Senior Art Director

Title : Senior Art Director 

Reporting to: Associate Creative Director 

Location: Hybrid – Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Chicago 

Contract: Full Time 

Hours of work: 37.5/week 

We are looking for a Senior Art Director who thrives in a dynamic environment and loves the challenge of discovering engaging and innovative content that genuinely excites our target audience. You’ll be the hands-on visionary involved in creating impactful social, digital and brand activation campaigns, from concept to execution, working on a design-savvy team and across clients to help brands effectively tell their story through various channels. 

Role

We’ll depend on you for the development of our offering; championing and selling creative work, actively evolving design strategies that promote excellence, and translating marketing and branding strategies into fresh and impressive campaigns. All this while always acting as the guardian of quality and overall look and feel. 

If you are passionate about all the details and eager to get dirty with ever-evolving work across various projects, we’d like to meet you. 

Responsibilities 

• Create and concept social posts, ideas, and campaigns across different social platforms 

• Work from a brief with a copywriter or other members of the creative team, to generate ideas that can be presented to clients 
• Determine how to best represent concepts visually while maintaining a cohesive brand look, voice, and identity 
• Produce sketches, storyboards, wireframes, and layouts based on creative ideas to bring concepts to life in deck-builds and pitches 
• Understand marketing initiatives, strategic positioning and target audience, and develop artistic approach and style to match 
• Offer input to creative meetings and sharing ideas 
• Mentor and guide working creative teams, from junior to mid-level, to set them up for success 
• Stay on the pulse of industry and social trends, bringing new ideas to the table with the goal of expanding clients’ appetites. 
• Manage projects, on and off location, and working within a budget to meet expectations 

Requirements

• Minimum 5-6 years' experience in a similar agency or brand setting 
• Online portfolio of work  
• Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere or After Effects) 
• Skilled in Google Workspace and presentation design (Google Slides) 
• Solution-oriented and who can work well under quick turn deadlines 
• Excellent time management across multiple projects, organizational skills, and a responsive communicator in a remote setting 
• Partner successfully with other creatives and across cross-functional teams 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• A keen eye for design and visualization, and a meticulous attention to detail 
• Team player with flexibility to step in when needed on any project 

 Salary Range: $100K - $120k per annum 

Benefits

What you get 

• Great benefits offerings including Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA, Commuter Benefits, Life Insurance and 401K, just to name a few  
• Generous time-off package, including the last week of the year off  
• Wellness & Development stipends  
• Flexible working environment 
• Plus, much more! 

About 1000heads  

1000heads combines expertise in data & analytics, strategy, technology and creativity to help the world’s best businesses build Social Age brands. 1000heads provides a fully integrated, end-to-end Social Transformation™ proposition to blue-chip clients encompassing data & analytics, strategy and implementation. 1000heads has a global footprint, employing over 190 people across eleven offices in London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Bogota, Sydney, Melbourne, and Kuala Lumpur. 1000heads’ clients include Alphabet, Keurig, The North Face, Verizon, Bimbo, Amazon, Cisco, and Diageo.  

1000heads is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we are passionately committed to working together to promote an inclusive environment which celebrates and promotes diversity. We are committed to our belief that diversity in our team generates better and bolder ideas, creativity, understanding and respect. We welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.  

For more information on 1000heads, visit 1000heads.com.