E3 media
Posted on: Aug 12, 2008
Art Director
about E3
E3 is a medium sized full service digital agency with staff working in both Bristol and London studios.
Our highly creative output ranges from thoroughly considered user experiences to rich bespoke interactive experiences along with an innovative approach to digital marketing and viral campaigns.
Our key accounts include; Orange, Kia, Triumph, BBC, Fish 4, Base London, V&A
Highlights in 2008 include being ranked 5th in Design Week's digital top 20 and much more importantly Revolution magazine ranked us 7th overall in their 2008 Client Satisfaction Survey.
We are a creative agency at heart with a business brain.
To take creative ownership of key accounts, develop and grow the accounts in conjunction with the account manager responsible for the client. The Art Director will both produce creative and oversee the quality of the work produced within the creative department so that it is at a consistent standard. This role requires the person to not only lead by example and inspire the other members of the creative team, but to act as an advocate for design through educating the rest of the organisation on the importance of strong creative conceptual work. Attention to detail is a pre-requisite.
broad outline of job
With a minimum of 5 years digital experience the Art Director will be a position which is both externally client facing and internally responsible for mentoring and developing the junior members of the creative team. You must be confident in front of clients as the role will require the Art Director to pitch ideas to both new and existing clients on a regular basis. The key aspect of the role is to generate original and innovative work with a high level of quality in a wide variety of styles. The role will also require the person to have a sound understanding of User Experience and Usability and will work very closely with both the account management team and UX department.
role and responsibilities
· To generate great ideas, concept and designs for all digital channels
· To storyboard and communicate through rough visuals
· To write Creative rationales
· To present ideas coherently both to senior management and clients
· To be able to take both concepts and interactive concepts and take them into designs
· To lead by example, share experience, knowledge and skills with the team
· To help inspire, mentor and motivate the creative team
· To be able to take a project from conceptualisation to realisation
· To keep abreast of industry related issues, competitors work and general creative and design related matters and feed this back into the creative department.
necessary personal skills
· Idea generation
· Creative thinking
· Conceptualisation
· Self starter
· Design
· Inspirational
· Commitment
· Passion
· Sense of humour
necessary technical skills
· Conceptual ability
· Brainstorming and idea generation
· Analytical and Problem solving skills
· Ability to provide timings for build of projects
· Storyboarding / Scamping of ideas
· Confident presentation technique
· Advanced Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator.
· Advanced Design for Flash
· Intermediate Action Script
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