Art Director Career Research and Resources
Mana Fine Arts
Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
pal designing solutions
Front pages for web sites and advertisements
Avg. Salary: $15,000 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
Nielsen (VNU)
Responsibilities encompass bi-weekly publication design and redesign, logo development, web navigation and design, plus informational graphics. Original solutions have included award-winning covers, photo-shoots, illustrations, 3-D model creations, paper collages, photo manipulations, and typographic illustrations. Managed production and art staff, outsourcing of photography, illustration, and production needs. Hands-on le...
Avg. Salary: $80,000 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
Weekly World News
Art Director Overseeing staff of 4 (1 designer and 3 editors) and supervision of work from out of house production department (Vertis) Responsible for creative direction on one of American Media's longest running supermarket tabloids and it’s website.. Responsible for overall visual design and creation of all photoshopped images and illustrations in this black and white weekly tabloid. The sensational and humorous slant o...
Avg. Salary: $50,000 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
DC Comics/DC Direct Toys
Senior Digital Artist Was instrumental in establishing in-house Digital Photography Tabletop Studio and Photo retouch department for DC Comics Toyline. Oversaw and photographed all materials (action figures and statues) for use in print catalog, packaging and web advertising. Small staff of two meeting the needs of 8 different Art Directors and editorial staff of DC Comics. Key figure in branding DC Directs visual look.
Avg. Salary: $50,000 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
Milestone Comics
Production Manager Supervised and oversaw a staff of 12 production artists in the creation of 12 monthly 4/C comic books for this Time Warner imprint which specialized in bringing multi-cultural and LGBT superheroes to the world of mainstream comic books. Integral to all visual elements of these books from initial sketches to 4/C camera-ready artwork.
Avg. Salary: $50,000 · Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5
Boomstick Games
creation of all artworks and design for gaming ventures
Avg. Salary: $0 · Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5
Mediaweek/Adweek
Managing a small staff to design and layout pages for publication.
Avg. Salary: $48,000 · Company Rank: 5.0 out of 5
NewBay Media
Design and creative oversight of up to 12 monthly b2b trade magazines and custom publications.
Avg. Salary: $74,000 · Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5
Star Ledger
Pagination of special section pages.
Avg. Salary: $74,000 · Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5
