Are you Driven by Design?
Where?
Salt Lake City with the option to rotate around any of Fi's offices.
The ideal Senior Art Director candidate comes from a small agency back-ground, where he/she has been
a hands-on leader and artistic force for both the clients and the company.
The Art Director is involved in most creative under-takings, from project concepting to design prototyping
to design execution. He/she is expertly skilled in defining and executing design styles based on client
strategy, brand, and creative guidelines.
Overview:Fi is a boutique-minded agency, with full-service digital offerings that span the world.
Our clients, such as HTC, Porsche and Google, come to Fi because while being lean, we also think big
and bold.
The ideal candidate has strong experience creating and managing design directions and materials.
The daily work includes brainstorming new concepts, nailing down guidelines for artistic direction,
making quick directional design mock-ups, leading and coaching the designers, ensuring adherence
to our quality guidelines, and signing off on designs before delivery.
The Art Director reports directly to the Creative Director and has daily communication with the CD
on all creative matters.
Main Responsibilities:
Leading the design input to RFP responses, executing design directions, managing the design
process, induce design genius, and signing off on final designs
Effectively inspiring the team and the client through ideas, designs and quality mindset
Responsible for pixel-perfect visual appearance and design style of our projects
Seeing and communicating the artistic vision to the team and the client
Recognizing and acquiring new design talent for the team
Managing, mentoring and coaching the design team
Teaching and implementing Fi Quality as a standard
Giving daily feedback and direction to the team
Being the CDs steady support for creative input and design execution
Key Experience and Qualifications:
3-5 years of interactive experience defining and driving the design process and direction of both
small and large interactive projects for Web and other digital media (interactive design agency
or advertising agency a must)
Expert proficiency in multiple types of design software, including Photoshop
Experience creating and designing interactive campaigns across multiple platforms
A strong online portfolio, showcasing expertly executed ranges of design skills and styles
Driven to lead the design team and propel Fi forward
Good insight into current web design trends and related creative spaces
Immaculate attention to detail
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
Ability to manage and mentor designers
Natural leadership abilities and affinity for building rapport, internally and externally.
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