Art Director 4 - Story Design

eTeam; Beaverton (OR); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 102,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

eTeam is seeking an Art Director 4 - Story Design in Beaverton, OR for a 4-month contract. The role focuses on leading brand storytelling within retail environments, developing immersive design concepts, and guiding a team of designers to deliver scalable retail experiences.

The candidate should have 8+ years in brand design, a strong portfolio, and experience in retail storytelling. Education is bachelor’s preferred, with hybrid onsite-friday remote work and collaboration with the Brand Story

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of brand design experience.
• Must have portfolio for team review.
• Retail story design/storytelling experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Support and develop consumer-led retail concepts and the evolution of the Client retail business.
• Develop impactful, scalable design solutions for immersive retail environments and experiences.
• Expand the possibilities of immersive environments to reflect Client’s design ethos and enhance the consumer retail experience.
• Drive design excellence and collaboration across multiple projects, delivering holistic creative aligned to long-term strategy.
• Demonstrate innovative use of emerging technology to build impactful spaces, consumer engagement and interaction.
• Able to work across Environmental Graphic Design, Fixtures, Materials and Digital with ease.
• Ideate concepts, illustrate ideas, lead projects to completion and deliver production-ready files as needed.

Skills

2D

Art Direction

Storyboarding

Graphic Design

Environmental

Furniture Design

Interactive

Print

Retail

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in graphic design/related field

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Keynote

After Effects

Premiere

Miro

Figma

SketchUp

Unreal Engine

Job description

Job Title: Art Director 4 - Story Design

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 04 months

Pay Range: $(68.34 – 74.81)/hr on W2 all-inclusive without benefits

Hybrid: Mon – Thurs onsite, Fri remote

Job Description:

• Reason for opening: Leave Coverage
• Expected contract length: Through end of Jan - Coverage for leave
• Team details & who they will work with: Brand Story Design team

Desired Candidate Profile:

• Minimum required years of experience: 8+ years of experience
• Education requirements: Bachelors preferred but not required
• Must have skills:
• Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Keynote.
• Retail industry experience preferred, retail environments, concepts, and programs.
• MUST HAVE PORTFOLIO FOR TEAM TO REVIEW

Nice to have skills:

• Software/technical requirements: Listed above
• Previous Client/industry experience preference: preferred but not required.
• Must have retail story design/story telling experience

Roles and Responsibilities:

• An innovator, who will support and develop consumer led retail concepts and the evolution of the Client retail business.
• A strategic, collaborative, and creative team leader, who will develop impactful / scalable design solutions for immersive retail environments and experiences.
• Always looking to expand the possibilities of immersive environments to create design solutions that reflect Client’s design ethos and improve the consumer retail experience.
• You drive design excellence and collaboration across multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring that the team deliver holistic creative against a long-term strategy.
• You have a track record of innovative use of emerging technology to build impactful spaces, consumer engagement and interaction.
• You can work across several design subject areas such as Environmental Graphic Design, Fixtures, Materials and Digital with ease.
• You can ideate creative concepts, illustrate your ideas and be hands on as you lead projects to completion. Leads project from connect to delivery.

Who Will They Work With:

• Under the direction of a Senior Director for Story Design, lead projects to realize innovative, original retail displays and digital solutions for retail environments.
• This role provides leadership development and design direction to junior level designers.
• They will collaborate with internal and external teams to complete multiple projects by using design processes and standard methodologies to ensure the creative intent, timelines and budgets are met.

What They Will Bring:

• If this is you, you will create, refine, and evolve non-seasonal retail storytelling across the full Client stores portfolio.
• This position requires a forward-thinking leader, a detail-oriented graphic and environments design-minded creative, that builds creative direction for design development and generates implementation standards for consistent execution throughout projects.
• You will manage a team to develop the right approach for each project, factoring in the needs of the Consumer, the Brand, and our business partners.
• You will communicate and present design concepts and create presentation materials that optimally communicate design intent, as well as produce project production files when required.

What they Bring:

• Minimum of 8 years of brand design experience demonstrating creative sophistication in concepts and design/visual communications; includes at least 3 years of management experience.
• Bachelors/master’s degree in graphic design, architecture, interior design, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Retail industry experience preferred, retail environments, concepts, and programs. International experience beneficial.
• Strong oral and written communications skills including meeting facilitation and presentations. Strong ability to effectively communicate complex and/or sensitive topics and concepts to senior creative team.
• Ability to sketch design ideas and visually communicate concept development through ideation.
• Passion for current trends in Technology, Design, Art, Interactive and Experience Design.
• Can-do attitude with proven ability to flex and adapt to changing business needs while maintaining creative quality.
• A sense of humor and a positive spirit.

Skills:

• 2D, Art Direction, Storyboarding, Graphic Design, Environmental, Furniture Design, Interactive, Print, Retail

Professional Skillsets

• Must have: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Keynote.
• Nice to have: After Effects, Premiere, Miro, Figma, SketchUp, Unreal Engine