Art Director

What you’ll be responsible for:

Circle is looking for an experienced Art Director to join our creative team. A part of the creative team, you will help drive and support the overall growth and vision of the overall Circle brand.

What you'll work on:

• Preparing images to support web marketing, social media, events and blog posts
• Producing layouts by developing art concepts and providing work direction to staff and vendors
• Updating and organizing design assets and overall design ops process
• Producing a variety of marketing deliverables including pdfs, emails, ad, social graphics and more
• Assisting with collateral, copyediting and quality assurance
• Assisting with development of event assets and partnering with external vendors to ensure high-quality deliverables on specific deadlines
• Resolving operational problems and identifies work process improvements both internally and externally
• Obtaining client approval by presenting final layouts, storyboards, and illustrations; and responds to client commentary and requests
• Ensuring brand designs are cohesive across multiple channels, driving consistent messaging
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders on brand system and providing design ideas

You will aspire to our four core values:

• Multistakeholder - you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.
• Mindful - you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.  
• Driven by Excellence - you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals. 
• High Integrity - you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards.  You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

What you’ll bring to Circle:

• Graphic Design or Digital Arts major preferred
• 5 years of experience in-house or agency preferred
• A visual eye to understand the elements that make up a brand system and replicate those elements into additional deliverables
• Understanding of layouts, typography, composition, color, and other graphic design fundamentals
• Ability to thrive in an extremely fast-paced, highly collaborative environment filled with brilliant people pushing each other to new heights
• The ability to work closely with both internal and external vendors to create a consistent brand experience that drives results
• Innate curiosity about the intersection of technology and finance, and how they can drive society forward
• Experience with Sketch and Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator knowledge
• Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite