Senior Art Director

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 80000 - 110000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Senior Art Director

Were looking for a talented Senior Art Directorto join our team in our Chicago office.

This Senior Art Director will spend most of their time working toward a variety of creative objectives supporting multiple brands across a single large-scale account.

Whether driving a big project (a multi-channel campaign) or handling a small task (a social post) we need a nimble art director who consistently delivers exciting cutting-edge brand-focused visuals for various digital and print projects. If theres a medium that gets people engaged in our brands stories we play in that space. We look for well-rounded immersive creators who are able to adapt to any platform or media to tell a great story. The candidate must be comfortable directly engaging with clients and bringing their creative ideas to life.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Concept ideas anchored in the trends stories and consumer passions that are being shared in media and across social feeds
Help drive overall creative direction for key client projects

Work with copywriters producers and other team members to flesh out the creative development of ideas and tactical executions
Create production-ready designs and layouts establish the look/tone/feel for campaigns and executions and convey ideas through well-designed presentations
In all social media-specific concepts understand various execution formats and incorporate creative/design/layout best practices for various social media networks including TikTok Instagram Facebook X Snapchat LinkedIn and YouTube
Translate video story ideas into visual sequences through storyboards mood boards etc.
Ensure all visual design adheres to existing brand guidelines
Work across a fully integrated team with client experience project management strategy analytics integrated media etc.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

5 years of art direction and/or design experience in a related agency department or industry (advertising digital social media publishing/content or public relations).
Must have a portfolio (share anything that conveys the way you think or approach assignments even if it was never produced; we like rough sketches).
Be curious self-motivated hard-working well-organized thick skinned and resilient to ever-changing timelines requests and deliverables.
Ongoing drive to learn and incorporate new and emerging techniques trends and philosophies in design technology interaction and social media.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Ability to work quickly efficiently and accurately within all required aspects of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop InDesign Illustrator) as well as presentation software (PowerPoint); any After Effects animation skills will be utilized.
Bonus skills: illustration photography retouching filmmaking videography editorial animation HTML.
Experience managing junior creatives and working closely with copywriters and designers.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

Medical
Dental
Vision
401k (with employer match)
Tuition Reimbursement
Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health mind body and soul
MyDays Flexible holiday schedules
Short-Term Disability
Paid Employee Family Leave
Family Building Benefit

Salary range: $80000 - $110000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on among other factors actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employees/applicants background pertinent experience and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race color religion gender age ethnic or national origin protected veteran status physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity marital status or citizenship status.

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Senior Art DirectorWere looking for a talented Senior Art Directorto join our team in our Chicago office.This Senior Art Director will spend most of their time working toward a variety of creative objectives supporting multiple brands across a single large-scale account.Whether driving a big project...