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Art Director

• Expert Level
Skills: Graphic Artist Graphic Design Special Effects Art Department

Summary

The Art Director is responsible to lead overall day-to-day operations and creative direction to create solutions to support our business. Leads a team of creatives and creative project managers. Responsible for ensuring that the creative team is highly effective.

Category Art Department  Art Director  Graphic Design  Special Effects 
Location Greater Atlanta Area
Time Period Full Time
Posted Date Jul 21, 2023
Start Date N/A
End Date N/A

Job Description

The Art Director is responsible to lead overall day-to-day operations and creative direction to create solutions to support our business. Leads a team of creatives and creative project managers. Responsible for ensuring that the creative team is highly effective. 

Scripps offers a hybrid work option for this position

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
  • Lead the development of brand style guidelines.
  • Partner with editorial leaders, including production and motion graphics designers, to ensure the look and sound of on-air and in-video amplifies our brand.
  • Collaborate with Marketing to develop stand-out messaging and marketing design to drive consumer brand awareness and tune-in across all formats/channels.
  • Oversee the UI/UX design of mobile, tablet, and smart television apps and work with the Product Development team to implement the industry’s best video experience.
  • Work with the Product Development, Marketing, and Editorial teams to develop a design system and oversee a workflow that leads to consistent execution of the brand.
  • Work collaboratively with the Scripps digital creative team on marketing and sales-related creative projects to ensure a seamless and stand-out brand experience across all touchpoints.
  • Create and present creative solutions for our clients and works closely with the creative leadership team to ensure that all work is of the highest quality.
  • Foster strong internal client relationships.
  • Oversee the daily operations of the creative team, including the services/tools/processes that can sufficiently support the team’s ability to be efficient and profitable and based on revenue-spend of our advertiser clients.
  • Collaborate closely with business leaders and revenue team to ensure that the creative team is operating as a strong business partner by finding cost and process efficiencies, that are aligned with the business goals of the revenue team.
  • Ensure the delivery of strategic, smart, and well-designed ad creative by designers and project managers.
  • Lead and critique creative concepts (both design and copy), providing strong art direction for the creative that is being developed and guidance when it comes to copywriting.
  • Lead, guide, direct and provide creative feedback to a team of designers cultivating highly developed design and layout skills.
  • Help create and interpret the creative strategy for all projects into a great piece of creative that delivers the best communication and creative solution possible and supports the business goals of the client.
  • Cultivate  a passionate, driven creative team that has the strong desire to design and execute best in class work at all times.
  • Provide leadership, training, and knowledge in all online, digital experience with display ad, websites, landing pages, print, branding, motion, and video work.
  • Work with creative leadership to manage and oversee the creative teams including operating budgets, business planning and leading quarterly updates on creative team performance.
  • Responsible for coordination of all third-party vendors, including setting service. agreements and budgets in collaboration with the creative leadership team
  • Other duties as assigned.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Design, or Art preferred, but not required.
  • Minimum of 10 years of design and art directing experience required.
  • Minimum of 10 years managing people, clients and/or teams required.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
  • Passion for creating smart solutions
  • Exceptional eye for overall design
  • Excellent people leadership skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Calm under pressure: Ability to work under tight deadlines
  • Self-motivated, passionate person with a desire to learn and grow
  • Able to adapt and balance multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
  • Stellar conceptual and problem-solving abilities
  • Expert in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, Acrobat)
  • Strong experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Power Point), Wrike, FrameIO

Job Type Full Time 
Weekly Limit N/A
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