Real Integrated is looking for a junior art director to join our team!
A junior art director is responsible for creating design solutions that have a high visual impact. The role involves listening to the Chief Creative Officer/Producers (and or creative briefs) and understanding their needs before making design decisions.
Their designs are required for a huge variety of products and activities, such as websites, outdoor, point of sale, print ads, posters, exhibitions and displays, corporate communications and corporate identity, i.e. giving organizations a visual ‘brand’.
They develop creative ideas and concepts, choosing the appropriate style to meet the client’s objectives. The work demands creative flair, up-to-date knowledge of industry software and a professional approach to time, costs and deadlines. Involves managing more than one design brief at a time and allocating the relevant amount of time according to the value of the job. Typical activities include:
Responsibilities:
- Meeting producers to discuss the business objectives and requirements of the job.
- Interpreting the client’s business needs and developing a concept to suit their purpose.
- Working within the estimated time required to complete the work.
- Thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts.
- Working with a wide range of media, including photography.
- Proofreading to produce accurate and high-quality work.
- Contributing ideas and design artwork to the overall brief.
- Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches.
- Working on layouts ready for print.
- Keeping abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs in Creative Suite.
- Working as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, stylists, illustrators, other designers, producers, web developers and marketing specialists.
- Other technical duties may include scaling, cropping, retouching, repositioning and preflighting, or eliminating defective and excessive imaging. Junior art directors may also be responsible for archiving and updating graphic files.
- The ability to contribute creative concepts in a team environment a must.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred or 2-year associate’s degree. A minimum of one to two years of experience in the design field.
- Ad Agency experience a plus.
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Creative Cloud). Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign.
- Experience with creative AI tools is a plus but not required.