Brand Strategist and Art Director for a US based company (remote)

Paired is a global staffing and recruiting agency that specializes in pairing remote work with top-tier talent. We help individuals from around the world connect with great companies that are looking for their specific skill set. Our mission is to provide great jobs to talented people, no matter where they are located.

Our client, , is seeking a talented and experienced Brand Strategist and Art Director to join their team. As a Brand Strategist, you will be responsible for developing and executing strategies to enhance the company’s brand positioning and communication. As an Art Director, you will play a key role in setting the artistic direction and ensuring consistent branding across various creative projects.

Responsibilities :

• Art Direction on branding, packaging, websites, or other creative design projects

• Create project strategies, vision boards, art direction, and design concepts

• Working in designs, creating concepts, sketches, and helping designers 

• Give designers feedback on designs

• Coach designers to help improve their skills and deliver projects faster

• Attend or host client meetings via Zoom calls

• Take notes during meetings for client feedback 

• Ability to create and articulate client feedback videos to share with internal teams

• Communicate between designers, team, and clients 

• Manage client documents

• Attend onboarding calls with new clients to get them acquainted with our process and gather information to be used by our fulfillment team 

• Perform check-in calls weekly or bi-weekly with existing clients to discuss project strategies, provide project updates, mitigate risks, gather dependencies from clients, take notes, and provide post-meeting recap emails to clients and internal team

• Respond to all client questions in a timely and concise manner (within one business day)

• Problem solve and manage crisis situations. Be able to keep the temperature low with problem clients, our internal team, and find a win-win situation for problems

• Coach clients through tough situations with our tactics and strategies that we emphasize

• Work in designs when needed. Not afraid to get your hands dirty on projects

• Have fun on projects and create a fun and collaborative environment for our team and clients

Requirements

Requirements:

• Fluent in English (written and oral)

• Able to Work and take client calls in U.S. Time Zones (Pacific Time Zone)

• Expert Art Director Experience

• Experience in the Brand Strategist role, building strategies and communicating between clients and internal teams

• Agency Experience, experience working in a fast-paced agency culture

• Branding Design Expert

• Packaging Design Expert

• Project Management Experience

• Team Management Experience

• Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud, Illustrator, Photoshop

• Must Have Adobe Creative Cloud Subscription (not individually purchased software)

• Must be willing to jump into the trenches and work in designs as needed for concept direction or help on projects when needed

• Meticulous and extremely detail oriented

• Extremely organized

• Self disciplined, able to manage multiple projects without a lot of supervision

Benefits

• Work from Anywhere
• Competitive Salary
• Flexible Hours