Art Director
Scaled Agile, Inc. is the provider of SAFe®, the world’s leading framework for enterprise agility.
Through learning and certification, a global partner network, and a growing community of over 250,000 trained professionals, Scaled Agile helps enterprises build better systems at scale, increase employee engagement, and improve business outcomes.
Based in Boulder, Colorado, Scaled Agile is a member of the Pledge 1% corporate philanthropy movement, contributes to the local community, and seeks to inspire and encourage other companies to the same purpose. We are an equal opportunity employer offering competitive compensation, great benefits and perks, an on-site gym, and one of the finest teams anywhere.
Overview of the Position:
You’ll love this role if you are excited by creating a visually stunning portfolio of B2B assets for a growing technology organization. In this role, you will be working closely with marketing and other internal teams to evolve Scaled Agile’s visual aesthetic, implement a self-service repository of assets, manage agency relationships and put the processes in place to scale our branding.
A day in our open, collaborative workspace might look like:
- Ensuring a high standard of visual execution across all media and campaigns
- Working with creative staff to formulate concepts and reviewing the work of designers providing direction and feedback
- Developing, designing, and producing graphic art that satisfies a creative brief
- Ensuring consistency of brand and creative across print and digital.
- Presenting designs for approval
- Developing, maintaining branding strategies for the organization
- Participating in agency selection and initiation of brand refresh
- Innovating new concepts and campaigns
In this role, you will grow and expand your expertise by:
- Identifying new ways to incorporate emerging and new media formats into campaigns.
- Managing relationships with external marketing services and contacts.
- Keeping abreast of new design trends and techniques
You’ll know if you’re successful when:
- Your colleagues are wowed by your design prowess
- People thank you for developing brand and brand education assets
- You want your portfolio to lead with the work you have done at Scaled Agile
- You have created a set of guidelines and brand standards that can be implemented across our global operations
- Your work has been a key element for increasing sales and partnerships
What you’ll add – as an individual and part of the broader team:
- 6+ years as an art director in a B2B environment
- Knowledge of design and branding best practices
- Knowledge of typography, color, and production
- Exceptional skills in conceptual thinking and design
- Experience managing an agency relationship
- Skills in meeting committed deadlines
- Skills in effective communication, leadership and coaching others
- Skills in Adobe Design programs
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment
- Ability to think creatively within deadlines and pay acute attention to detail
Where you’ll be working:
This position is located in our corporate headquarters and learning center in Boulder, Colorado.
Why Scaled Agile?
We are a growing organization with a proven revenue model and a serious opportunity to be the global market leader in software and systems development knowledgeware.
This is a place for people who love technology environments, geek out on methodologies and are always thinking about how things can be improved. While we have free snacks and a nice office environment, Foosball and a kegerator are not what we’re about.
We are a group of seasoned professionals and systems thinkers who are passionate about our mission of helping the biggest organizations in the world improve the way they produce software and create real value. We're profitable, we're agile.
If you are looking for an opportunity to contribute to the direction and success of a vibrant business we'd love to hear from you. Please provide a resume and a few thoughts on why you think you’d be a great fit. We still read cover letters.