Art Director Jobs in California
An Art Director in the publishing industry is primarily responsible for the visual style and images in magazines, newspapers, product packaging, and movie and television productions. They create the overall design and direct others who develop artwork or layouts. Work involves supervising a creative team that designs visual concepts for product branding or advertising campaigns, while making decisions about visual aspects of a publication, such as the layout, typeface, illustrations, and cover design.
Important skills for an Art Director include excellent artistic ability and creative thinking for designing graphic concepts, a good sense of aesthetics and typography, strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with a creative team, and leadership skills to oversee the design process. They should also be proficient with design software like Adobe Creative Suite. They typically have a bachelor's degree in art, design or a related field, and some positions may require a master's degree. A few job roles a person may have before becoming an Art Director include being a Graphic Designer, Senior Designer, or Creative Lead.
Overview Placement Type: Temporary Salary: $60 - 75/hr Start Date: 05.19.2025 Our client is seeking a seasoned Photo Art Director with a strong creative vision and exceptional production sensibility...
Who We Are: At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse...
Tennis Channel and our growing portfolio of products (including our U.S. and International streaming apps, FAST channels, Tennis.com, and Pickleballtv) are seeking a Creative Director who can...
What We Need: We're seeking a talented and passionate Creative Director (Art Director background) to join our in-house Creative Services team, focusing on 2K's Sports titles, such as NBA 2K, WWE 2K,...
Sr. Creative Director, Prime Video, Prime Video Creative Marketing
- Culver City, CA
- 13 days ago
- Culver City, CA
- 13 days ago
guides, and creative big idea thought-starters....
Oversee the development of all eCommerce and Events assets for the Crunchyroll Store, including style guides and over 10,000 digital assets each year....
Conceptualized and executed the seasonal creative direction across all digital and print touchpoints....
Responsibilities Forge the overall creative direction for new content and features, including tone, themes, stories, locations and player experiences....
The Team: The Mattel Franchise Creative International Regions team provides creative partnership for business partners through pitches, style guides, and creative direction that extends our iconic Mattel...
guide and images for all brands....
Cross-Department Collaboration: Formulate strategic internal teams to explore future opportunities, generate white papers, speak at conferences, and influence the technological perspective for Team...
Brand Systems Art Director , PV Sports Marketing
- Culver City, CA
- 45+ days ago
- Culver City, CA
- 45+ days ago
The Prime Video Sports team is seeking a talented and innovative Art Director to develop and maintain style guides while ensuring quality control of creative assets throughout the production pipeline...
Senior Art Director San Francisco, CA At Rothy's, we know there's a better way to do business, and it starts by putting the planet and its people first....
The Opportunity:Â Mattel Game Studios is seeking an experienced Art Director based in Los Angeles, CA....
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Art Directors in California offer the following education backgroundQualifications / Skill Sets
The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Art Director position
- Concept Development
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Ecommerce
- Post Production
- Retouching
- Concept Art
- Visual Design
- Digital Design
- Pre-Production
- Designing
- Visual Effects
- Creative Strategy
- Photo Shoots
- Adobe XD
- Motion Design
- AMA Manual of Style
- Style Guides
- Publishing
- Adobe InCopy
- Content Marketing
- Storytelling
- Typography
- Editorial Design
- Print Design
- Brand Identity
- Art Direction
- Creative Development
- Marketing & Advertising
- Motion Graphics
- Creative Direction
- Print Production
- Photo Editing
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Adobe After Effects
- Figma
- Adobe InDesign
- User Experience
- Graphic Design
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Branding
- Media
- Photography
- Adobe
- Adobe Photoshop CC
- Strategy Development
- Presentation
- Events
- Collaboration
- Flexibility
- Reporting
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Budgets
- Problem Solving
- Microsoft Office
- Research Skills
- Time Management
- Staff Supervision
- Organization
- Scheduling
- Leadership
- Communication Skills
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