Art Director

The Art Director will have a passion for creative development and execution. The ideal candidate is a hands-on, experienced, and versatile creative who turns business goals and creative vision into world-class designs. They will have a proven understanding of creative and design, and an ability to develop scalable design systems for our product portfolio. They will develop a strong knowledge of and Transportation products, brand guidelines, and design tenets. This person thrives as a research-driven designer, loves collaborating with business stakeholders to understand customer pain-points and excels in creating exceptional storytelling solutions for our customers. They will design engaging, omni-channel visual content, including but not limited to: marketing campaigns, sales collateral, in-person event experiences, video storytelling, animation, and photography. They have experience synthesizing complex concepts into simple storytelling that resonates with customers. They will have a high degree of ownership and integrity; they will be strong problem solvers with the ability to think critically. They must be willing to continuously learn and keep up with the latest trends.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Skilled at art direction, brand development, image curation, visual storytelling, layout, form and color.
• Manage campaign art direction end-to-end (from concept to production) across mediums including digital, social, OOH, on-platform ads, direct mail, collateral, external partnerships, experiential, and more.
• Develop and strengthen brand assets, including style and usage guides, across multiple and diverse categories, look to understand and translate data into insights that inform creative conceptual development
• Establish mechanisms and audit work to maintain consistent brand standards across all customer-facing touch points of marketing programs
• Present concepts and work to stakeholders and cross-functional partners, including senior management up to VP level
• Write, develop and work from creative briefs to translate marketing strategies into creative execution.
• Employs sound critical thinking & problem-solving approaches, and comes to the table with solutions.
• Establish and maintain a high creative bar of excellence.
• Comfortable taking ownership in an ambiguous environment.
• Demonstrates a command of creative methods, tools, communication, and presentation skills.
• Builds trust, respect, and credibility with stakeholders, management peers, direct reports, and executives.
• Engages in active listening and gathers diverse perspectives, knowing when and where to provide sometimes divergent perspective.
• Works collaboratively with the creative operations team to deliver projects on time and on budget.
• Identify emerging culture/design trends and digital innovations

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years’ experience in a creative role, either in-house or at a creative agency.
• 3+ years’ experience with brand design and art direction
• A visual portfolio representing past work is a MUST

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong online portfolio of creative work across digital, print and/or social (samples will be requested)
• Excellent communication B2+ or C1, and organizational skills.
• Self-starter with the passion, ability, and energy to work in a fast-paced start-up environment.
• Proven ability to deliver results and prioritize tasks in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.
• Able to work in a diverse team.
• B2B, transportation and/or logistics design experience a bonus, but not required
• Basic understanding of and/or experience in the freight shipping/supply chain or similar industry a bonus, but not required.
• Bachelor’s degree in design, English, creative, advertising, or another related field or equivalent experience.