Art Director

Artisan Council is seeking an Art Director with experience in social media content and creation. Specifically, you will be a social native who spends your time engaging with, laughing at, and creating TikTok content, and sharing the best branded Twitter moments with your friends and colleagues. You will demonstrate your experience and success with short form video content creation (especially TikTok) for work and pleasure. You will be someone who lives and breathes internet culture, pop culture, and any sub culture that will add valuable perspective to Artisan Council’s and your work.

Reporting to Artisan Council’s Creative Director, you will be goal, timeline and analytically driven, and a team player, and demonstrate leadership and ownership of your work and resilience in the face of client feedback. You’ll be an integral part of our creative team, bringing relevant content themes to the table and developing them on the fly, as well as planning out content, photoshoots and other content production initiatives while working collaboratively with team members to understand client needs, feedback and timelines. 

Together, we as a team are dedicated to building each other up and helping each other grow, and achieving goals together.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Our mission is to create a happy, safe, considerate and inspiring work environment for all.

What will you be responsible for?

• You will work with Account Managers and clients on high-level visual and content direction.
• You will ideate creative needs to help execute social content strategies across all Artisan Council clients; joining Client facing calls or meetings where necessary.
• You will conceptualize, and produce off-site production campaigns including photo and video shoots, with the assistance of the Junior Art Director.
• You will identify Graphic Design opportunities for client social media content strategies, both in and out of scopes of work (and putting forward proposals where they are out of scope).
• You will maintain an understanding of industry trends and provide relevant insights to teams as to how they might affect client accounts.
• You will conceptualize and design assets for evergreen social, paid social media campaigns, utilizing insights gleaned from internal reporting and rising content trends.
• You will create campaign reports and pitch decks, and their relevant assets, to be presented in Google Slides, as briefed by Account Strategists, Content Managers, Account Directors, and the Creative Director.
• You will assist the Creative Director and Senior Producer in creating a network of vendors to utilize for content creation and production purposes (prop stylists, photographers, editors, etc.).
• You will source and brief external contractors on project needs and manage those projects from start to finish, being held accountable for their success.
• You will train junior employees to assist you while concurrently providing them with new experiences and insights.
• You will present ideas and strategies, analysis and reports, and attend off-site meetings.
• You will contribute to the #ACGivesBack program – once a year, you will be asked to train selected non-profits in your area of expertise, utilizing your skills for better. 
• You will contribute to Artisan Council’s Social Channels, by leading the creative strategy in collaboration with other creative team members as well as contributing key campaign information from your client work throughout the year, to highlight your work on our socials.

What kind of skills should you have?

Please note carefully. Applicants without this experience will not be considered.

• 4+ years relevant experience in Art Direction with a focus on D2C, beauty brands, and consumer products.
• 4+ years relevant experience in Graphic Design, especially with the Adobe Suite (most importantly, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects, with a focus on 2D animation mockups, D2C, beauty brands, and consumer products.
  • Animation (2D/3D) skills a plus. 
  • Working knowledge of HTML and CSS skills is a plus.
  • Basic knowledge of video editing software a plus.
• You will have an exceptional understanding of consumer online behavior, trends and market analysis, specifically in the beauty and D2C brand markets.
• You will have a working knowledge of Google Docs, Google Sheets, and the Office suite.
• You will have project management experience, including experience in testing and delivering online campaigns; development projects including websites and landing pages, and more.
• You will have familiarity with project management and content planning tools such as Trello, Asana, Jira, Basecamp and more, and the ability to learn new systems.
• You will have excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills.
• You will live and breathe social media and online content, and have evidence of a developed social media/web presence, especially on TikTok.
• You will be a creative thinker and problem solver, able to generate multiple ideas and fresh creative approaches on the go.
• You will have knowledge of and passion for technology, media, cultural & content trends, and value and contribute to team brainstorms & conversation in these areas.
• You will be a self-starter, possessing the ability to act and operate efficiently and independently to accomplish objectives.
• You will have optimum time management skills with attention to detail, especially under pressure or time-sensitive deadlines.
• You will be willing to work nontraditional hours, independently, remotely, and go above & beyond where necessary.
• You will have an understanding of overall commercial business practices, trading terms and conditions.

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