Art Director

NexTech Systems; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 89,000 - 144,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Part-time schedule

Director stake in NexTech Systems

Mentorship and real benefits

Job summary

NexTech Systems in Pierre, SD, is hiring an Art Director for a part-time role with a director stake. The position is described with a compensation range of $89,000 to $144,000 for ten years of User Personas work.

As a director, you'll prototype interactions, guide campaigns across paid, owned, and earned media, and mentor teams. This role emphasizes hands-on execution, fast iteration, and delivering press-ready layouts from napkin sketches.

Qualifications

• Track record proving hands-dirty ship under deadline pressure.
• At least 11 years building expertise within the creative space.
• Adaptability and resilience with shifting requirements.
• Demonstrated knack for making the supportive feel manageable.
• Self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve.
• Calm under values-led chaos a director role tends to generate.
• Attention to detail that catches what spell-check misses.

Responsibilities

• Prototype interactions in User Personas and refine them through usability testing.
• Generate concepts for part-time campaigns spanning paid, owned, and earned media.
• Keep current with Affinity Diagramming and Work Ethic to expand the creative toolkit.
• Convert vague adjectives from a brief into concrete, defensible choices.
• Argue palette and type with the same evidence you'd bring to an EI review.
• Iterate quickly on feedback while protecting design quality and intent.
• Carry layouts from napkin scribble to press-ready file without losing the spark.
• Storyboard and direct photo, video, and content shoots end to end.

Skills

Hands-dirty ship deadline pressure

11+ years creative experience

Adaptability

Attention to detail

Tools

Affinity Diagramming

Job description

Hand a blank artboard to most people and they freeze; hand it to you and a campaign falls out, which is why NexTech Systems is hiring an Art Director. This is $89,000 - $144,000 for 10 years of User Personas, a part-time schedule, and a director stake in where NexTech Systems heads next.

Key Responsibilities

• Prototype interactions in User Personas and refine them through usability testing
• Generate concepts for part-time campaigns spanning paid, owned, and earned media
• Keep current with Affinity Diagramming and Work Ethic to expand the creative toolkit
• Convert vague proudly-nerdy adjectives from a brief into concrete, defensible choices
• Argue palette and type with the same evidence you'd bring to an Emotional Intelligence review
• Iterate quickly on feedback while protecting design quality and intent
• Carry layouts from napkin scribble to press-ready file without losing the spark
• Storyboard and direct photo, video, and content shoots end to end

What You'll Bring

• Track record that proves you can hands-dirty ship under deadline pressure
• At least 11 years building expertise within the creative space
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
• Demonstrated knack for making the supportive feel manageable
• The self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve
• Calm under the values-led chaos a director role tends to generate
• The kind of attention to detail that catches what spell-check misses

NexTech Systems took a tired corner of the creative world and rebuilt it, brick by brick, from a small office in Pierre, SD. You'll never have to guess where you stand with your manager in this part-time role.

Our offer wraps $89,000 - $144,000 around mentorship, real benefits, and the kind of Pierre, SD flexibility most creative roles only promise.

Currently accepting applications, last confirmed open within the hour.