Senior Art Director 18-month Contract
Senior Art Director 18-month Contract
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Job Description
Summary:
We are currently seeking a Senior Art Director with 8 years of experience to join our Creative team in Vancouver Toronto or Calgary.
What we are looking for:
Managing a team of Brand Designers we are seeking an Art Director to lead the visual of Clios brand and strategic initiatives including the Clio Cloud Conference and Legal Trends Report. These responsibilities include creating and communicating visual concepts across multiple mediums implementing marketing strategies and developing great design solutions that resonate with our target audience and generate results. The Art Director will manage the look and feel of campaigns partnering with marketing managers growth marketers and content teams. They will take the lead on multiple projects and deliver the final product with the highest creative standards. They will also serve as a mentor and manage lessexperienced team members.
Your visual design sensibilities should be topnotch and you have the ability to translate a brand into distinctive looks that tell the story of Clio that resonates with our audiences.
From inception through launch you will be a creative leader responsible for delivering ambitious concepts and using data to iterate and improve translating needs and constraints into simple intuitive customerfocused solutions. You will define and be equally strong at concept and comfortable with leading ideation sessions presenting and articulating endtoend experiences and leading a team to turn that vision into highquality advertising campaigns.
As part of this team you will work under the guidance of a Creative Director and collaborate closely with other creatives.
What youll be doing:
Manage a team of Brand Designers through the visual of the Clio brand and key initiatives including the Clio Cloud Conference and the Legal Trends Report.
Use and leverage metrics to drive design and measure success.
Lead other members of the creative team to develop excellent creative campaign ideas.
Actively participate in team meetings to discuss assignment parameters and execute strong campaigns.
Generate a range of ideas and designs across the organization and accomplish this through personal efforts and by effectively managing broad project parameters less experienced team members and outside freelancers.
Lead and participate in strategic brainstorming concept development creative brief development and creative .
Regularly present creative campaigns internally.
Lead and participate in the production process to ensure the integrity of the final product (print video or digital production).
Build and lead relationships with the team partner agencies photographers freelancers and other vendors.
Contribute to the innovative development of the creative department.
Create compelling presentations and provide rationales for creative work to a broad and varied group of colleagues including leadership.
Build relationships with colleagues in marketing media and product design and help rally teams around a creative vision.
Bring a fresh perspective to creative challenges and inspire other creative team members through your example.
Identify opportunities for experimentation and advancement of our teams approach to creative challenges in the broader industry.
What you have:
8 years of experience with a strong and diverse portfolio of advertising campaigns with 2 years of management experience.
Background in an agency environment or inhouse marketing department preferred.
Experience leading visual identity creation and refreshes.
Ability to excel in a dynamic environment and balance multiple priorities.
Expert in coming up with outstanding 360degree advertising campaign ideas seeing them through from the concepting stage all the way through to postproduction (TV radio digital print OOH social experiential etc.
Expert with Figma InDesign Keynote Photoshop and Illustrator.
Experience in executing photoshoots TV productions and other large projects alongside vendors.
Excellent communication skills in order to present concepts and rationale for art direction decisions.
Strong analytical skills to evaluate creative approaches and develop unexpected original and innovative ideas.
Proven examples of complex digital campaign work from the smallest tactic to the most complex
Has lead projects and managed stakeholder expectations
Has experience presenting ideas and bringing your point of view into a discussion
Great communication skills
If this is you send us your portfolio and resume.
What you will find here:
Compensation is one of the main components of Clios Total Rewards Program. We have developed a series of programs and processes to ensure we are creating fair and competitive pay practices that form the foundation of our human and highperforming culture.
Some highlights of our Total Rewards program include:
Competitive equitable salary with toptier health benefits dental and vision insurance
Hybrid work environment with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver Calgary Toronto and Dublin) to be in office minimum 2 days per week on our Anchor Days.
Flexible time off policy with an encouraged 20 days off per year.
$2000 annual counseling benefit
RRSP matching and RESP contribution
Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3 5 7 and 10 years
*We aim to hire all candidates between the minimum and the midpoint of the full salary range. We reserve the midpoint to the maximum of the salary band for internal employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Clio. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on individual experience and skillset of the candidate. Please note there are a separate set of salary bands for other regions based on local currency.
Diversity Inclusion Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility
Our team shows up as their authentic selves and are united by our mission. We are dedicated todiversity equity and inclusion. We pride ourselves in building and fostering an environment where our teams feel included valued and enabled to do the best work of their careers wherever they choose to log in from. We believe that different perspectives skills backgrounds and experiences result in higherperforming teams and better innovation. We are committed to equal employment and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Clio provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Learn more about our culture atclio/careers
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
