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The Role
This contract Art Director role in Berkeley, CA is built for someone who lives at the intersection of craft and concept. Bring 11 years to this CA Art Director job and Energy Systems Corp answers with $188,000 - $263,000 and a runway that keeps unrolling.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain organized source files, asset libraries, and version histories
- Cut a sixty-second story to fifteen without amputating the point
- Carry layouts from napkin scribble to press-ready file without losing the spark
- Grow a scrappy Logo Design toolkit into a documented system the next hire inherits
- Borrow structure from film editing to fix an Adaptability sequence that drags
- Spin one campaign idea into thirty platform-native cuts before lunch
- Map the emotional arc of a launch video, beat by beat, before a frame is shot
- Frame each design decision in terms the Berkeley, CA sales floor can repeat
What You'll Bring
- Fluency in Adobe Premiere Pro earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
- Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
- Familiarity with the Berkeley market and local creative landscape
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- 10 or more years steering creative projects end to end
- Proven Adobe InDesign results, ideally seasoned in Berkeley, CA
We are a forward-thinking creative company, and Energy Systems Corp calls Berkeley, CA home. Our Berkeley team treats every retro like a chance to quietly upgrade how we operate.
We are offering $188,000 - $263,000, a clear growth track, hands-on mentorship, and the kind of flexibility that keeps CA talent happy.
Newly refreshed, this director position in Berkeley welcomes applicants now.
The shortest path from interested to hired at Energy Systems Corp starts with the apply button.
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Skills
- Storyboarding
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Logo Design
- Adobe After Effects
- Design Sprints
- Design Thinking
- Cultural Awareness
- Adaptability
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Benefits
- Stock Options
- Professional Development
- Paid vacation days
- Stock options
- Health coaching
- Flexible scheduling
- Short-term disability insurance
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Oil Changes
- Free Meals
- Paid volunteer days