About the Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, cutting edge Art Director who will push our creative team to a new level. We are looking for a leader who has experience with ideation and the pitch process, along with creating presentations and assets for social and traditional advertising, with a strong passion for music, entertainment, and pop culture. As a member of the Creative team, you will work with the entire staff, including Accounts, Social, PR, and Business Development, as well as execute project-based creative strategies for clients. The ideal candidate must have a fast turnaround on projects and be able to excel under tight deadlines.
Responsibilities:
- Creative conception and ideation usually involving collaboration with other team members
- Participating in brainstorm meetings
- Participating in client meetings and actively capturing creative needs from client requests
- Tracking & Recording any verbal requests from clients for creative production as assigned
- Manage and contribute to the design of pitch decks, social media assets, and other forms of creative assets assigned
- Work cross-departmentally with creatives and the social team to oversee the creative production of assets
- Assist with the creative execution of various marketing campaigns
- Help mentor junior art directors
- Oversee creative shoots for various productions such as broadcast, social content capture, and other forms of digital content
- Partner with Accounts team member to ensure on time delivery of creative assets
- Organize and manage creative product in collaboration with Project Managers as assigned
- Track and report weekly hours work by assignment to ensure the management of the assigned hours for any given project are managed properly.
About You
The essentials:
- Must be a bright, articulate, self-starter who can take initiative and bring new ideas to the table
- Must be able to provide creative direction to a team of graphic designers, motion designers, and video editors
- Must have a strong art direction background in either graphic or motion design
- Professional, efficient, organized, detail-oriented, have excellent follow-through and thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Have the ability to work independently and collaboratively and to successfully manage concurrent and competing projects
- Strong ability to receive and assess constructive feedback and adjust designs appropriately
- Adhere to a high level of confidentiality
- 3-5 years of agency experience focused on brands and entertainment-based clients
- Dependable, self-motivated and flexible with the ability to work under tight deadlines in a collaborative workplace.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision or collaboratively in a group, while able to provide thoughtful solutions and contribute to the creative direction
- Strong organizational and time management skills; meticulous and detail-oriented
- Online portfolio including demo reel that displays examples of work
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and/or After Effects
- Must know Google Suite, especially Google Slides
- AI tools
What We Offer
Benefits
- Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer-paid HRA
- Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
- 401k with company contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
- Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
- A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
- Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledgehere!)
