A little bit about our team:
Our areas of specialization include art direction, graphic design, branding, illustration, typography and content production for the music industry, producing artwork for major international recording artist as well as branding identities for Atlantic Records and all it’s sub labels.
Why this could be your next big break:
Conceptualize, produce and manage imaging for album packaging, single artwork, web assets, marketing, merchandising and publicity materials. The position requires the Art Director to always be current on all visual trends and to be one step ahead of competitive labels. The Art Director must direct and manage creative talent (photographers, illustrators, stylists, designers and recording artist) to complete projects.
Create and develop unique visual “image” and “brand” for each Artist / Project
Work with Product Managers to develop Imaging, Branding, and Merchandizing strategies for each artist
Discover, Develop and maintain relationships with current and emerging creative talent: photographers, stylists, illustrators, designers, etc.
Conceive, direct and produce photo shoots for album packaging and related marketing and publicity campaigns
Direct / Design logo and identity development for Artists, as well as company marketing and initiatives.
Collaborate with the recording artists, management, internal marketing, publicity, new media and product management
Communicate / Direct imaging and branding specifics for each artist / project to key business departments: Marketing, Publicity, New Media, and Sales
Commission and direct photographers, illustrators and stylists / glam squad
Edit photo shoots and direct the retouching of images
Negotiate fees for photo shoots including photographers, stylists, make-up artist, prop stylists, and hair stylists
Communicate directly with production on all assigned artist projects
Rockstar candidates will be/have:
Team player
Strong typographic skills
3 to 5 years experience
Graphic Design and Art Direction experience
Strong communication skills
People management ability
Organizational skills
Creative Thinker
Goal Oriented
Time / Deadline Management Skills
Relationship Builder and Maintainer
Trend Setter / Forecaster
Macintosh computer skills
Adobe Creative Suite: PhotoShop, Illustrator and InDesign
Microsoft Office Suite: Entouage, Word, and Excel
It would be music to our ears if you also had:
illustration Skills
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