Dodd Creative Group is seeking a uniquely talented person to help lead our growing design department. In this role, you will wear many hats: (1) department manager, (2) art director, (3) teacher and mentor, (4) creative strategist, (5) general problem solver, and (6) fedora. We’re looking for a talented (but humble) rock star who is ready for a leadership opportunity and eager to form a long-term relationship with a fantastic team. Depending on experience, the right candidate could start as an Associate Creative Director or Creative Director. 

In this role, you will:

• Provide personnel management for several designers reporting directly to you
• Help assign, traffic, and keep jobs on track, on budget, and on target
• Provide art direction for work produced by in-house and by freelance designers, to continually improve the creative, strategic, and technical quality of their work
• Facilitate communications between your design team and the account team
• Help develop budgets, timelines, and work plans
• Develop creative brief presentations (research, write, and gather style reference)
• Present work to clients
• Proof-read text and QC production files

To fill this role, you must demonstrate the following:

• You are a talented designer with mastery of all phases of the project: concept, design, and production
• You are a solid copywriter
• You are an expert at building production-ready art for commercial printing; you are a master at InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
• You’re a big-picture strategic thinker BUT ALSO have a fine-tuned attention to detail
• You have outstanding presentation and communication skills
• You are a wicked-fast learner with a boundless curiosity and energy
• You are a multitasking wizard with solid time management and organizational skills
• You are a teacher, mentor, and servant-leader
• You have a can-do/will-do attitude; no task is too big… or too small

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or a related field
• Minimum 8 years professional experience in graphic design and/or art direction, with a special focus in logo design and print media design
• Significant experience critiquing and directing the work of designers, photographers, and other creative professionals
• Solid drawing skills, for quickly communicating ideas and direction

BONUS QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with web/digital media, sign design, and environmental design
• Familiarity with interpreting architectural drawings
• Experience working in the real estate sector (particularly multifamily housing)
• Experience working with sign manufacturing and/or construction trades
• A working knowledge of architectural styles, art history, and design theory

Applicants MUST submit a résumé and online portfolio link or PDF samples of your work (limit emailed/uploaded files to 10MB), via email. In addition to finished pieces, we'd like to see some examples of behind-the-scenes work that demonstrate your process, creative thinking, and art direction skills (sketches & pencil comps, notes, concept boards, mood boards, etc).

Candidates without a portfolio and résumé will NOT be considered for this position. Please do not contact us by phone.

No agencies or recruiters, please.