Art Director
Department: Content
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Vancouver
Reporting To: Head of Content
Compensation: CA$75,000 - CA$90,000 / year
Description
Changing consumer behavior, the rise of GenAI, and the need to avoid commoditization are transforming the practice of Marketing & Communications. As an Art Director at Quietly, you will help lead that charge, turning our data-driven insights into strong creative concepts and bringing them to life through industry-leading work. If you get as excited about shaping the big idea as you do about rolling up your sleeves to execute it, we’d love to meet you.
You bring significant experience from creative agencies or publishing and the confidence to lead completely new types of projects. You’re comfortable presenting and justifying your design decisions to stakeholders, making data-driven recommendations and adjustments based on feedback. You raise the creative bar from brief execution and understand what it takes to produce standout work for both B2C and B2B brands. . You are looking for the next big challenge, and like us, you have no small plans.
You will have the flexibility to work remotely during North American business hours, from our headquarters in Vancouver, or a hybrid of both. If these values resonate, we’d love to hear from you.
Quietly is an award-winning consultancy, harnessing business and creative acumen to drive real outcomes for brands looking to succeed. Our people are dedicated to proving the impact of content on business results through a commitment to service that delivers actionable, expert counsel and compelling, effective content. Quietly partners with category leaders such as Coursera, Goldman Sachs, Intercom, Morningstar, Motorola Solutions and PwC to understand how content drives their business.
What You'll Do
- Lead the development of big content ideas from brief, ideation, execution, and deployment
- Set the creative and design direction across projects, ensuring the work is strategically strong, visually compelling, and aligned with the client’s goals
- Design and oversee the development of assets including: online publications, reports, whitepapers, ebooks, websites, page layouts, infographics, presentation decks, and campaign creative
- Lead creative reviews and provide clear, constructive direction to designers, contractors and other creative partners
- Oversee work completed by external partners across design, photography, video, motion graphics and animation
- Partner with content strategists, writers and client leads to turn strategic thinking into cohesive creative concepts
- Define project design goals, scope and creative requirements, while providing informed time and resourcing estimates
- Manage creative priorities and timelines across multiple projects, identifying risks early and keeping work moving
- Identify opportunities to improve creative processes, production efficiencies and the way we use internal and external resources
- Play a leading role in client presentations, workshops, creative reviews and new-business pitches
- Stay current on creative trends, tools, and emerging formats and bring new ideas and approaches into the work
What You'll Bring
- 5+ years art direction and design experience in an agency or publishing environment, with a strong background across digital platforms and integrated creative work
- Bonus if you have experience in video creation, editing ,storyboarding, motion graphics, animation, etc
- B2B experience is a plus
- A desire to be hands-on. You’re a designer at heart and love rolling up your sleeves
- A portfolio that demonstrates a track record of producing compelling work. Those who apply without a portfolio will not be considered
- An ability to effectively manage your time and priorities
- Strong attention to detail and design fundamentals such as hierarchy, layout, spacing and typography
- Experience in communicating and presenting your ideas, both internally and to clients.
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- A degree in design is a plus
- Eligible to work in Canada
