Art Director

Responsibilities

• Lead an end-to-end design process. Contribute visual ideas as research. Express strategic ideas through design. Communicate the rationale behind your work. Make it beautiful, and (most important) deliver what users need.
• Establish a brand vision that is informed by research, connected to business outcomes, and driven by you. Present to clients with support from the team.
• Conduct research. Participate in user interviews, and gather inputs throughout the process. Design new solutions as goals dictate.
• Plan interfaces and prepare wireframes and information architecture
• Explore complex problems with an open mind. Feel comfortable with ambiguity. Generate multiple solutions and make strategic design decisions in partnership with a team.
• Sweat the details. Impeccable execution and deep care given to all aspects of design, large and small: strategy, messaging, brand, colors, typography, icons — everything.
• Create new design systems and solve problems within existing ones
• Communicate clearly. Share daily status with teams. Deliver concepts to clients. Show excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills that build strong relationships.
• Love (and evolve) the process. Follow established practices and invent new ones. Evolve our process to be more thoughtful, effective, and accessible to all.

Must Haves

• Multiple years of experience as a lead digital designer
• Mastery of the Adobe suite, Figma and/or Sketch
• Demonstrated experience solving complex problems through elegant design
• An extraordinary portfolio
• The capacity to work on multiple projects concurrently
• Understanding of UX best practices and how to achieve them without sacrificing the goals of the client or the integrity of the design
• A storytelling-first approach
• Experience designing  and communicating about website animations and interactivity, from micro interactions to full page scroll hooks
• A keen eye for detail
• A deep familiarity with contexts, screens, and device capabilities
• Curiosity...about everything
• A positive outlook without ego

Nice to Haves

• Experience prototyping in After Effects, Principle, Figma etc.
• Experience building out Lottie animations
• Webflow build experience
• Motion graphics/motion design experience
• Know an uncanny number of Figma quick keys