Art Director

Summary

TPN is looking for a talented Art Director to join a passionate, fun, and driven team of creatives. The Art Director works directly with the Creative Director as well as partners with fellow art directors and copywriters to concept and design compelling visual solutions for retail, digital, advertising and branded environments. The Art Director must be a conceptual thinker who can communicate their ideas with captivating visuals.

Core Accountabilities

• Versatile design that goes beyond the obvious, contributing unique solutions to each assignment
• Builds final digital files for prepress department in accordance with established guidelines and procedures to ensure highest quality and most efficient processing of final art, be it for print and/or digital displays
• Appreciation and understanding of brands and their consumer/shopper, knows the importance of design and its influence on a shopper’s brand choices
• Works within established timeframes and budgets in accordance with client expectations and TPN quality standards
• Acts as a team player who partners effectively with the creative, account and planning departments
• Sells their work internally and communicates why it works
• Understands strategy and insights and how they inform and influence ideas, able to interpret the creative assignment brief into design solutions
• Understands the differences in multi-platform design including POS, web-based design, mobile, rich media, interactive kiosk and more
• Understands purposes of different digital platforms and how users/consumers use them

Core Skills

• Technical skills
  • Advanced knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
  • Knowledge of Flash and After Effects, and what their strengths and weaknesses are regarding digital/social media development
• Strong knowledge and appreciation for graphic design, typography, and layout
• Intuitive thinker with the ability to translate client needs into visually compelling and impactful designs based on strategy and marketing objectives
• Ability to interpret a brands social voice for platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest
• Ability to lead creative and design for emerging digital platforms including social, mobile, and web by understanding the ways in which the mediums uniquely invite dialog with the consumer
• Communication and collaboration skills
• Organizational skills
  • Ability to manage multiple jobs in a day
  • Ability to organize and format information
• Sound business and professional ethics

Requirements

• Years Experience: 3-5 years working in a high-volume agency or design studio environment
• Education: Four-Year Degree
• Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time

*TPN is an equal opportunity employer.