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Art Director
RR Donnelley
Atlanta, GA, United States
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Are you a conceptual thinker, a great designer, and a master in Adobe CS? Do you live for great typography, stunning photography, brilliant info graphics, dynamic engaging layout, and of course strong brand integrated brand campaigns? you hungry to join a small team that is evolving and growing, in a fantastic environment where every day is always different? We work with great people and great brands. You will be part of a creative team and will help to lead the design and creative direction efforts. You should thrive in, fast-paced environment and be ready and eager to get bring your special sauce to every project no matter how large or small the challenge
Responsibilities:
• Lead creative development for projects, including digital, print, and experiential
• Contribute original designs and concepts
• Oversee and ensure Brand consistency and quality across marketing production work
• Ensure timely and accurate project deliverables
• Mentor junior creative team members
• Collaborate with creative, copy and digital teams
• Remain current with industry best practices and apply them to the development of creative
• Art directs new and production based projects
• Follows projects throughout all stages of print production and/or online deployment
• Provides production support to produce technically correct, print ready mechanicals for release
• Interacts regularly with client, creative partners and other team members as needed for completion of assigned projects
• Interprets marketing ideas and turns them into visual reality at a world-class level
• Works directly with CD help create top-line campaigns which push the boundaries
• Solves business challenges through smart creative design
• Takes ownership, leads initiatives and successfully executes through all stages of creative development on target, on time and on budget
• Effective communication with peers, senior management and clients across all topics from business to creative.
Required Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree in discipline related field and/or 5+ yrs. of experience
• Impressive portfolio of imaginative work showcasing a variety of experience
• Retail, agency or in-house corporate design experience preferred
• Well versed on Macintosh platform (OSX) and industry standard applications. Must be highly proficient in Adobe CS software and other applicable programs.
• Experience presenting/pitching concepts to internal clients and external customers and sourcing vendors
• New ideas, great design sense, copywriting skills (a plus) and the ability to prepare projects for print are essential
• Understanding of print production, basic web development and good user interface concepts
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the proven ability to build and maintain strong and effective customer and internal relationships
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to listen for understanding to execute the work according to the customers needs
• Expertise with relevant Adobe Creative Suite applications
• Ability to juggle multiple projects while meeting demanding deadlines, producing high quality work, and projecting a positive attitude
• Strong project management skills, organizational skills and time-management skills