Art Director

The role

The Art Director will generate ideas and concepts to develop the visual world for brand communications. They will guide teams and partners to create brand narratives and execute work across all channels.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain the visual look of a project or campaign
• Collaborate with copywriters to generate original ideas and concepts
• Lead collaborative visual development by guiding teams, producers, and partners
• Concept and execute across all channels and mediums
• Maintain awareness of trends in culture and industry
• Develop shot lists, treatments, and vision for capture
• Lead the art direction of photo and video shoots
• Guide post-production from image selection to final asset approval
• Understand client business, brand, audience, and competitive landscape
• Find, recommend, and select vendor partners

Required qualifications

• 3-6 years in a brand advertising or marketing environment
• Strong portfolio demonstrating ability to craft and build creative campaigns
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Primarily: Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign)
• Knowledgeable of photography and video production
• Strong sense of typography, color theory, composition, print, broadcast and digital communications
• Ability to deliver work for multiple project teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to take and incorporate feedback constructively
• Must be local to the Twin Cities area

Nice to have

• Proficiency in Lightroom, Bridge and Premiere

About the company

SixSpeed is an employee-owned, audience-first, full-service advertising agency. They aim to make the world's most adventurous brands impossible to imitate.