Art Director

Art Director – Visual Storyteller – North America

Boston, MA / San Jose, CA / Portland, OR

We view ourselves as an integrated communications consultancy that solves business problems — better yet, hard business problems — for tech companies.

While our heritage lies in earned media and PR, we are increasingly executing “blended” campaigns that include owned media and paid media

As our Art Director, you will join a global creative and digital team including our U.S.-based Creative Director and Senior Digital Director. You’ll also work with some of the biggest global technology brands in the world.

We are The Hoffman Agency, a global communications consultancy. PRovoke Media named us “2023 Global Tech Agency of the Year.” Hoffman is an award-winning agency!

As an Art Director, we Expect you to:

• Serve as a creative powerhouse, you will move quickly from ideation, to creation, and evolution of concept, alongside account teams and clients
• Produce production-ready visual design work that complements our integrated marketing engagements
• Conceive, design, and produce an array of visual assets, including (but not limited to): paid and organic social posts, gifs, memes, stickers, infographics, presentations, motion graphics, templates, mood boards, press kits, ads, and marketing materials
• Develop concepts for a variety of social platforms, such as IG, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Reddit, etc.
• Become an expert in client brand standards
• Present designs (and the rationale behind them) to teammates and clients
• Stay in tune with social, visual, and pop culture trends
• Prioritize and manage own time
• Communicate effectively with teammates, client stakeholders, industry partners, and beyond

Functional Expertise

• 2- 5 years of visual design experience, preferably at an agency or in-house creative department (experience working with technology brands is a plus!)
• Direct client engagement experience with the ability to understand client vision/direction and present designs and concepts
• Strong communication skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Understanding of visual hierarchy and design principles
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.) and PowerPoint, as well as emerging digital and social design trends
• Working knowledge of best practices related to:
• Various social platforms
• digital, UX and UI design principles
• AfterEffects, Sketch and HTML are a plus
• Animation skills
• Video or sound editing a plus

The Exciting Stuff (not that the fundamentals aren’t exciting)

Intangibles

• Strong desire to learn, grow and collaborate on projects from conception through production
• Desire to push creative boundaries
• Ability to multitask in a deadline-driven environment
• Exceptional judgment when working with clients, teammates, and production partners
• Self-motivated and intellectually curious
• Accountable
• Cultivates teamwork and a mentality that the team’s success is everyone’s success
• Loves a challenge
• Passion for solving design and marketing-related challenges
• Brave, which leads to creativity
• Can problem-solve
• Has a sense of humor (required)

Flexible Workplace and Benefits

We are a company that values diversity and inclusion. We also “care.”

Come join us in pushing — and periodically shoving — the boundaries of communications

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Along with a salary ranging between $93,000-$115,000, a benefits package and career advancement opportunities will be offered to the successful candidate.

We also provide a generous PTO package, four-week sabbatical after four years, and a flexible, hybrid work environment.

And our benefits are pretty darn good as you can see from the sample list of just some of them:

• 20 PTO days
• 11 holidays including MLK day and Juneteenth
• 401(k) match
• Going the extra kilometer (gain extra time off from going above and beyond)
• Knock-off early on Fridays year-round!
• Sabbatical program – 4 weeks after every 4 years
• Weekly Wellness Hour
• $1,000.00 Wellness & Professional Development Fund

We are a company that values diversity and inclusion. We also “care.”

Come join us in pushing — and periodically shoving — the boundaries of creative communications.