Art Director

Posted June 10, 2018

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Experience Needed: More than 5 years	Career Level: Manager	Job Type: Full Time
Salary: Negotiable	Languages: Arabic, English	Vacancies: 1 open position

About the Job

Determine how best to represent a concept visually.
Determine which photographs, art, or other design elements to use.
Develop the overall look or style of a publication, an advertising campaign, or a theater, television, or film set.
Supervise design staff.
Review and approve designs, artwork, photography, and graphics developed by other staff members.
Talk to clients to develop an artistic approach and style.
Coordinate activities with other artistic and creative departments.
Develop detailed budgets and timelines.
Present designs to clients for approval.

Responsibilities:

Work with the art department to create original graphic content for the company’s website, social media pages and other marketing materials.
Communicate with senior management to develop an aesthetic and brand that reflects the company’s core values and ideals.
Delegate projects to our in-house team of designers.
Review graphic materials to assess their validity and appropriateness for our brand.
Develop artistic concepts with art team.
Working from a brief with a copywriter or other members of a creative team, generating ideas to present to the client.
Working on designs in order to produce an effective advertising campaign.
Commissioning specialists, such as artists and photographers, to work on projects.
Managing projects, on and off location.
Working within a budget.
Editing the final results for presentation to the client.
Ability to work overtime when necessary to complete time-sensitive projects.

Job Requirements

SKILS:

Communication skills: Art directors must be able to listen to and speak with staff and clients to ensure that they understand employees’ ideas and clients’ desires for advertisements, publications, or movie sets.
Creativity: Art directors must be able to come up with interesting and innovative ideas to develop advertising campaigns, set designs, or layout options.
Leadership skills: Art directors must be able to organize, direct, and motivate other artists. They need to articulate their visions to artists and oversee production.
Time-management skills: Balancing competing priorities and multiple projects while meeting strict deadlines is critical for art directors.
Immaculate English and Arabic written and spoken.
Extensive experience with Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop and Illustrator

Experience: