Art Director

We are looking for an Art Director to lead development and execution of world-class E-commerce strategies and visual asset creation for our partners.

This role requires a highly-trained eye and expert understanding of creative content that converts, including everything from graphic design, product photography, videos, web design, packaging, optimizing online shopping experiences, to pitching ideas to brand executives. Our ideal candidate is able to create and direct world-class visual content backed by data and strategy.

If you’re already an art director or an experienced Senior Graphic Designer looking for the next amazing step in your career, we encourage you to apply! This is a full-time role and will work a hybrid schedule based in Lehi, Utah.

**An online portfolio is required to apply for this position. Please include a link to your portfolio on your resume.**

Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies headquartered in the US to the top of the list.    Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 66 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre. To learn more, visit pattern.com or email press@pattern.com.   Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies headquartered in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®. Why should I work at Pattern?   Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the ecommerce industry! We are a company full of talented people that evolves quickly and often. We set big goals, work tirelessly to achieve them, and we love our Pattern community. We also believe in having fun and balancing our lives, so we offer awesome benefits that include:   - Unlimited PTO - Paid Holidays - Onsite Fitness Center - Company Paid Life Insurance - Casual Dress Code - Competitive Pay - Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance - 401(k) match. Pattern matches 100% of the first 3% in eligible compensation deferred and 50% of the next 2% in eligible compensation deferred.    Pattern provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

What is a day in the life of an Art Director?

Use creative expertise to identify problems and develop data-driven solutions

Oversee and help design awesome visual content within client’s style guides

Direct a team of designers to execute visual concepts through final production

Present work to brands, bringing a strong design point of view with data-driven strategy

Efficiently own large scale production projects that involve hundreds of deliverables

Create presentation materials to confidently pitch your concept to clients

Art direct and be involved with photo shoots/video shoots/shot lists/production/styling etc.

Develop comprehensive and detailed creative briefs for all production projects

Lead and mentor junior team members to help them build their design skills

What will I need to thrive in this role?

What does high performance look like?

What is my potential for career growth?

This role will provide opportunities for professional growth and networking. We love to promote internally and have several opportunities for growth within our company.

What does success look like in the first 30, 60, 90 days?

What is the team like?

You will work with the other full-time Art Directors, Graphic Designers, Writers, Photo and Video Directors and members of our creative team. This team is data driven, results oriented and highly focused on autonomy and action. You will collaborate regularly with members of your team and partner executives to implement actionable solutions. Ideas and input are encouraged from all members.

We are looking for individuals who are:

Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.

Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.

Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.

Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.

What is the hiring process?

Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team

Video interview with a hiring manager

Onsite interview with a panel of team members

Professional reference checks

Executive review

Offer

How can I stand out as an applicant?

Discuss professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples

Provide insights on how you can add value and be the best addition to the team

Focus on mentioning how you would be partner obsessed at Pattern

Share experience on any side projects related to data and analytics