Papyrus is currently seeking a highly creative individual who loves to ideate, design and develop high-end consumer products. Papyrus is known for the most compelling and unique greeting cards, stationery, gift bags and giftwrap in the social expression industry. You’ll collaborate with the creative team as well as other team members within the company to help create innovative, trend-forward brand experiences. You must be a hands-on designer with strong ability to work both individually and collaboratively and to help direct design projects with the team. If you’re a keen observer of trends and culture, you thrive in a fast paced, fun environment and you love paper products, this is an amazing opportunity!
The responsibilities of the Associate Art Director are:
• Assisting manager, while utilizing own artistic ability, training, and creativity, to help create original and high-quality art products for the Company in various assigned product categories.
• Apply creative processes to create unique cutting-edge products and product designs.
• Prepare layouts, sketches, mock-ups and other materials as required to illustrate/develop new product concepts.
• Help manage the development of assigned products through internal and external resources, ensuring they release on time, meet all production requirements and established margin guidelines, as required by manager.
• Assign creative projects to freelance resources and insure that execution of designs meets company standards.
• Communicate clear and accurate written print instructions to Graphic Design and Purchasing Departments to ensure correct printing of the product.
• Manage workload and schedule of artists and photographers.
• Manage the editorial, graphics and production needs of assigned products in conjunction with writer, graphic designers and sourcing team.
• Scout new artist, lettering, and photography resources that are appropriate to the brand.
• Understand standard Papyrus licensing agreement. Monitor parameters as established in agreement. Negotiate licensing terms with artists and licensing agents that fall within pricing structure of company.
• Adhere to cost/retail sales guidelines to ensure both high quality and high volume product sales, and participate in the review/analysis of booking reports, retail sales, carryover and Papyrus Sales feedback.
Administrative Responsibilities:
• Perform specific product searches and line lists as required for Art Directors.
• Organizing and filing creative materials (physical and digital): artist resource lists, sample swatches, purchase art library, etc.
• Help team members fill out route forms, new artist forms, CS Work requests, New Product forms as regulated by manager.
• Follow up with artists/reps for manager as requested.
• Help comp up images or create boards before Creative Meetings or Sales Meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.