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About the Role
SixSpeed is seeking an Art Director with 3-6 years of experience to lead the visual development of brand communications. The ideal candidate is an emotionally perceptive storyteller who can translate bold ideas into compelling brand narratives and guide teams to create distinctive and impactful work.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the visual look of projects and campaigns, ensuring consistency, distinctiveness, and clear communication.
- Collaborate with copywriters to generate original 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 channels and mediums with a focus on craft, consistency, and detail.
- Maintain awareness of cultural and industry trends to produce new thinking and looks for clients and the agency.
- Develop shot lists, treatments, and vision for capture, and present the plan to clients.
- Lead the art direction of photo and video shoots, ensuring all details align with the creative vision.
- Guide post-production processes, including image selection, retouching, editing, and final asset approval.
- Understand client businesses, brands, audiences, and competitive landscapes to create effective work.
- Find, recommend, and select vendor partners such as photographers, retouchers, and production houses.
- Build positive working relationships with team members, vendors, and clients.
- Provide clear, timely, and helpful feedback to vendors to improve creative output and processes, while managing budget and schedule.
- Confidently present creative ideas and visual direction to internal teams and clients, incorporating feedback to enhance work.
Requirements
- 3-6 years of art direction experience in a brand advertising or marketing environment.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating the ability to craft and build creative campaigns driven by audience insights.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
- Proficiency in Adobe Lightroom, Bridge, and Premiere is secondary.
- A critical thinker, detail-oriented, passionate, motivated, ambitious, and resourceful.
- Organized, open-minded, and capable of delivering tangible results in a fast-paced, creative environment.
- Positive, empathetic, collaborative, and trustworthy.
- Ability to spot creative opportunities.
- Knowledgeable of photography and video production.
- Strong sense of typography, color theory, composition, print, broadcast, and digital communications.
- Ability and willingness to stay on top of current trends 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.
- Willingness to prioritize diversity and inclusion.
Skills
- Art Direction
- Visual Development
- Concept Generation
- Brand Strategy
- Team Leadership
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Premiere
- Photography Production
- Video Production
- Typography
- Color Theory
- Composition
- Print Design
- Broadcast Design
- Digital Design
- Client Presentation
- Vendor Management
- Feedback Integration
- Trend Analysis
Location
- Minneapolis, MN
- Local to the Twin Cities area
Work Type
- In-person
- Hybrid (at least three days per week in office)
Experience Level
- 3-6 years
Salary/Compensations
- $70,000 to $90,000 per year
About the Company
- SixSpeed is a full-service, employee-owned advertising agency focused on audience-first strategies and delivering big ideas at speed.
- The company's mission is to make adventurous brands impossible to imitate.