1. Describe Your Current Employer? What Industry? What Products? Size? International Or

ART DIRECTOR

1. Describe your current employer? What industry? What products? Size? International or domestic?

2. How highly regarded is your employer from a creative perspective? Have any of your employers been highly respected or award-winners?

3. Please specify which media you have worked in. Leave nothing out! (e.g. web design, print design, signage and packaging, multimedia, video, TV, product design).

4. Does your department work for internal or external customers? If internal, do you bill out your time? If external, how many clients do you currently have?

5. How many people do you manage? What are their positions and responsibilities? Have you administered HR functions such as recruiting, interviewing, hiring, terminations and performance evaluations?

6. What is the intended purpose of the art you create? (e.g. Does it develop brand or corporate identity? Convey a message? Sell products? Form the basis for computer animation?)

7. Given this goal, please give some examples of success. Explain the creative challenge, your approach, the final product and why you consider the project to be a success.

8. What experience do you have developing style guides? Please provide details (Who used the guides? What did they include?)

9. Have you been involved in making presentations (to clients, potential clients or potential business partners) and/or in building relationships with external partners or clients? Please describe the extent of your responsibilities.

10. Do you have experience managing external contractors/freelancers? If so, what is the largest number you have managed at one time? What types of work were they responsible for?

11. Tell me about your computer skills? What level of expertise do you have in Quark? Illustrator? Photoshop? Are you experienced on Mac and PC? Do you have 3D experience?

12. Please provide a detailed list of all the other software you have expertise in.

Resume Writing Academy © 2017 Art Director Questions ▪ Page 1 13. (For Print Art) How would you describe your knowledge of pre-press, color separation, production and press-checks? What is your involvement? Who do you liaise with on these issues?

14. (For Computer Art/Animation) How would you describe your knowledge of the production process? What is your involvement? Who do you liaise with to ensure production goals are met?

15. (For web art) How involved are you in site design? How would you describe your knowledge of complex website design and programming? Please rate your interface design skills? Do you have a working knowledge of HTML and Flash?

16. What processes did you put in place to manage projects and ensure deadlines are met? How many projects/products do you manage at one time? Do you have any examples of how your organizational skills made a positive impact?

17. Have you received any awards or recognition for projects you were involved in? Please list all honors, awards, nominations etc.

18. What degrees or certifications do you hold? Have you continued to take art/design classes? If so, please provide full details about class name, location and date, along with any distinguishing academic credentials you may have received.

19. Have you created and managed a budget? If so, how much? Were you able to bring projects in on or under budget?

20. Please describe your specialized art/design experience (e.g. logo design, print ads, web sites, typography?)