Art Director: Direct Mail & Creative Lead

Updated; Chanhassen (MN); On-site; USD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Vacation time

Sick leave

Job summary

IWCO is seeking an Art Director to provide creative guidance, manage project workflows, and mentor a creative team across direct mail and multi‑channel marketing. The role supports the Creative Director in workload planning and resource allocation while also hands‑on designing and ensuring brand compliance.

As part of the team, you will oversee file creation, collaborate with copywriters, and drive timelines. Strong leadership, Adobe suite skills, and direct mail experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in graphic design or art; portfolio training preferred.
• 3–5 years in a printing or agency environment.
• 7–10 years’ experience in layout and design of impactful advertising and direct response communications.

Responsibilities

• Provide day‑to‑day creative guidance, feedback, and mentoring for other creative team members on their projects to ensure quality and consistency.
• Coordinate creative project workflow, resource allocation, and freelance team members.
• Serve as a primary administrator of Monday.com, managing project workflow and creative team oversight.
• Consult with the Creative Director and Account Director on estimating.
• Participate in onboarding of new creative employees.
• Create original layouts and modify existing layouts and copy using Adobe Creative Suite and related tools.

Skills

Mentoring

Project management

Adobe Creative Suite

Monday.com

Direct mail

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in graphic design or art

Portfolio school training

Direct mail/digital printing knowledge a plus

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Acrobat

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

FTP

Monday.com

Job description

IWCO is seeking an Art Director to provide creative guidance, manage project workflows, and mentor a creative team across direct mail and multi‑channel marketing. The role supports the Creative Director in workload planning and resource allocation while also hands‑on designing and ensuring brand compliance.

As part of the team, you will oversee file creation, collaborate with copywriters, and drive timelines. Strong leadership, Adobe suite skills, and direct mail experience are essential.