Interactive Art Director – Baltimore

Our client, a Baltimore-based leader in the sporting goods market, is looking for an Interactive Art Director.

If you are an outstanding web/interactive professional who can lead a team of design professionals in concepting and executing superior online initiatives and solutions for the brand and the major e-commerce site this is the job for you!

WHY DO YOU WANT THIS JOB:
- The chance to work with for a top, GLOBAL brand.
- You will lead a very active interactive team and implement cutting edge interactive/web tactics.
- Excellent compensation, superior benefits, stock options and a phenomenal performance bonus up to 30%.
- Relocation assistance.
- They chance to work with other athletically minded people like yourself!


MUST HAVES:
- Superior aesthetic sense and design skill.
- Exceptional portfolio!
- 5-7 years deep interactive and web experience.
- Top agency and or brand experience - you have worked for a heavy- hitting agency or well-known brand.
- Guru level: Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash, with extensive experience in After Effects / Final Cut Pro, as well as Motion Graphic Design.
- Email, direct mail, online advertising experience.
- Major web experience - you have worked on well-known web/e-commerce sites.
- Gaming experience is helpful as you will be overseeing and managing in-game advertising and art direction for any interactive / video game marketing (XBOX, WII etc.)
- Management experience - you will be managing a team of 4-5 designers and will be responsible for hiring others.
- Technical development expertise as well as Information Architecture and Usability best practices.
- Documentation expert -you can easily draft RFPs, project requirements and information architecture diagrams.




JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Oversee and art direct visual design processes for main corporate/e-commerce site and all sister / affiliate sites
- Oversee and art direct all other interactive corporate media (i.e. CD-ROM, DVD, Online Advertising, E-mail Marketing)
- Senior Design lead on all interactive projects; set direction and tone for design and production team(s)
- Manage workflow and project timelines for the interactive design team, with the aid of Global Direct Program Manager
- Work with IS / IT teams to develop and deploy all online media and web sites
- Ability to contract and manage third-party vendors and / or freelance agents to aid in project build-outs
- Oversee and manage in-game advertising and art direction for any interactive / video game marketing

If you are interested in this exceptional opportunity, please send your resume, salary requirements and resume.

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