Art Director

Job description:

• Oversee the art department by hiring, training, assigning, scheduling, and mentoring staff.
• Establish art department standards for production, productivity, quality, and client service.
• Ensure team adheres to current processes, identifies opportunities for improvement, and proposes and creates processes and tools to support design operations.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales divisions in creating marketing plans and aligning team priorities with business objectives so that high-quality work is delivered on time and on budget.
• Develop presentation approaches, styles, and techniques for the team.
• Analyze market trends, consumer needs, and the competitor landscape, and track campaign performance.

Responsibilities:

• Work with entire team on a creative audit to elevate innovation and establish a unified brand understanding and company voice.
• Conceptualize campaign vision, harnessing original graphics, copy, website content, social media, and other marketing materials.
• Develop creative briefs based on ideas from brainstorming sessions, with direction, schedules, and deliverables for the creative team.
• Delegate projects to in-house designers and oversee storyboards.
• Obtain team approval of final layouts, storyboards, and illustrations; encourage members to provide feedback; and respond to internal commentary and requests.
• Oversee presentation of final concepts and coordinate production and dissemination for cross-organizational use.

Required skills and qualifications:

• More years of professional experience in graphic design, with four or more years in a management role.
• Proficiency with design software such as Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Exceptional ability in typography, layout, and prototyping.
• Highly skilled in leading a team of creatives.
• Strong creative vision with attention to business objectives.

Preferred skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in fine art, graphic design, or similar discipline.
• Experience as an art director.
• Experience in web development.
• Solid knowledge of photography and video production.

• Salary as per agreement.
• Annual team building trips.
• Support for airfare and living expenses for projects in Phu Quoc, Quang Tri and many other provinces across the country.
• Year-end travel.