Art Director- Merchandising Jobs

Job Title: Art Director/Sr. Designer

Client Location: New York

Starting: 07/31/2023

Salary/Pay Rate: $50-55/hr + Benefits

Firm, non-negotiable: Yes

Hours: Full-time

Duration: Long term

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Aquent Studios is looking for an Art Director with Beauty experience to join our team!

This role is HYBRID and does require you to be partial on-site

Seeking a highly collaborative graphic designer for visual merchandising and digital who has the experience of producing dynamic, editorial visuals while maintaining brand integrity across multiple accounts. This individual should bring an exacting aesthetic and sharp attention to details. Translate global vision and advertisement into US market visual merchandising and professional accounts. Organization is highly expected as well as being able to balance multiple, fast-moving needs of multiple timelines. They would eventually have direct responsibility for the management of specific account timelines and graphics/walls as well as handling reviewing retouching and printer proofs.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage and direct color matching and print proof supervision/approvals
• Direct retouching, aligning to layout requirements
• Interpret briefs, creating layouts within the framework of guidelines & style guides.
• Organize, prepare and track all graphics/rights/merch systems for multiple accounts
• Prepare/direct mechanical die line production, file preparations for prepress and print production
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, merchandising to fully understand creative scope and needs
• Adapt design across multiple systems and design under tight timelines and time constraints

· Assist marketing and creative teams with any digital/social requests

· Edit and create ATF & BTF content for national retailers (Amazon, Target, Walmart, ULTA, etc.) as needed basis

Required Personal Skills

• Ability to accept and adapt designs to creative input / feedback
• Highly organized. Ability to manage deadline expectations by prioritizing workload accordingly
• Must be collaborative, strategic-thinker, energetic, positive, self-starter, strong interpersonal skills
• Listens and communicates effectively

Skills/experience required:

•Deep expertise with all relevant design software including Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop.

•Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel and Powerpoint.

• Accustomed to following a creative brief as a standard for design development

• Strong sense of visual style – photography, design, typography, etc

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Timeline management capabilities

• Management skills for directing auxiliary teams, i.e. photographers, studios, modelmakers, display vendors required

• Strong sense of visual style – photography, design, typography, etc

• Beauty industry experience is a plus

Position will require 2-3 days onsite per week. Balance can be remote.

Client Description:

Aquent Studios is a global creative studio that delivers scale, speed and efficiency to the world’s most recognized brands. We create the work that matters the most to them—work that has a real impact on their business. As an Aquent Studio team member, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the largest and most influential companies in the world, solving design challenges and extending their brands across tactic types and platforms, including digital design, UI/UX, video, motion, content, print design, web development, and more. If you want to do work that matters in a collaborative setting that values ingenuity and personal growth, you have found the right place!

Other Requirements:

Compensation Range: $50-55/hr

The range provided is our reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location.