Art Director

About Pencil

Pencil Group is an indie creative group of companies with brand strategics, creatives, media, and digital specialists, working in agility with clients to create effective marketing activities in the digital age.

Never run out of ideas, never run out of passion for growing interesting human connections between good brands and their people.

Responsibilities

• Work with the entire team on a creative audit to elevate innovation and establish a unified brand understanding and company voice.
• Take part in the ideation process: Conceptualize campaign way-in, visual assets and other formats of asset to support the idea.
• Manage human power and workload for the given art team. Delegate projects and make guidance to in-house designers.
• 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

• 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.
• Experience as an art director.
• Solid knowledge of photography and video production.