Art Director

Salt XC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative agency is seeking a passionate Art Director to join their team in Toronto. The role involves generating concept-driven ideas and leading the visual direction of projects across various media, including digital and print. Ideal candidates will have 2-5 years in a creative agency, strong presentation skills, and proficiency in Creative Suite. This position emphasizes collaboration and creativity, making a significant cultural impact through diverse marketing initiatives.

Qualifications

• 2-5+ years of experience at a creative agency.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong creative work.
• Experience in art direction across multiple formats.

Responsibilities

• Generate ideas based on creative briefs.
• Develop visual language and steer projects.
• Collaborate with peers, partners, vendors, and clients.
• Present creative work to stakeholders and clients.

Skills

Strong creative work

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Art direction experience

Fluent in English

Proficient in Creative Suite

Tools

Creative Suite for Mac

Job description

This position is with Mint, Salt’s sister company. While Salt is supporting Mint with the recruitment process, the successful candidate will be employed directly by Mint and will receive Mint’s perks, benefits, and employment terms.

The Role

Mint is looking for a passionate, talented Art Director to join our team. Reporting to a CD, you’ll get the opportunity to flex your creative chops and work on a wide range of integrated campaigns and projects – including experiential, content, digital, print, PR and more. Responsible for concept-driven ideas, tactical executions and overall visual direction, the Art Director is a key collaborative member of the creative team.

Responsibilities

• Generate ideas based on creative briefs that are grounded in relevant culture, trends, and insights
• Develop visual language and steer visual direction of projects
• Collaborate with agency peers, partners, vendors, and clients
• Present creative work compellingly to both internal stakeholders and clients alike

Skills, Abilities And Experience

• 2-5+ years of experience at a creative agency
• Portfolio demonstrating strong creative work, both in thinking and craft
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Fluent in English, oral and written
• Experience in art direction in multiple formats, for example film, print, web, XM social, branding
• Strong aesthetic inspired by forward-thinking design trends
• Proficient in creative suite for Mac

About Mint

We’re a creative agency made of culture creatures with multidisciplinary expertise across all major marketing disciplines.

Driven by creativity and inspired by humanity, we focus on brand love between companies and people. Our best work is done through true partnership, as an extension of, and advisor to, our clients. Guided by core structure, we build bespoke teams to collaborate on our clients’ individual business problems to produce creative work that makes a positive impact on culture and the future.

Our Values

• Empathy – We believe the work is better when we consider the world through the eyes of others.
• Optimism – We believe in the good above all else; the good in people, the good in the world and the good in the future.
• Audaciousness – We are brave enough to try the untried and unexpected. And we dare to always follow through.
• Progressiveness – We fear the status quo, so we break conventions and push to evolve, innovate and disrupt.
• Kindness – We are respectful, honest, transparent, inclusive, social and good to each other.

What we do:

Advertising, Design & Branding, Strategy, Social, Digital, Content, Experiential, PR and Talent & Influencer.

Mint is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proudly an equal opportunity employer.