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FUEL Art Director/Senior Designer (Contract)
Location: Hybrid, requires 2-days per week in the Greenville office **LOOKING FOR LOCALS-ONLY**
Job Type: Contract
Availability: minimum of 20 hours per week
We seek a talented Art Director/Senior Designer with a killer portfolio showcasing compelling conceptual designs with an eye for typography.
This visionary creative will create integrated, cross-channel deliverables from concept through execution across print and digital. We’re talking all things graphic design…text-heavy brochures, eye-popping OOH, compelling print ads, click-worthy social posts, landing pages, websites… all the things.
Expectations
- Possesses strong conceptual skills and the ability to clearly articulate strategy, approach, rationale, and design thinking
- Presents confidently, persuasively, and professionally to clients and internal teams
- Creates thoughtful and stunning presentations
- Works collaboratively and communicates well with strategists, user experience designers, copywriters, and programmers to build great brand experiences
- Concepts, designs, and executes integrated, cross-channel advertising campaigns
- Creates elevated visual designs with precise attention to detail
- Loves building brands, evolving brand guidelines, and creating design systems
- Storyboards and provide art direction for photo and video shoots
- Provides editing direction and motion graphic feedback on video projects
- Delivers on time and on budget
- Manages projects in the Wrike project management platform
Qualifications
- Local, Greenville-Spartanburg-based designer
- An exceptional portfolio *with great typography* that shows talent in both print and digital media
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Visual Communication, or a related field
- Proven experience (5 years) working as an Art Director or Senior Designer role, preferably at an agency
- Proficiency in industry-standard design software, such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.)
- Proficiency in Figma a plus
- Illustration and/or animation skills a plus
FUEL Values
Excellence: You strive for excellence and constantly seek out ways to improve.
Empathy: You possess a desire to understand, be aware of, and be sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of others.
Curiosity: You have the desire to investigate, continuously learn, and explore new paths to progress.
Proactivity: You take the initiative, anticipate, prepare, and respond to challenges.
Positivity: You have a can-do spirit — a positive mindset — and complain constructively.
Accountability: You are responsible for your words, your actions, and your results.