Hiring: Art Director

We are currently seeking a full-time Art Director (5+ years experience). The ideal candidate is able to turn strategic goals into a coherent design direction and oversee projects from project kick-off to launch.

Qualifications

• 5+ years agency experience in the digital channel
• College or University Graduate in a related discipline (design training with solid typography, graphic and interaction design skills)
• A Bitchin’ digital portfolio

Skills

• Strong concept development and graphic design ability
• Excellent understanding of composition, color, imagery, typography
• Strong working experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and optimization for web
• Experience creating and working with site maps, online ad rich media storyboards, user flow, wireframes, and other information design documents for web sites and online advertising
• Experience working with various online ad design specs and media requirements
• Excellent understanding of user experience issues
• Good understanding of HTML, DHTML, and JavaScript (rollovers, pop-ups) and the capabilities of web browsers and user interaction
• Solid experience creating Web graphics, animations, user interfaces, icons, style sheets, color schemes, templates and layouts for use in online advertising and web site projects, ensuring site- wide color and typeface standards and consistency
• Experience providing art direction to flash and web developers
• Ability to self-manage projects and work within time deadlines
• Team oriented, self-motivated

What’s different about working at Teehan+Lax

We focus exclusively on front end user experience design for the digital channel. There are no back-end build teams, no offline divisions. Everyone you’ll be working with desires to create best in breed user experiences. In fact, 90% of the staff here hold creative positions. That means no Account Managers, no Managing Directors, no Business Analysts. We maintain very little hierarchy. There are two roles at Teehan+Lax: Partners and Associates. The people with the right skills are put on the right projects. We’re small and nimble. There are no pitch teams, no “B” teams. All of our staff work directly with our clients, so if a client has a question that relates to IA they’ll speak to the Associate or Partner who worked on it – not an account manager.

How to Apply


If you’re talented, smart, hard-working and dedicated, we’ll enable you to do the best work of your career. Send us a resume and portfolio of your work to “work [at] teehanlax [dot] com”.

Photoshop hacks need not apply.

• Include a link to your digital portfolio (this is key!). Please do not send us print examples
• Must be located in the GTA
• Have references available upon request

Suitable candidates will be contacted promptly. Please no phone calls.