Art Director

Do you love collaborating on big ideas!  Do clever campaigns and great design bring a smile to your face?  If so, we would like to talk to you.  True North is looking for an experienced person to be part of our high-performance team!

True North remains a highly remote-friendly culture and is proud to employ incredible people.  Although this position is 100% remote, we can only review candidates who reside in the United States, and who are preferably located in the following states:  GA, CO, TX, FL, TN, NC, AR, SC, IL, KY, PA, MI, WA, WI, and MN.

As an Art Director at True North, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the visual identity of our clients' brands.  You will collaborate with a talent team of designers, copywriters, and strategists to create compelling and effective marketing materials that resonates with healthcare audiences.

In this role, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Contribute to campaign development, including ideation, mood boards, storyboarding, and digital toolkits.  Collaborate with digital teams to conceptualize and develop concepts for integrated campaigns, digital activations, and social videos
• Set the artistic vision and guide the development of visual content and brand assets
• Participate in strategic brainstorming, campaign development, and creative execution
• Present campaign concepts to clients in a compelling and thoughtful manner
• Create high-quality design assets, including website layouts, landing pages, email templates, social media graphics, and print materials.  Ensure each brand's visual identity is consistent, appealing, and aligned with the brand's values and objectives.  Evolve brand identify through incorporating UX design principles and best-in-class design
• Work closely with copywriters, strategists, and account managers to develop integrated marketing campaigns
• Maintain a high level of attention to detail and ensure that all design assets meet quality standards
• Keep abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to stay ahead of the curve 

Qualifications needed for this role:

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a creative agency or in-house design team
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Proficiency in designing in Figma and knowledge of designing UX/UI best practices
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Agency experience required
• Passion for design and a desire to create impactful work

You will be required to submit a strong portfolio demonstrating a diverse range of design skills and experience in marketing.

True North offers competitive compensation with a variety of health and welfare benefits to include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision (eligible 1st day after date of hire)
• Group basic Life insurance 
• Voluntary Insurance to include:  Life, AD&D (for spouse and dependents),Critical Care, Accident, Short-term disability (STD) and Long-term disability (LTD)
• Semi-monthly pay periods
• Unlimited PTO and Unlimited Sick time (eligible 1st day after date of hire)
• 401(k) (eligible 1st day of the month, following 90 days after date of  hire)
• 8 Paid  (including the day after Thanksgiving holiday) company observed holidays.

Working Conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to remain stationary; move, lift, and/or move up to 15 pounds. The employee must regularly sit, use hands to type; reach with hands and arms, communicate. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision

True North Custom (“TNC”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. TNC is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All employment decisions at TNC are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or generic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations of the locations where we operate. TNC will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.