Art Director

As an Art Director, you'll drive the design of our concepts forward while keeping your eyes on the overall goal of the business. You'll have a passion for design - stunning, elegant and forward-thinking. You'll use insight-driven briefs to develop creative concepts and approaches, developing original design concepts. You'll put your obsession with detail and pixel perfect execution to the test while working with copywriters to concept cutting-edge creative solutions. You should be ready to present work to executive-level stakeholders and represent Rocket at all stages of engagement. You'll sell your concepts to our Executive Creative Director and strategists and provide approved concepts to designers working on your project teams and new business.

About the Role

• Display highly conceptual and original thinking in both visual and interaction design
• Produce concepts that visually communicate the outlined objectives, strategy and brief
• Interpret strategy to determine direction for visuals and push for new, innovative ideas
• Participate in brainstorming sessions by contributing/generating ideas and concepts to meet business objectives, strategies and needs
• See work through concepting and effectively communicate and sell the idea to stakeholders and strategists
• Provide artistic direction of photo/video shoots when needed to include suggestions on talent, set, location, etc.
• Have a finger on the pulse of creative and digital advertising industry trends to create next-level work
• Clearly and concisely express and sell concepts, working with the strategy, campaign management teams and stakeholders

About You

• 7 years of experience in an advertising/design role in an agency or digital studio
• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications, art direction or a similar creative field
• Strong digital portfolio displaying clean, modern design work
• Experience designing for print, digital, social, and fully integrated campaigns and presentations
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
• UI/UX best practice knowledge
• Design and typography skills

What You'll Get

Our team members fuel our strategy, innovation and growth, so we ensure the health and well-being of not just you, but your family, too! We go above and beyond to give you the support you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live your best life. We are proud to offer eligible team members perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: We've got your back. Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks.

About Us

Rocket Mortgage was founded in 1985. Today, we're a Detroit-based, publicly traded company with a mission to Help Everyone Home. At Rocket Mortgage, we believe that home is more than the house you live in. Our wide variety of home loan options, tools and resources empower our clients to achieve their homeownership dreams. We're known as experts in the mortgage industry, but we're also innovators - we strive to create the best experiences for our clients from beginning to end. And we're not your typical employer. We're insistently different in how we look at the world and are committed to an inclusive workplace where every voice is heard. Apply today to join a team that offers career growth, amazing benefits and the chance to work with leading industry professionals.

This job description is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position and may be modified at the discretion of the Company at any time. Decisions related to employment are not based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. The Company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations in completing the application and/or participating in the application process should contact a member of the Human Resources team at Careers@myrocketcareer.com.