Art Director

Changing consumer behavior the rise of GenAI and the need to avoid commoditization are transforming the practice of Marketing & Communications. As an Art Director at Quietly you will help lead that charge turning our data-driven insights into strong creative concepts and bringing them to life through industry-leading work. If you get as excited about shaping the big idea as you do about rolling up your sleeves to execute it wed love to meet you.

You bring significant experience from creative agencies or publishing and the confidence to lead completely new types of projects. Youre comfortable presenting and justifying your design decisions to stakeholders making data-driven recommendations and adjustments based on feedback. You raise the creative bar from brief execution and understand what it takes to produce standout work for both B2C and B2B brands. . You are looking for the next big challenge and like us you have no small plans.

You will have the flexibility to work remotely during North American business hours from our headquarters in Vancouver or a hybrid of both. If these values resonate wed love to hear from you.

Quietly is an award-winning consultancy harnessing business and creative acumen to drive real outcomes for brands looking to succeed. Our people are dedicated to proving the impact of content on business results through a commitment to service that delivers actionable expert counsel and compelling effective content. Quietly partners with category leaders such as Coursera Goldman Sachs Intercom Morningstar Motorola Solutions and PwC to understand how content drives their business.

What Youll Do

• Lead the development of big content ideas from brief ideation execution and deployment
• Set the creative and design direction across projects ensuring the work is strategically strong visually compelling and aligned with the clients goals
• Design and oversee the development of assets including: online publications reports whitepapers ebooks websites page layouts infographics presentation decks and campaign creative
• Lead creative reviews and provide clear constructive direction to designers contractors and other creative partners
• Oversee work completed by external partners across design photography video motion graphics and animation
• Partner with content strategists writers and client leads to turn strategic thinking into cohesive creative concepts
• Define project design goals scope and creative requirements while providing informed time and resourcing estimates
• Manage creative priorities and timelines across multiple projects identifying risks early and keeping work moving
• Identify opportunities to improve creative processes production efficiencies and the way we use internal and external resources
• Play a leading role in client presentations workshops creative reviews and new-business pitches
• Stay current on creative trends tools and emerging formats and bring new ideas and approaches into the work

What Youll Bring

• 5 years art direction and design experience in an agency or publishing environment with a strong background across digital platforms and integrated creative work
• Bonus if you have experience in video creation editing storyboarding motion graphics animation etc
• B2B experience is a plus
• A desire to be hands-on. Youre a designer at heart and love rolling up your sleeves
• A portfolio that demonstrates a track record of producing compelling work. Those who apply without a portfolio will not be considered
• An ability to effectively manage your time and priorities
• Strong attention to detail and design fundamentals such as hierarchy layout spacing and typography
• Experience in communicating and presenting your ideas both internally and to clients.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• A degree in design is a plus
• Eligible to work in Canada

We respectfully request that recruitment agencies and third-party staffing firms do not contact us regarding this opportunity as we are not engaging external support at this time.

Required Experience:

Director