Art Director

St. Louis, MO (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive creative direction for branding and digital campaigns as an Art Director at FINAO Agency, coordinating concepting and execution across branding, websites, and content.

  • Own concepting and visual direction across branding, campaigns, and digital touchpoints.
  • Must-have: Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
  • Standout: Local to St. Louis with on-site collaboration.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop creative concepts that support client goals, positioning, and broader marketing strategy
  • Demonstrate strong concepting abilities across branding, website, campaign, content, and event creative
  • Lead visual direction and execution across digital, print, web, and experiential touchpoints
  • Execute promotional assets for websites, banner ads, social campaigns, paid media, emails, and landing pages
  • Design whitepapers, ebooks, infographics, presentations, and other content marketing materials
  • Create website layouts, landing pages, UI concepts, and email designs
  • Storyboard concepts for animated videos, motion graphics, and web animations
  • Assist the creative team with execution of campaign materials from concept through production
  • Collaborate cross functionally to ensure creative consistency and quality across all deliverables
  • Present ideas clearly and communicate design rationale effectively

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Advertising, or a related field
  • 2 to 4 years of agency, studio, or in house digital and print design experience
  • Hands on experience in branding, content, campaign, and web design
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual abilities, critical thinking, and strategic creative execution
  • Must be proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
  • Strong understanding of digital design systems, UI and UX principles, and modern web design trends
  • Ability to think beyond design execution and understand the bigger picture around messaging, positioning, and brand strategy
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint and Word
  • Working knowledge of Google Slides and Google Docs
  • Understanding of animation and motion tools such as After Effects, Premiere, Spline, and or Blender is a plus

Preferred

  • Bonus points if you can contribute headline writing, messaging ideas, or conceptual copy direction
  • Understanding of animation and motion tools such as After Effects, Premiere, Spline, and or Blender is a plus
  • Understanding of AI creative tools such as Midjourney is a plus
  • A conceptual thinker, not just a production designer
  • Someone who takes ownership and pushes ideas further
  • A designer who understands how branding connects to business outcomes
  • Someone who thrives under pressure and embraces feedback
  • A creative who wants to grow quickly and contribute meaningfully
  • Someone with a figure it out mentality who is energized by fast moving creative environments

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision
  • Flexible hybrid work model
  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement
  • Simple IRA with company match
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FINAO Agency

FINAO® Agency is the branding and marketing agency for high growth tech companies. Startup to enterprise, tech companies worldwide trust FINAO® Agency for their branding, marketing and website design agency needs. We value every opportunity to rebrand, refresh and reposition companies to better reflect growth, culture, values and their unique point of difference in market.

Founded in 2014
USA
10 employees (5 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
19.9%
Direct
65.2%
Referral
5.6%
Social
8.2%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (10% of company)