Part-Time Art Director — Lead Campaigns & Ownership

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

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.