Art Director

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Job description

Job Title: Art Director, Licensing and Design Development
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah OR Calabasa, CA, OR San Diego, CA OR Pleasanton, CA OR Louisville, KY
Duration: Full Time

Summary:

Who We Are:

Our client's mission is to be the leading online destination for personalized cards, home de cor, clothing, and other customizable products. They provide consumers with unmatched tools, content, and an end-to-end customer experience that results in high-quality and meaningful finished products and memorable celebrations of life events.

Our client is looking for an independent, detail oriented, enthusiastic candidate who has experience in e-commerce and product design. Must have a passion for pop culture, trends and personalized gift products. The successful candidate will have a portfolio that showcases problem solving, excellent typographic and color skills.

What You'll Do:

Art direct and manage a team of internal and external designers to create innovative concepts for licensed properties.
Oversee the creation of concepts from scratch, as well as adding personalization and required legal attributions to existing artwork.
Prepare line sheets, styles guides, and reports as needed.
Manage and track approvals for all Licensing portals with the help of the current Project coordinator.
Liaison with VP of Content & Merchandising to identify new styles and opportunities for the assortment.
Create trend concept boards of typographic inspiration, patterns and colorways, compiling references and samples, then direct the creation of designs to reflect those trends.
Collaborate with VPs of Licensing and Merchandising to ensure Licensor product and marketing plans are being met with new collection development.

What you should have:

5 years of work experience as Art Director or in similar role
Bachelor's degree in graphic design, or another relevant field
Portfolio of design and art direction projects
Excellent time-management skills
An impeccable eye for details and will enjoy creating in a fast-paced work environment
Ability to both design and direct others to create artwork
Passion for design, entertainment, films, tv and pop culture
Excellent composition, color, and typography skills
Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop with knowledge of production and printing processes
Ability to design non-template concepts from scratch
Must be a self-motivator, possessing the ability to work effectively with little or no supervision
Positive outlook and collaborative spirit: strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
High level of creative vision for development of unique concepts
Experience in directing licensing and/or product design development/content creation is a plus
Illustration skills a plus

Contingency:

This offer is contingent upon the successful completion of all reference, background checks, and required documentation including proof of Covid-19 vaccination.

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