Art Director

Golden Pencil; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

The Art Director at Golden Pencil leads the execution of creative concepts across campaigns and platforms, ensuring the brand’s tone, strategy, and visual identity are upheld.

You will guide designers, collaborate with writers, strategists, and accounts teams, and deliver impactful creative work while meeting project deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

You will also mentor junior designers and present concepts to clients with confidence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in multimedia arts, fine arts, graphic design, film or a related field.
• 3 years' experience in a similar role.
• A complete portfolio of multimedia design content showcasing skills and experience.
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and After Effects; knowledge of Autodesk and 3D modelling.
• Excellent English and Filipino communication; strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of creative concepts and strategies across campaigns, ensuring alignment with the brand’s tone, strategy, and messaging.
• Lead the creation and development of key visuals to guide overall design direction and visual storytelling
• Oversee design, layout, and visual consistency across all creative outputs
• Mentor junior designers and collaborate with writers, strategists, and accounts teams
• Present client-facing visuals and concept boards; support pitches
• Ensure timely and efficient execution of design elements and meet deadlines
• Drive ideation and contribute to brainstorming sessions
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Address issues and provide mitigation recommendations
• Produce high-quality creative assets
• Perform other design-related tasks as assigned

Skills

Creative leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Multi-project management

Effective communication

Presentations

Education

Bachelor's degree in multimedia arts/graphic design/film

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Premiere

Adobe After Effects

Autodesk

3D modelling

Flash

Dreamweaver

PowerPoint

MS Office

Job description

The Art Director leads the execution of creative concepts across campaigns and platforms, ensuring alignment with the brand’s tone, strategy, and creative goals; oversees design direction, layout, and visual consistency. This role is also responsible for guiding designers and collaborating with writers, strategists, and accounts teams in delivering impactful creative work.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of creative concepts and strategies across campaigns, ensuring alignment with the brand’s tone, strategy, and messaging.
• Lead the creation and development of key visuals to guide overall design direction and visual storytelling
• Oversee design, layout, and visual consistency across all creative outputs
• Recommend innovative ways to present art and multimedia concepts and formats, ensuring outputs are effective and engaging. This includes encouraging juniors in providing output showcasing originality or uniqueness that will not compromise the brand's visual identity.
• Review, supervise and mentorjunior designers, ensuring high-quality visual execution and adherence to brand guidelines and project brief while providing constructive feedback and helping them develop their skills and creative approach
• Collaborate with copywriters, multimedia designers, and accounts teams to deliver cohesive campaigns
• Contribute to brainstorming and ideation sessions in refining design concepts and visual direction
• Handle client-facing presentations and pitches by providing: key visuals, design mockups, concept boards and presentations
• Ensure timely and efficient execution of all design elements, meeting both creative and project deadlines
• Handle and respond accordingly to complaints, delays and issues and provide recommendations to prevent and mitigate the same issues from recurring.
• Actively design and produce high-quality creative assets.
• Perform other creative direction and design-related tasks as assigned

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in multimedia arts, fine arts, graphic design, film or a related field
• 3 years' experience in a similar role
• A complete portfolio of multimedia design content showcasing skills and experience
• In-depth knowledge of the following software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Autodesk, Computer Animation, and other forms of graphics and video softwares
• Excellent knowledge of 3d modelling and structures
• Excellent skills in MS Office, Google Workspace, Zoom, MS Teams and other online meeting and working platforms
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English and Filipino
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and in flexible hour
• Proficient in the use of the following software: Computer animation, Microsoft Office (especially PowerPoint), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe illustrator, Adobe Premier, Adobe after effect, Flash, Dreamweaver, Autodesk and other forms of graphics and audio software
• Must be able to work on multiple projects at the same time