Art Director

We are now looking for a for an art director, enthusiastic about being part of taking the SKF brand to the next level. As such, you are SKF’s visual strategist, responsible for our visual brand expression and creating a strong and credible brand image towards customers, partners, suppliers, and employees.


Art Director

What you can expect in this role:
In this role, you are responsible for our visual and graphic approach. Together with the members of the creative team, you will drive the development of the brand expression to stay relevant in the ever evolving and complex industrial world. The team works both on a conceptual level and with production, where you will contribute with your senior skills. You will be involved in every part of the visual design process - from developing new concepts, to creating PowerPoint templates, directing photo shoots, and commissioning work from agencies. You will also be expected to produce and deliver visual material for different projects across the entire organisations.

Furthermore, you will:
• Iteratively, in collaboration with customers, clients, and colleagues, develop our corporate identity.
• Develop sales support content, create designs, long living content, and shorter-term campaigns for the rest of the SKF organisation.
• Ensure our communication embodies SKF’s tone of voice by supervising work of external partners, designers, illustrators, and photographers, as well as supporting colleagues in aligning with the visual brand expression.
• Ensure that knowledge about the visual aspects of the SKF brand, and how to use it on local, regional, and global level is spread throughout the organisation, by for example training and mentoring others.


What we are looking for:
For this job, you need to have ample working experience from a high-end Swedish or international creative agency, with a portfolio showing a range of successful B2B projects in which you have held the senior art director position. As SKF’s art director, you will also keep an eye out for new technologies and platforms that can help develop our communication.

In addition, we need you to have:
• Solid skills in Adobe Creative Suite, film making, and web design.
• Experience with motion graphics.
• Understanding for UX principles.
• Fluency in English and Swedish.
• A genuine interest for technology with previous working experience with engineering and industrial companies will be considered a plus.


Additional information:
This position is located in Gothenburg, Sweden, and reports to the Manager of the Creative Team & Global Events.

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Danijel Sjögren, Recruitment Expert, at danijel.sjogren@skf.com.


Are you interested?
…and meet the above requirements? Please submit your application with CV, portfolio, and cover letter in English no later than May 31st, 2022.