Interactive Art Director

Apple | Austin, Texas, United States | December 19, 2024

Posted:	19 Dec 2024
Company:	Apple
Category:	Marketing
Country:	US - United States
State:	None - None
City:	Austin
Zip code:	None

Marcom is the creatively-led global team that oversees Apple’s consumer facing marketing. We ensure the flawless development and execution of world-class communications across all medias and platforms. Every day, hundreds of millions of Apple customers around the world interact with our products. We drive the strategy and creative work that provide both new and existing customers with simple, engaging and inspiring marketing experiences.Design and Delivery is part of an interactive hub within Apple Marcom that supports, maintains, and extends worldwide marketing and communications for its digital platforms – places like apple.com, Apple Store App, and retail experiences. We partner with internal and external teams across the company to create, scale, and deliver outstanding marketing that brings the magic of Apple products to every touchpoint of the customer experience.

Description

In the Interactive Art Director role, you would be responsible for leading projects across a variety of platforms.The role focuses on scaling concepts throughout interactive deliverables, working with producers and other teammates collaboratively, guiding designers by providing feedback on the work, preparing presentations, socializing the work internally, driving production design output and specs, and working with engineering toward implementation.  Responsibilities include:Updating and maintaining Apple.com pages, and iOS / HTML global platforms in Apple Retail Stores and Channel partner stores, to align to project goals, creative direction, templates, and / or establishing new frameworks.Troubleshooting new ideas or executions as needed, enhancing existing experiences and optimizing content for new product initiatives, working within process to define technical specifications.Leading designers in day-to-day design tasks, working with producers to meet deadlines, and partnering with writers, designers, and developers. Leading presentations of the work internally to explain progress and ideas. Agency oversight of design output, suggesting process and template improvements.Replicating existing processes for file handoff to engineering teams, documentation, and design specs.

Minimum Qualifications

7+ years of industry experience in interactive/digital marketing communications industry.
A portfolio that showcases visual design for web, mobile, and/or app design.

Key Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Highly proficient in the formal elements of design, including typography, layout, balance, hierarchy, proportion, rhythm, emphasis, and unity.
Ability to thrive in a challenging, fast-paced, creative workplace and to deliver quality design at a high volume in a tight timeframe. Diligent, flexible, resourceful, independent with a strong work ethic. Ability to help define process and solutions through the work.
Excellent communication and presentation skills across internal teams with the ability to speak to both creative and technical audiences, both in verbal and in written form.
Web production output and experience working with engineering through to release.
Experience working on projects that involved large teams and overlapping roles and responsibilities (design, engineering, UX, production, systems, and/or strategy).
Reliable judgment to see when work may be “off track” and initiative to collaborate with others to find solutions.
Ability to collaborate well with both internal and external partners and teammates. Thought leadership through creative debate and peer or management discussions.
Sketch and Photoshop expertise (Figma a plus) showing various digital layouts, typography use, viewports, and/or process and role played in project output.
Experience with front-end web and mobile development, including HTML, CSS, and/or iOS. Principle and After Effects a plus.

Education & Experience

Additional Requirements

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