Art Director

Plug and Play is a global innovation platform. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we have built accelerator programs, corporate innovation services, and an in-house VC to make technological advancement progress faster than ever before. Since our inception in 2006, our programs have expanded worldwide to include a presence in over 40 locations giving startups the necessary resources to succeed and expand into new markets. With over 30,000 startups, 1,200 investments, and 500 official corporate partners, we have created the ultimate startup ecosystem in many industries. Companies in our community have raised over $9 billion in funding, with successful portfolio exits including Honey, Dropbox, Lending Club, and PayPal.

We are looking for an Art Director to support the delivery of key messages for our Global Marketing team. The ideal candidate will need to have multi-disciplinary skills and will be passionate about brand, strategy, and communication design, whether it is sales comms material, events collateral, or online promotional design. 

We’re looking for someone with presentation design experience and strong layout skills to help elevate the brand message through all visual communications. Candidates should be able to design within an established brand identity system, as well as have the capacity to create effective custom brand identities for custom projects of the company.

JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

- Develop the global strategy and help maintain a high level of creative excellence within the brand.

- Develop a visual framework for visual design across print and digital.

- Guide a multi-disciplinary creative team in the conception, design and execution of visual materials.

- Collaborate with the marketing team to articulate and execute design decisions.

- Use a “Design Thinking” approach for the development of bespoke creative marketing collateral.

- Create branding and branded designs for internal projects such as posters and invitations for internal events & communications.

- Generate graphic design assets for print and digital – icons, images, logos, mockups.

- Redesign stakeholder presentations – in Keynote and Indesign to improve look & feel and overall messaging.

- Establish and communicate consistent visuals and standards across the company's entire brand.

- Meet deadlines and have the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.

- Develop content calendar to ensure deadlines are met.

- Guarding the brand’s visual core values by acting as a brand ambassador with co-workers.

- Assist in video production by creating graphics to dynamic moving imagery

- Follow the latest web/digital design trends closely and translate this into the brand’s signature minimalist design.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

- More than 8 years of professional experience.

- Excellent fluency in English (C1 level but C2 preferred)

- Disposes of good energy and positive attitude.

- Expert knowledge of typography and grid systems.

- A solid creative portfolio that features communicational work and creative branding projects.

- Experience in all fields of design including decks/keynotes, print, online communicational material.

- Excellent working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Keynote.

- A basic knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel.

- Strong typography and promotional design skills to help elevate the brand message through all visual communications, both online and offline.

- Proficiency in communicating ideas and concepts, and a willingness to develop the ability to persuade and influence others as needed. 

- Operates well in an international company with a startup mentality and a fast-paced environment.

- Ability to prioritize workload and juggle multiple deadlines.

- Ability to translate complicated messages into simple expressions through imagery and graphics.

- Understanding of, and an interest in the digital marketing landscape.

- Knowledge of marketing tools and basic strategies.

- B2B experience

- Previous experience at an agency or high-end consumer brand.

- Experience with art direction and brand strategy

- Ability to lead a design team on specific projects.