Art Directors
Art Directors
Bright Outlook
Career outlook for
Art Directors
What's it like?
Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual productions and media, such as print, broadcasting, video, and film. Direct workers engaged in artwork or layout design.
Working conditions
Tasks
- Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound.
- Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
- Confer with creative, art, copywriting, or production department heads to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts and to coordinate creative activities.
Top Skills
- Active Listening.
- Speaking.
- Judgment and Decision Making.
- Time Management.
- Reading Comprehension.
- Critical Thinking.
- Complex Problem Solving.
- Coordination.
- Active Learning.
- Social Perceptiveness.
- Persuasion.
- Management of Personnel Resources.
- Writing.
- Monitoring.
- Learning Strategies.
- Negotiation.
- Instructing.
- Service Orientation.
- Operations Analysis and Systems Analysis.