Online Volunteer Opportunity at VegGo as an Art Director

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Applicant criteria

Nationality
No specific nationality required
Age
  • No specific age required
Gender
  • Both

Opportunity criteria

Location
Remotely
Needed documents
CV

Opportunity description

VegGo is offering a volunteer opportunity looking for a knowledgeable art director who will be able to lead a team of artistic people and coordinate resources in an effort to create a unique ad campaign with the target audience in mind

To succeed as an art director, you should be a creative and communicative multitasker with exceptional project and time management skills. You should be punctual, perceptive, and detail-oriented with a great mind for developing and realizing the vision of the campaign.

Duties & responsibilities

  • Determine how best to represent a concept visually
  • Determine which photographs, art, or other design elements to use
  • Develop the overall look or style of a publication, an advertising campaign, or a theater, television, or film set
  • Manage graphic designers, set and exhibit designers, or other design staff
  • Review and approve designs, artwork, photography, and graphics developed by other staff members
  • Coordinate activities with other artistic and creative departments

Eligibility criteria

Requirements

  • Proficiency with computers, especially MS Office and graphic design software.
  • High level of accountability and motivation.
  • Strong Interpersonal, time and project management, presentation, leadership, and communication skills.
  • Creativity and ability to delegate responsibilities.
  • Receptiveness to feedback and adaptability.

Personality and Interests:

Art directors typically have an interest in the Creating and Persuading interest areas, according to the Holland Code framework. The Creating interest area indicates a focus on being original and imaginative, and working with artistic media. The Persuading interest area indicates a focus on influencing, motivating, and selling to other people.

If you are not sure whether you have a Creating or Persuading interest which might fit with a career as an art director, you can take a career test to measure your interests.

Art directors should also possess the following specific qualities:

  1. Communication skills. Art directors must be able to listen to and speak with staff and clients to ensure that they understand employees’ ideas and clients’ desires for advertisements, publications, or movie sets.
  2. Creativity. Art directors must be able to come up with interesting and innovative ideas to develop advertising campaigns, set designs, or layout options.
  3. Leadership skills. Art directors must be able to organize, direct, and motivate other artists. They need to articulate their visions to artists and oversee production.
  4. Time-management skills. Balancing competing priorities and multiple projects while meeting strict deadlines is critical for art directors.

Job Prospects:

Strong competition for jobs is expected as many talented designers and artists seek to move into art director positions. Prospective art directors with a strong understanding of how to create intuitive, user-friendly designs will have better prospects working with interactive digital platforms. Workers with a good portfolio, one that demonstrates strong visual design and conceptual work across all multimedia platforms, will have the best prospects.

About VegGo:

VegGo is the first project of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa, that deals with the idea of ​​veganism through three perspectives; (human health perspective, animal rights perspective and environmental protection perspective). It hopes to contribute in spreading awareness of veganism and creating useful content based on scientific approaches, in a way that is suitable for the people of the Middle East and North Africa region.

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