Art Director

Company: Method Studios
Position: Art Director
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)
*Pay Range: $135,000 – $175,000 USD annually 
 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Art Director is responsible for overseeing the visual aspects of projects, ensuring high-quality creative output, and maintaining a cohesive artistic direction.

MAIN DUTIES:

The Art Director will be responsible for duties related to conceptualizing and planning, team leadership, project management, collaboration, visual design, and quality control. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Conceptualizing and Planning: Developing design concepts, strategies, and visual styles for projects, considering client needs and target audiences.
• Team Leadership: Directing and managing a team of designers, guiding their creative processes, and providing constructive feedback to achieve project goals.
• Project Management: Organizing and coordinating design projects, setting timelines, and ensuring tasks are completed within deadlines and budget constraints.
• Collaboration: Working closely with clients, designers, copywriters, and other stakeholders to understand project requirements and ensure cohesive execution.
• Visual Design: Contributing to or overseeing the creation of visual elements such as graphics, layouts, and artwork, ensuring they align with the established vision and brand guidelines.
• Quality Control: Reviewing and approving final designs, ensuring they meet high standards of creativity, innovation, and functionality.

WHAT YOU BRING:

The Art director should possess strong leadership qualities, a keen eye for design aesthetics, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high-quality standards.

• Adaptability: Keeping up with industry trends, technologies, and design techniques to maintain a cutting-edge approach in the company's work.
• Communication Skills: Effectively communicating ideas, concepts, and design rationale to team members and clients.

About the Company:

Company 3 / Method Studios provides a full range of Creative Services for content creators, including conceptual design, pre-vis, look development, ideation and rapid prototyping, 3D animation/CGI, motion graphics/designers, matte painting, compositing, dailies and production services, color grading, post-production finishing, marketing/trailers, live-action production, experiences, and more.

Diversity and Inclusion at Company 3:

Creativity has diversity at its core. We celebrate the value of each unique experience by being dedicated to fostering the most diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where every employee feels empowered and safe to show up to work as their full self.

It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Please inform the company's HR representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

*The listed pay range represents the lowest to highest range that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, local currency exchange rates, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, applicable law, and business or organizational needs.

The benefits for eligible part-time employees working 25 or more hours per week and full-time employees in the US include a comprehensive package of health, retirement, and insurance benefits and paid time off. The benefits for eligible project hires and part-time employees working less than 25 hours per week in the US include retirement, select insurance benefits, and where required by law, health benefits. For roles filled in Canada and other territories, local benefits plan offerings will apply.

Both external and internal candidates can apply for this role through this careers’ website.

The above compensation and benefits information is provided in accordance with various state and local pay transparency laws.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with applicable law.