Senior Art Director

TL;DR

Senior Art Director: Conceptualizing and planning the execution of integrated campaigns and programs across a wide range of media and platforms, especially social, digital, video, and content with an accent on earned-first and social-by-design strategies. Focus on developing tactics that bring creative concepts to life and achieve program objectives, working collaboratively with various specialists.

Location: Must be based in New York, New York, USA

Salary: $72,000-$115,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is the world’s largest communications firm, fostering an environment where people feel empowered to take the kind of bold action that makes careers, reshapes industries, and creates the unexpected.

What you will do

• Work in partnership with a copywriter, strategist, and earned specialists to concept and plan execution of integrated campaigns and programs.
• Concept campaign ideas for client projects and new business pitches that are earned-first and social by design.
• Develop tactics that bring creative concepts to life and achieve program objectives.
• Design and present client creative presentations.
• Manage multiple jobs simultaneously, providing direction to other team members as needed.
• Work effectively with external vendors and internal colleagues to complete projects within timeframe, budget, and the creative vision.

Requirements

• At least 4 years experience managing day-to-day changes at every level of detail.
• A bachelor’s degree, preferably in Fine Arts, Advertising or Graphic Design.
• A killer online portfolio with proven recent examples of social, traditional, earned, digital, and experiential campaigns.
• Strong, persuasive presentation skills to sell in creative work to internal and external stakeholders.
• A professional-level mastery of industry-standard design software and tools including the full suite of Adobe Creative Cloud, Powerpoint and a working knowledge of Figma.
• Must present a digital portfolio with your application.

Nice to have

• Previous roles in advertising, art direction, and a portfolio of ideas demonstrating strong design, layout, and composition, with a keen eye for photography, typography, and color.
• Experience maintaining client contact as needed, building camaraderie to develop trusting relationships.
• The ability to collaborate with PMs and other departments to lead and move projects forward, assisting with budget and schedule development, and potentially managing junior creatives’ work.
• On-site production/art direction experience for events, activations as well as video, digital, and social platforms.
• Pride in your previous work and the ability to speak to it clearly and concisely during the interview process.

Culture & Benefits

• Offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing.
• Believes in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Offers a place to grow, make a meaningful impact, and help drive change alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.