Senior art director

We’re looking for a talented Senior Art Director to 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 there's 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: $80,000 - $110,000

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 employee’s/applicant’s 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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