Art Director

Art Director

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Product Design, Graphic Design, or related
• 2 years in job offered, as Graphic Designer, or related, including 2 years in the color cosmetics, beauty, or fashion industries
• Adobe Creative Suite, including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop

Responsibilities

• Oversee the design of graphic presentations of products in a unique way for each brand of retailer, including devising branding concepts, creating logos, developing packaging, and designing advertising
• Collaborating with clients to understand and assess their graphic presentation requirements
• Determining the most effective means of building the client’s corporate identity and brand presentation
• Identifying and developing techniques for brand differentiation
• Conferring with clients’ sales, marketing, and design staff to conceptualize new graphics ideas based on an understanding of competitive products and market needs
• Developing and designing storyboards and user maps
• Preparing sketches, drawings, and specifications to translate product ideas into unique and captivating packaging
• Creating logos, samples, and packaging prototypes to assess conceptual designs, in compliance with U.S. and European licensing and trademark requirements
• Evaluating and approving graphics and layouts
• Drafting and maintaining design documentation to assure quality in graphic designs
• Creating improvements to existing graphic designs
• Researching design and marketing developments to constantly improve design ability, and related product and industry knowledge
• Promoting the company’s graphic design services and its international promotion operations to clients
• Providing input to the company’s sales and marketing departments to develop pricing schedules for graphic design services.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.