still see Flash skills mentioned now and then.

  • since19790

    $$

  • sted0
  • Peter0

    ^ https://storyful.com/

    "Building trust, loyalty, and revenue with insight and emotionally driven content since 2010"

    >trust
    >with emotionally driven content

    Fucking vomit.