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Responsibilities:
- Conceptualizing highly creative ideas for the brand. Creativity and design best practices must be present from concept to execution
- Executing the design hands-on with an extremely keen eye for detail
- Understand the brand by working collaboratively with all staff and partners in order to ensure proper strategy and overall consistency are maintained.
- Autonomously work, multitask and prioritize tasks in a fast paced, constantly changing environment.
- Formulate concepts and takes the lead in executing solutions that answers the client challenge and reflect the strategy aligned in the creative brief
- Present work confidently and clearly to clients and senior leadership
- Own the visual brand story for our clients across all social, digital and PR channels, maintaining a consistent look, feel and vision
- Manage the quality and approve design for a range of creative work
- Manage a junior designer, ensuring concepts and directions are properly executed for ongoing deliverables. Work with and manage third party creatives on a case by case basis.
Qualifications:
- 4-6 years of experience in marketing, advertising or social media, with significant emphasis on social media
- Design experience required
- Experience managing and mentoring designers
- Strong animation, video and photo production experience
- Ability to think strategically, conceptualize creatively and see the concept through to polished design and build
- Social fluency and a solid understanding of how to drive conversation and engagement across social channels
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to prioritize and manage work, adhering to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment
A New York-based media and content company is looking for an Art Director that is an expert visual designer across various channels with a focus on digital, primarily social-first platforms. Someone who is a hands-on self-starter who is comfortable leading and inspiring a design team. A visual storyteller and creative problem solver who finds new and unexpected ways to drive customer engagement and generate buzz for our clients’ brands on social, on the web. A communicator and collaborator who can interpret client needs and translate them into visually assets and digital experiences.