Art Director required at Ride Shotgun

Art Director required at Ride Shotgun

Studio: Ride Shotgun

Job Opening: Art Director

Location: Manchester, England, UK

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Originate big ideas and implement creative campaigns for CGI, digital, motion and stills projects at the highest level. 
  • Ensure creative work and concepts are aligned with client strategies. 
  • A hands-on approach to the direction of CGI and traditional media projects.   
  • Liaise with production teams to ensure the best creative outputs. 
  • Develop a thorough understanding of all client products and services, and their business objectives, pressures and markets, to exceed client expectations. 
  • Manage allocated time and resources on projects to ensure deadlines are met. 
  • Work with the wider creative and strategic teams to uphold the integrity of concepts. 
  • Understand and work within brand and corporate guidelines where relevant. 
  • Use your experience and knowledge to identify and resolve design, art direction, and production challenges. 
  • Work together with the creative and account management teams to exceed client expectations and drive up standards of creativity. 
  • Communicate progress at every stage of the creative process to facilitate the smooth running of work and planning schedules. 
  • Produce outputs as required to a high level of finish for internal and external presentations. 
  • Ensure creative output is quality-controlled and accurate. 
  • Keeping up to date with current design and digital trends and techniques. 
  • Researching new techniques for creative and production including the integration of AI. 
  • Undertaking some additional duties if required. 
  • Act as a brand guardian for your clients, keeping their brand goals at the heart of everything you do.
  • Constructively challenge every brief.
  • Be a positive and inspiring team member.
  • Actively promote the culture and values of the business.
  • Take responsibility for continuous personal development and learning, identify objectives and opportunities for skills development.
  • Understand the company’s quality management and file management systems and employ a methodical approach to archiving and file organization.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Clear experience in creative concepting from client and internal briefs.
  • Strength in campaign ideation across retail sectors.
  • A good understanding of motion/animation and CGI production.
  • Art direction curation and reference building for clear, concise visual direction.
  • Storyboarding and design/layout capability.
  • Strong project leadership and confident, constructive direction skills.
  • Presentation building and client-facing confidence.
  • Adobe suite competence (including Ps, Id, Pr, Ai).

Apply for the Job Online: To apply, send your CV and portfolio to futureriders@rideshotgun.global