RUN Studios
Senior Art Director (Project)
RUN Studios, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Since 2007, RUN Studios has created world-class creative content for prominent and emerging brands, bringing together talented artists, savvy producers, authentic storytelling, and business intelligence to tell compelling brand stories that evoke inspiration and engagement. With deep roots in video production and motion design, RUN Studios creates media across all channels and serves as a strategic resourcing partner to build robust, agile, and inspired creative teams.
Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below.RUN Studios and its client partner, a large online retailer headquartered in Seattle, are seeking an enthusiastic
Senior Art Director
to join for an approximate 5-month project at 40/hours per week.As a
Senior Art Director , you’ll help our client bring offerings to market—products, services, brands, and categories. In this role, you will be creating a variety of assets used to engage and attract customers, working alongside a global team of designers, writers, and production teams to deliver your designs.Ideally, you have experience working in an iterative process and professionally lead art direction and address feedback. In addition to strong design skills, you have strong organizational skills, web expertise, typographic skills, and acute attention to detail.You should be comfortable engaging entry-level through executive stakeholders and working with many different types of creative professionals and creative outputs. Because the work is so varied, fast-paced, and high pressure, the person in this role should possess excellent communication and collaboration skills. You will partner closely with a variety of peers and stakeholders such as customer research, brand strategy, content strategy, go-to-market, and site merchandising to achieve key strategic goals.As a Senior Art Director, You Will
Create merchandising and marketing campaigns that elevate our client’s brand across multiple online and offline channels.Mentor, but not manage, a team of visual designers and production designers.Build trust, respect, and credibility with stakeholders and leadership.Develop elevated creative that supports and reinforces our product vision, brand, and business objectives.Advocate for customers and integrate user research in the creative process.Illustrate a command of creative methods, tools, communication, and presentation skills.Partner with our customer and market research teams to intake and synthesize customer insights and data into creative that is impactful and delivers results.Grow team knowledge of best design practices and trends.As an Applicant, You Bring
Online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating online marketing, retail merchandising, visual branding, and user-centered design solutions.10+ years of professional experience in a creative agency.Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch/Adobe XD, Figma, and other image-optimizing applications to create online user experiences.Ability to work independently to troubleshoot technical and process-related issues.Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to gracefully defend your design decisions to leadership.Familiarity with content management systems.Ability to work within, and collaborate on, design systems.Proven experience with rapid, iterative concepting and development processes.Experience managing multiple projects with varying deadlines.Strong grasp of the creative process; from ideation through implementation.Understanding of production best practices for still, video, and motion graphics.Additional Position Details
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None.Physical Demands:
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.Work Environment:
Hybrid role, may require some time spent within Seattle office.Travel:
No travel anticipated.Interested? Show us your stuff! Please be sure to include a link to your online portfolio.This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.At RUN Studios we recognize our ultimate success depends on our talented and dedicated workforce. We understand, value, and are grateful for the invaluable contributions made by each employee. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program of evolving competitive benefits specifically designed to support the needs of our employees and their dependents.Compensation
Pay Range:
$80.00 – $100.00 (Hourly)The successful candidate’s starting pay within this range will be based on various factors such as individual qualifications and work location.Benefits: Benefits and perks may vary depending on location and nature of the work, but eligible employees have access to medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, other telehealth and wellness benefits, a minimum of seven paid holidays per year, accrual of at least 6.5 days (Temporary Employment) to at least 15 days (Regular Employment) of paid time off per year, a 401k plan with company match, discretionary bonuses dependent on company, team or individual performance, and referral bonuses for eligible hired referrals.As an equal opportunity employer, RUN Studios is committed to pay equity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below.RUN Studios and its client partner, a large online retailer headquartered in Seattle, are seeking an enthusiastic
Senior Art Director
to join for an approximate 5-month project at 40/hours per week.As a
Senior Art Director , you’ll help our client bring offerings to market—products, services, brands, and categories. In this role, you will be creating a variety of assets used to engage and attract customers, working alongside a global team of designers, writers, and production teams to deliver your designs.Ideally, you have experience working in an iterative process and professionally lead art direction and address feedback. In addition to strong design skills, you have strong organizational skills, web expertise, typographic skills, and acute attention to detail.You should be comfortable engaging entry-level through executive stakeholders and working with many different types of creative professionals and creative outputs. Because the work is so varied, fast-paced, and high pressure, the person in this role should possess excellent communication and collaboration skills. You will partner closely with a variety of peers and stakeholders such as customer research, brand strategy, content strategy, go-to-market, and site merchandising to achieve key strategic goals.As a Senior Art Director, You Will
Create merchandising and marketing campaigns that elevate our client’s brand across multiple online and offline channels.Mentor, but not manage, a team of visual designers and production designers.Build trust, respect, and credibility with stakeholders and leadership.Develop elevated creative that supports and reinforces our product vision, brand, and business objectives.Advocate for customers and integrate user research in the creative process.Illustrate a command of creative methods, tools, communication, and presentation skills.Partner with our customer and market research teams to intake and synthesize customer insights and data into creative that is impactful and delivers results.Grow team knowledge of best design practices and trends.As an Applicant, You Bring
Online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating online marketing, retail merchandising, visual branding, and user-centered design solutions.10+ years of professional experience in a creative agency.Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch/Adobe XD, Figma, and other image-optimizing applications to create online user experiences.Ability to work independently to troubleshoot technical and process-related issues.Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to gracefully defend your design decisions to leadership.Familiarity with content management systems.Ability to work within, and collaborate on, design systems.Proven experience with rapid, iterative concepting and development processes.Experience managing multiple projects with varying deadlines.Strong grasp of the creative process; from ideation through implementation.Understanding of production best practices for still, video, and motion graphics.Additional Position Details
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None.Physical Demands:
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.Work Environment:
Hybrid role, may require some time spent within Seattle office.Travel:
No travel anticipated.Interested? Show us your stuff! Please be sure to include a link to your online portfolio.This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.At RUN Studios we recognize our ultimate success depends on our talented and dedicated workforce. We understand, value, and are grateful for the invaluable contributions made by each employee. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program of evolving competitive benefits specifically designed to support the needs of our employees and their dependents.Compensation
Pay Range:
$80.00 – $100.00 (Hourly)The successful candidate’s starting pay within this range will be based on various factors such as individual qualifications and work location.Benefits: Benefits and perks may vary depending on location and nature of the work, but eligible employees have access to medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, other telehealth and wellness benefits, a minimum of seven paid holidays per year, accrual of at least 6.5 days (Temporary Employment) to at least 15 days (Regular Employment) of paid time off per year, a 401k plan with company match, discretionary bonuses dependent on company, team or individual performance, and referral bonuses for eligible hired referrals.As an equal opportunity employer, RUN Studios is committed to pay equity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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