Art Director

Minneapolis, MN (On-site)

$85K/yr – $95K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job Summary

Own the creative concepting and visual direction for multi-channel campaigns, ensuring alignment with client goals and brand guidelines, while collaborating across Strategy, Production, and QA.

Lead cross-functional concepting across social, digital, broadcast, and print
Collaborate with Strategy, Brand Integration, PM, and Production
Ensure deliverables are polished and aligned with briefs

Job Description

Responsibilities

Concept & Execute: Develop innovative creative concepts and visual directions across social, digital, broadcast, and print platforms that align with client brand strategies.
Maintain Visual Consistency: Develop and adopt unique visual styles and tonal personalities that reflect individual client brands and guidelines.
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Partner effectively with Strategy, Brand Integration, Project Management, and Production teams to deliver high-quality work on schedule and within budget.
Strategic Alignment: Ensure conceptual and visual solutions directly support established client goals, strategic objectives, and campaign briefs.
Hands-on Execution: Build pixel-perfect assets from initial concepting through final mechanical design and production delivery.
Trend Awareness: Stay up to date with contemporary advertising, visual trends, pop culture, and emerging media to keep agency work fresh and relevant.
Presentation Skills: Organize and prepare presentation decks; confidently present ideas internally and participate in client presentations.
Quality Assurance: Ensure all deliverables are error-free, visually polished, and aligned with agreed-upon concepts.

Requirements

Experience: 3–5 years of professional art direction or design experience in an advertising agency or fast-paced in-house marketing team.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Advertising Art Direction, or equivalent portfolio school training/professional experience.
Software Mastery: Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Figma/XD).
Communication: Clear verbal and written communication skills for articulating design rationale internally and to clients.
Adaptability: Openness to feedback, constructive critique, and iterative refining of work.

Preferred

Motion/Video Skills: Proficiency or working knowledge of Premiere, After Effects, or 3D software is a strong plus.
Tech-Forward: Eagerness to adopt new creative technologies and tools, including generative AI, to enhance workflow and visual exploration.

Rise and Shine and Partners

We are navigators.We partner with client leaders to craft strategy and steer brands. We are at the forefront of emergent technologies, platforms, and go-to-market trends. We are an independent full-service, strategic, branding and creative agency. We have a network of best-in-class partners to nimbly weave together the perfect team for any assignment.We have been named "Best Small Agency in the U.S." by the American Association of Advertising Agencies.

Founded in 2007

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

105 employees (51 in marketing)

riseandshineandpartners.com