Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

About the Role

SixSpeed is seeking an Art Director with 2-5 years of experience to lead visual brand communications. The role involves generating ideas, developing concepts, and guiding teams to create compelling visual narratives that drive audience action.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the visual look of projects and campaigns, ensuring consistency, clarity, and engagement.
• Collaborate with copywriters to generate a volume of ideas and concepts.
• Lead the collaborative visual development of projects and campaigns, guiding teams, producers, and partners from start to finish.
• Concept and execute across all mediums with attention to detail and visual precision.
• Maintain awareness of cultural and industry trends to produce new thinking and looks for clients and the agency.
• Develop shot lists, treatments, and visions for capture, and present them to clients with producers and account partners.
• Travel to direct photo and video shoots, ensuring the vision is met and the shot list is captured.
• Select image assets post-capture, providing retouch direction and presenting for client approval.
• Research and understand client needs, brand, products, audience, and competition.
• Find, recommend, and select vendor partners (photographers, retouchers, production houses, editors, sound mixers, illustrators, etc.).
• Build positive working relationships with team members, vendors, and clients.
• Provide clear, timely, and helpful feedback to partners to improve creative output and processes, keeping work on budget and schedule.
• Articulate vision, ideas, and concepts to peers and clients, listening and reacting to feedback appropriately.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of art direction experience in a brand advertising or marketing environment.
• Passionate about powersports and adventure.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating the ability to craft and build creative campaigns driven by audience insights.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Primarily: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign; Secondarily: Lightroom, Bridge, Premiere).
• A critical thinker, detail-oriented, passionate, motivated, ambitious, and resourceful professional.
• Organized, open-minded, and capable of delivering tangible results in a fast-paced and creative environment.
• Positive, empathetic, collaborative, and trustworthy.
• Ability to spot creative opportunities.
• Knowledgeable of photography and video production, with a strong sense of typography, color theory, composition, print, broadcast, and digital communications.
• Ability and willingness to stay on top of current trends, industry knowledge, and develop new skills.
• Confident in providing direction to partners and teams.
• Experience delivering work for multiple project teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to take and incorporate feedback constructively.
• Willing and eager to prioritize diversity and inclusion.

Skills

• Art Direction
• Visual Communication
• Concept Development
• Team Leadership
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Lightroom
• Bridge
• Premiere
• Photography Production
• Video Production
• Typography
• Color Theory
• Composition
• Print Design
• Broadcast Design
• Digital Design
• Trend Analysis
• Client Relations
• Vendor Management
• Feedback Delivery
• Presentation Skills
• Diversity and Inclusion Prioritization

Location

• Onsite

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 2-5 years

Salary/Compensations

• $70,000 to $90,000 per year

About the Company

• SixSpeed is a full-service, employee-owned advertising agency focused on delivering big ideas at speed for adventurous brands.