Sr. Art Director

Aquent Studios x Adobe is a custom-built creative agency partnership that provides scalability with world-class talent to Adobe’s in-house studio and web team. This collaboration creates exciting opportunities to work with Aquent Studios and impact millions of customers, showcasing Adobe’s products via innovative storytelling and unique visual experiences.

We are looking for a strong, independent and collaborative Senior Art Director who will be responsible for developing concepts and visual assets aligned with the Adobe Acrobat product. We are looking for someone with innovative artistic design skills and outstanding visual understanding.

Despite being a Sr. Art Director role, this a heavily hands-on position, with anywhere from 20-80% of the work consisting of creating designs as an individual contributor. Being able to produce final files immediately after stepping into the role - perfect and ready for release/publishing - is absolutely mandatory.

This is an ongoing/long-term role. It is salaried with competitive benefits. You must be able to work regular business hours in the PST zone.

A very strong portfolio of current work is required to be considered. It must include samples of a caliber, and in a style/aesthetic, that is clearly relevant to Adobe.

What you need to succeed:

• A "knock your socks off" portfolio that proves imagination, artistry, and conceptual ability. Both conceptual and executional work needs to be includedThe ability to create high quality artistic, engaging assets with an eye for detail and a clean, sophisticated aesthetic
• A keen understanding/awareness of brand appropriate aesthetic, culture and audience when creating assets
• Collaboration with team in brainstorm sessions and help push creative concepts that resonate with client audience
• Ability to work collaboratively within a fast-paced schedule
• Exceptional attention to detail and process
• Excellent visual, written and verbal communication skills
• Solid concepting and design abilities that support client direction
• Confident, articulate presentation skills to effectively deliver creative
• Can understand and appropriately translate client brand guidelines
• Demonstrate critical thinking to your ideation, concepts and design
• Willingly answer questions within the team and offer help
• Receive, weigh, and integrate diverse feedback from a multidisciplinary group

Experience

• Recent experience producing final deliverables - this is a MUST HAVE, as this is a heavily hands-on position
• 7-10 years of work experience in this field with 3+ years working as an Art Director at an ad agency or design group
• Strong artistic background in concept development and execution
• Portfolio that reflects strong artistic design concepts, exceptional design sensibility and attention to detail with a sophisticated, clean aesthetic

AQUENT STUDIOS: Why work with us?

Long term career opportunities supporting Fortune 500 brands

Excellent health and dental insurance subsidized

Comprehensive benefits package including 401(k), FSA's and voluntary insurance programs

Paid weekly​

Vacation, Sick and Holiday pay

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!