Art Director

Role Overview:
- Art Director.
- Senior Designer who leads the account.
- Remote, US Central hours.
- Independent contractor, hourly, allocated by project.

Company Background:
- Volt Studios is a women-led growth and creative agency based in Austin and Mexico City.
- Work with founder-led brands in the US and Mexico on paid media, content, email, web, and design.
- Small team of about ten, working in English.

Account Leadership Responsibilities:
- Lead two to three client accounts end to end, including the plan, the timeline, the weekly call, the follow-ups, and the outcome.
- Build project plans that cover the whole scope, including the parts that aren't design, and run them with the project manager.
- Say a clear no when scope creeps, and flag a date before it slips, not after.

Creative Responsibilities:
- Design from scratch when it matters, including brand concepts, campaign creative, landing pages, social systems, and decks, with the craft to match.
- Set the creative direction on your accounts and hold it, including brand consistency, visual quality, and the final polish before anything ships.
- Review the junior designer's work, give clear feedback with the why, and grow her into a stronger designer.
- Present work on client calls, take feedback well, and come back with the better version.

Qualifications:
- Five or more years of design experience.
- At least two years of experience leading client accounts directly, at an agency or in-house.
- Experience running the project, not just the creative.
- Portfolio shows real range across brand, social, web, and campaign work.
- Ability to explain the thinking behind every piece.
- Experience art directing other designers, providing feedback that improves the work without redoing it yourself, and knowing when to just redo it yourself.
- Experience managing a timeline with moving parts that weren't yours, like a dev build, an email launch, or a paid campaign, and keeping the client calm.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Reliable in the plain sense, doing what you said, on the date you said.
- Available during US Central business hours.

Terms:
- USD $18 to $24 per hour, allocated by project.
- Independent contractor, US Central hours.
- About 20 to 30 hours a week, or 80 to 120 hours a month.
- This should be your main client, not a side project.

Location: Remote - GMT-07:00 to GMT-05:00

Skills required for this job:

• Account management
• Art direction
• Branding
• Campaign management
• Graphic design
• Project management
• Project planning
• Social media design
• Team leadership
• Web design