Art Director

Job Description

About the Role

Title: Art Director – Organic Growth, SEO-Optimised Content (Melbourne-Based)

Location: Richmond, VIC, AU, VIC 3121

Department: Creative

Brand: Vista

ShiftType: Australia

Job Description:

Location: Melbourne/Remote First

Department: Creative

Team/Org: Organic Growth

Status: Full-time

About Organic Growth:

The VistaPrint Organic Growth team specializes in the development and distribution of world-class organic content to champion creativity and attract and engage new customers.

Utilizing SEO-optimised content across our blog and other page types, content-led campaigns and partnership strategies, we aim to become a trusted resource for small businesses and establish VistaPrint as the expert design and marketing partner for these customers.

Job Summary:

As an Art Director, you’ll be a key figure in the Creative Team and excel in concept development and execution. You’ll drive our creative projects and work closely with the copywriters and video production teams to create on-brief, on-brand campaigns and content that tell our story.

This role would be perfect for someone who can bring a mix of design, marketing, video, and social expertise to the position and stays up to date with the broader trends of the design industry. We are looking for an art director who is just as comfortable doing hands-on design work (on the tools) as they are directing and managing a video or photoshoot.

Key Responsibilities

Bring our brand to life and support and action our objectives and key results and goals across multiple domains.

Concept and design for all our online, promotional, email and social marketing campaigns

Managing and designing for the full creative process – from campaign kickoff to delivery

Understanding the needs of our users and solving strategic problems to craft amazing brand experiences

Champion and bring to life the VistaPrint vision, visualise ideas in new ways and tell our story.

Helping people refine their project brief, further understand the scope, and translate business requirements into creative requirements.

Deliver creative execution that is on-brief, consistent and on-brand

Push and influence designers to constantly strive for excellence

Working with internal teams to support, inspire and drive our brand across all platforms and mediums

Delivering assets within agreed-upon timeframes

Ensuring global brand consistency in all deliverables

Stewarding the look and feel of the VistaPrint brand in the organic space

Collaborate and help drive brainstorming sessions and workshops with different teams and collaborators

Finding opportunities to innovate and grow the brand and our online presence

Identifying ways to improve the efficiency of creative execution

Managing the day-to-day work and creative queue

Required Education, Experience, and Skills

Around 6+ years of experience designing successful marketing/brand campaigns (don’t let it deter you if you have less but know you have what it takes!)

Expert understanding of the creative process, art direction methodologies and tools and experience leading and collaborating in cross-functional teams

Experienced visual designer with a strong portfolio demonstrating your passion for conceptual thinking, brand evolution, art direction and beautiful design.

Experience working with brand strategy and applying brand systems across multiple touchpoints.

A natural collaborator who can rally teams of all kinds and influence peers across the organisation

Always eager to learn and evolve your process

Willing to work and participate in cross-functional teams (such as copywriters, marketing, designers, product managers and engineers)

A passion for all things design and print

An expert on the tools (Adobe Suite, Figma and other online design and collaboration tools)

Physical Requirements

Ability to communicate via phone, email, video conferencing and online chat tools (such as Slack)

This position is remote first, but you will need to be available for on-location shoots in the Melbourne office and external locations..

Travel Requirements

Some national and international travel may be required.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

There is a lot to love about working at Vista. We are an award winning Remote-First company. We’re an inclusive community. We’re growing (which means you can too). And to help orient us all in the same direction, we have our Vista Behaviors which exemplify the behavioral attributes that make us a culturally strong and high-performing team.