Art Director at Maxima Integrated Media

Maxima Integrated Media provides 360 degree marketing communications solutions to our clients. This strategic business unit has created and executed strategies to amplify client and brand’s communications.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Art Director

Location: Gbagada, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Creates concept, analyzes script/manuscript and transforms it into elements that can be appreciated visually.
• Gives creative direction to concepts, scripts and projects.
• Determine which photographs, art, or other design elements to use
• Develop design briefs that suit the company and client's purpose.
• Understands and translates marketing strategy into a visual language that speaks to the target audience and expresses the brand equity.
• Thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts and developing interactive design.
• Presenting finalized ideas and concepts to clients or account managers in a visual way.
• Working with a range of media, including computer-aided design and keeping up to date with emerging technologies.
• Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches and working on layouts ready for print.
• Ongoing evaluation of project activity and reporting on project progress to the management submission of the final results of the project to the management.
• Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound.
• Review and approve art materials, copy materials, and proofs of printed copy developed by creative team
• Work with creative directors to develop design solutions
• Create custom illustrations or other graphic elements.
• Attending meetings at production houses and with other directors
• Other task assigned by the Managing Director.

Requirements

• Minimum of First Degree in art related field.
• Minimum of 5 years cognate experience in a media or creative environment, and working with digital technology and photo editing software packages (e.g. Photoshop, Pixlr and Affinity Photo)
• Must have a creative mind with an eye for detail and storytelling skills
• Must be familiar with special effects, 3D and compositing.

Application Closing Date
13th December, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.