Art Director

This new role is for a highly strategic and experienced creative owner that can execute, direct and inspire high-quality work with a developing Marketing and Communications team.

You will be hands on creating dynamic, on brand and visually appealing digital and print campaign materials while leading a small growing team that will reach deeper and grow creatively and professionally. The ideal candidate must have the ability to strategize, conceptualize, design, and direct solutions for a wide range of projects and campaigns, and requires an individual that is interested in understanding and developing communications around the complex challenges of applications, systems, and designs of a cohesive user experience across a full spectrum of channels.

A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL:

• Develop collaborative structure; meet to review creative assignments, set timelines, and collaborate/ideate.
• Mentor and manage team members, make assignment fun and goal oriented.
• Help present ideas and build skills within the team.
• Understand trends that ensure team members are actively assessing and adding skills—create a running list to ensure there is a lead that teaches others and reports back.
• Understand the depth of the recruitment funnel and audiences of prospects, current students, and alumni.
• Take advantage of tools like Google Docs, SalesForce, HubSpot, TDX, BaseCamp, etc.
• Develop creative briefs and strategies
• Work with internal teams as a creative representative to ensure cohesive UX.
• Assess team members, make recommendations for reviews and skill growth areas, hiring needs, vendor supplements and team strengthening.

The full position description is available for your review online - Art Director

The newly appointed President of Baker College invites dynamic, thoughtful, and innovative faculty to join the Baker College team. The new President’s vision is ambitious, forward-thinking, and dedicated to a Student-First philosophy.

Established in 1911, Baker College is an independent non-profit college in the state of Michigan with the most focused approach to education and training available. Baker College believes in cultivating a culture of valuing employees and maintaining a progressive brand as an employer. They are committed to build organizational capacity through a diverse, talented, high performing and engaged workforce.

They have the honor, opportunity, and responsibility of changing lives through education and are in the business of helping people achieve their dreams. They accomplish this by taking care and pride in everything that they say and do and by having commitment to processes, procedures and personal interactions that measure up to the highest standards.

Baker College serves students through campuses located throughout Michigan and online, including the newest flagship campus in Royal Oak. Baker College is fully accredited and offers many programs in the fastest growing fields, such as business, health science, nursing, and IT with convenient scheduling and 24/7 accessibility online.

Please visit Baker College Careers Page for more information.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

Our College strives to be exemplars in the practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion by working in communion with multiple levels of professional representation throughout our college system. We are committed to our initiatives to fully understand how we can advance our levels of diversity, equity, and inclusion and create a culture that values student, staff and faculty engagement in addressing issues of diversity and inclusiveness.

Baker College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek a workforce with a wide range of perspectives and experiences, we provide opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information.

Please visit our DEI Page to learn more about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Baker College.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, Illustration, or

related field required; Master’s degree preferred.

• Minimum 5-year experience creating digital assets for web, display, mobile, print, and video.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat and InDesign.
• Video and Audio Capabilities preferred.
• Experience with higher education enrollment marketing preferred.