Art Director/Illustrator

Art Director/Illustrator

A creative and visual problem solver with passion for high-level design, typography, imagery, and diverse visual communication principles for strategic storytelling. Responsible for everything from original concepting of new designs and identities, to client workshop participation and strategic sessions, and diverse print and digital production.

Responsibilities

● Design and produce marketing communications (print and digital) pieces for Poke and its clientele ● Collaborate with the creative team, internal account teams and clients to develop creative solutions and then translate those solutions through a variety of channels. ● Shall be responsible for creating accurate costing and delivering programs within budgets. ● Stay current on industry trends. ● Producing diverse, highly imaginative print and digital media, with an eye for both fine detail and macro storytelling. ● Conceptualization and origination of concepts, then follow-through to execution, and ● templated work. ● Self-management of workloads under tight deadlines. ● Working collaboratively with our remote team. ● Inspiring the remote team through their on-point design execution and imaginative concepts.

Required Skills

● The job holder must have a Degree from a reputable institution. ● The candidate must possess 1-3 years’ design experience in an in-house creative department or design firm. ● Strong creative, organizational, problem solving and time-management skills. ● Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Experience with HTML and very specifically illustrator. ● Possess strong conceptual skills, high level sense of design, layout and typography, broad thinker who is able to offer a variety of design solutions. ● Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. ● Expert knowledge in graphic production process. ● Ability to handle projects from start to finish with minimal or no supervision.