Art Director

Richmond, VA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive cross-channel design outcomes from concept to delivery, balancing aesthetic quality with tight deadlines.

  • Own concept-to-delivery design across digital, motion, print, and environmental channels.
  • Must-have: 5–9 years in art direction/design and proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch, and Figma.
  • Standout: Leadership of multi-discipline teams and collaboration with clients and vendors within budget constraints.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Conceptualizes great design in digital, motion, print and environmental channels.
  • Provides creative solutions that deliver on the brief in unique and innovative ways and maintain an exceptional design aesthetic.
  • Utilizes animation and video to deliver engaging content and customer experiences.
  • Collaborates and leads projects that focus on UX and information architecture across multiple channels.
  • Creates design that translates across platforms and campaigns.
  • Establishes and maintains very aggressive deadlines for meeting demands of multiple client projects.
  • Troubleshoots and devises solutions with both the internal team and external clients.
  • Coordinates and directs other creative team members, including copywriters and designers, to ensure the successful outcome of campaigns and projects.
  • Presents creative solutions to internal team and clients.
  • Works with outside vendors to ensure the vision for the creative product is brought to life effectively and on budget.

Requirements

  • Focuses on the visual development of the creative product, working closely with the Creative Director and other team members to ensure the quality and integrity of the product meets or exceeds product vision and pushes the boundaries of competitive visual execution
  • Supports team’s goal of delivering world-class creative products
  • Minimum 5 to 9 years of experience in art direction and design
  • A bachelor’s degree in a visual arts program or related field or equivalent work experience
  • Previous experience establishing and maintaining very aggressive deadlines for meeting demands of multiple client projects
  • Previous experience in animation, digital and print media
  • Strong understanding of creative for content, direct response, social media and mobile applications
  • Must be proficient in the entire Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) and Microsoft applications as well as Sketch and Figma
  • Extremely detail-oriented and organized, with strong visual design skills, including layout, typography and high graphic standards
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team
  • Understanding of coding for digital projects is a plus
  • Corporate in-house or external marketing agency experience is preferred

Benefits

  • Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
  • Medical/Vision/Dental/Long-Term Disability/Accident/Critical Illness Insurance
  • Employer paid Life insurance / Short-term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts: Health/Dependent Care
  • 401(k) matching
  • Cool people to work with!
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West Cary Group

West Cary Group is a full-service, minority-owned advertising, technology and communications agency founded in 2007 by Moses Foster. Our firm uniquely operates as a delivery engine capable of executing on insights throughout the customer journey, courtesy of a broad range of talent in a one-stop shop. We specialize in merging award-winning creative with rigorous data analysis to create marketing campaigns with truly measurable outcomes. Our fundamental belief is that diversity of thought is our most powerful asset. By building teams with diverse experiences, skill sets, backgrounds and perspectives, we create a much stronger competency base.

Founded in 2007
Colonial Heights, Virginia, USA
115 employees (61 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.9%
Direct
46.5%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.2%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~115

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
18 (16% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
9.5 years

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