Cranford Co. is looking for an Art Director who is ready to work with an experienced team to collaborate on marketing campaigns in a creative-led agency. You will be leading projects, making sure campaigns come to life and run smoothly as well as being highly active in all aspects of each project.

Responsibilities:

• Design: Works with team to understand the strategy and identify the technical and business parameters necessary to design innovative, effective, and creative solutions. Creates and delivers strategically designed comps for presentations.
• Art Direction: Manages and directs the design process by providing visual creative direction to print, web, social mediums.
• Branding: Digests and understands client corporate identity and branding guidelines and technical restraints. Helps to manage the client’s brand through design integrity and consistency.
• Production: Prepares finished art and handles production work—from final prep through vendor output. Oversees file production materials and finished creative.
• Digital Design: Understands digital responsive design, UI/UX and social media fundamentals.
• Research: Conducts client and photo image research.
• Department Support: Assists with the maintenance and ongoing improvement of departmental systems and processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate has:

• Strength in typography, color theory, design layout and conceptual storytelling
• Ability to work concurrently on multiple projects within aggressive timelines
• Strong communication, flexibility and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Additional video or animation software is a plus. Experience in web development utilizing WordPress, SquareSpace, or other CMS is a plus.

Please submit a portfolio of your work and your salary requirements to info@cranfordco.com.