The Art Director will execute campaign concepts and develop visual assets for clients. Responsibilities include leading creative ideation, managing projects and teams, establishing brand identity, and overseeing asset creation across various media formats.
SHADOW is seeking an Art Director with 7-10 years of design and art direction experience, preferably working with consumer brands. This is a cross-divisional agency role, responsible for executing campaign concepts and developing visual assets and design elements for SHADOW’s full roster of clients. The ideal candidate has a proven ability to manage a robust workload in a dynamic setting.
What You Bring:
- Portfolio: You have an impressive portfolio of creative work that demonstrates an ability to deliver across various forms of design
- Technical Know-How: You are fluent in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and comfortable with video editing and animation platforms, including Premiere Pro and After Effects.
- Innovative: You are always up to speed on design, video, style and culture trends, and have the necessary context to think unconventionally and deliver cutting edge work.
- Organized: You can manage projects independently or incorporate a team, always delivering on deadline. You’re buttoned-up and can jungle multiple projects and project types at once.
What You Do:
- Creative Ideation: Develop and design concepts for client projects in collaboration with the creative, strategy and social divisions, including social media content, photo/video, events/experiences, digital/web and more. This includes directing the compilation and layout of concepts, moodboards, storyboards, and design mocks for presentation to clients.
- Campaign work: Execute campaign ideas and visual elements across a number of mediums, including print and graphic design, video, motion, and digital/web. and driving production process for photo shoots and video shoots. Commission freelance creative talent to support the execution of projects as needed
- Brand Identity: Thoughtfully and creatively help brands establish their design guidelines and identity
- Asset Creation: You direct the compilation, design and layout of company decks, presentations, client strategies and other miscellaneous materials,
- Relationships: Build and maintain agency rolodex of creative talent including photographers, designers, directors, illustrators, animators, etc. Oversee and manage the assistant art director.
Annual Compensation:
$100K - $130K (commensurate with experience)
What We Provide:
- Medical + dental + vision insurance
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Dedicated mental health days
- Unlimited sick time
- Give Back. We want SHADOWs to extend their hearts and give back to their various communities and interests, on the clock! We offer 40 hours of paid VTO annually (voluntary time off)
- 401(k) retirement plan with matching
- Pre-tax commuter and healthcare benefits
- 12 weeks paid leave for new parents
- Individualized career mapping
- Summer Fridays (early close Fridays Memorial Day - Labor Day)
- Hybrid work schedule (1-3 days in office per week, depending on role)
While SHADOW intends to maintain these employee benefits, the Company reserves the right to modify, amend or terminate these benefits at any time and for any reason.
Additional Information
SHADOW promotes a diverse and high performing company culture. SHADOW is dedicated to providing equal opportunities to all qualified persons, and to recruit, hire, train, promote, and compensate persons in all jobs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Top Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
After Effects
Illustrator
Indesign
Photoshop
Premiere Pro
SHADOW New York, New York, USA Office
414 W 14th St, Floor 3, New York, New York, United States, 10014
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