Senior Art Director

Alexander Interactive, a vibrant, creative web shop located in the Flatiron District is looking for an exceptional Senior Interactive Art Director to join our team.

To you, great design is about much more than simply looking good. It has to be smart, built around how your audience would think and behave. It communicates clearly, engages your user and surrounds them with an enjoyable experience. It solves problems for your clients and creates opportunities they haven’t thought of yet. It also partners with and inspires technology to do more than we could ever imagine.

At Ai, we offer a place in our tight team of talented individuals and a fast–paced, high–energy but fun and low–stress environment. As a Senior Interactive Art Director, you will be working with the creative director, information architect, account/project and tech leads to create and implement inspired, functional and cutting–edge designs.

Core Responsibilities:

• Fully understand and bring value to project objectives and requirements
• Apply best practices in design and usability during creative development and production
• Produce multiple, original concepts for websites, web–based applications or online marketing campaigns
• Collaborate with the project team to think through every angle and detail of the design and user experience
• Interact directly with clients
• Mentor junior designers

Skills / Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3–5 years professional experience, working in an agency setting and within a team
• Strong conceptual skills
• Expert in the full Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong typographical, and motion graphic and interaction design skills
• Good understanding of site structure, naming conventions and be able to work from wire–frames
• Customer–focused with excellent verbal and written communication skillsM
• An in–depth understanding of HTML/ dHTML and the capabilities of Web browsers

Additional skills a plus:

• Ecommerce site design
• UI design
• Mad foosball skills
• Fluent in French bulldog