Art Director

Job Title: Art Director

Reports to: Senior Art Director

Based in: Torrance, CA - a South Bay city in the greater Los Angeles area

Major Functions & Accountability

Creative Services | Art Directors at Brand33 must:

Thrive on interdisciplinary collaboration with copywriters, designers, traffic managers, account executives and development team as required.
Art Directors are specifically responsible for making the creative platform come to life. These concepts must be strategically accurate with compelling stories that peak the target audiences’ interest and drive them to engage.
Art Director must develop a complete understanding of the client, their category and the work being done by the competition.

Job Tasks | Daily an Art Director must:

With a copywriter-partner, develop appropriate creative concepts for Non-traditional (outdoor, out-of-home), Digital (e-blasts, display ads, video, web design), Social and Print (ads/collateral/and more).
Be prolific—there is more than one way to field dress an armadillo.
Be inquisitive. Know the latest and greatest, the hippest and coolest techniques being used in advertising. Seek out new production processes and media opportunities to expand the possibilities.
Be able to “plus the board”—take a concept and make it walk on water.
Be the most culturally literate people in the building. Listen to music. Go to art museums. Get a tattoo. Whatever!
Monitor all work done on any assigned project to ensure that the project is being completed on schedule and within budget.
Accurately and in a detailed fashion, account for his or her time.
Ability to engage Third-Party vendors professionally.
Accurately fill out Purchase Orders for all out-of-pocket purchases.
Ultimately be responsible for the accuracy and correctness of all materials presented to the client to gain approval at any stage of development.
Be prepared to justify any creative decisions with written justifications that prove the concept is on strategy.
Understand how what you are doing impacts your project, your team, your office, and your company.
Digest and apply research exploration/ideation strategically into creative concepts.

Necessary Skills | An Art Director must have the following skills:

The ability, should it be necessary, to take any assigned project to final digital form.
An ability to think strategically and translate that into memorable concepts.
An ability to work well as a team member.
An ability to eloquently present work to clients as required.
A willingness to work hard and do whatever it takes to add value and to move our client’s business forward.

Proficiency in the following software programs: