CAPABILITY CARD · Design & Media

The Art Directors capability card.

One link that proves what you do — the work, the tools, the market, and the path to better contracts.

There are 53,070 art directors in the U.S. The ones who win the work a buyer actually budgets for don't hand over a flat PDF — they send a living capability card. Built and maintained by our New Jersey team.

53,070
working nationally
$114,850
Median / year
8
Core duties mapped
6
Expertise areas
What your card proves

The work a buyer needs to see at a glance.

A client or contracting officer scanning ten art directors wants fast proof you actually do the work. These are the core duties O*NET ties to your field — your capability card turns them into scannable proof points instead of a wall of text.

Duty 01
Work with creative directors to develop design solutions.
Duty 02
Present final layouts to clients for approval.
Duty 03
Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
Duty 04
Confer with creative, art, copywriting, or production department heads to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts and to coordinate creative activities.
Duty 05
Confer with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.
Duty 06
Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound.
Tools that signal you're current

The systems you actually run — on the record.

Listing the software and platforms you work with is a quiet credibility signal buyers notice. These are the hot and in-demand technologies O*NET associates with art directors (★ = flagged hot technology). Your card shows the ones that fit your shop.

Adobe Acrobat ★Adobe After Effects ★Adobe Creative Cloud software ★Adobe Illustrator ★Adobe InDesign ★Adobe Photoshop ★AJAX ★Apple macOS ★Atlassian Confluence ★Atlassian JIRA ★Cascading style sheets CSS ★Facebook ★
Where you stand

A real market — compete on proof, not price.

Nationally, 53,070 art directors earn a median of $114,850 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2024). In a market that size, the businesses that win the better work don't lead with the lowest number — they lead with a credible, current capability card. That's exactly what we build.

$114,850
Median pay / year
$55
Median / hour
53,070
Working nationally
Your expertise, named

The knowledge that makes the work credible.

These are the expertise areas O*NET ranks highest for art directors. On a capability card they read as depth — not buzzwords.

  • Design
  • English Language
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Fine Arts
  • Communications and Media
  • Sales and Marketing
The government-contracting edge

Where the steady budgets actually are.

Most art directors win public work as subcontractors to construction and facilities primes, and through small-business set-aside programs. Primes vet subs fast — a living capability card with your licenses, bonding posture, and recent work is how you get the call instead of getting screened out. We build it to be that fast yes.

Make yours

One link that does the proving for you.

The P4 Procurement Card is a live capability statement for credentialed small businesses — your work, tools, certs, and offerings on one always-current URL, with a downloadable PDF. $299 setup + $39/month. Premium (NFC + Wallet) and per-prospect Pitch cards too.

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