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FREELANCE - FULLTIME
Responsible for setting as well as presenting the creative strategies and art direction for branding, advertising, and marketing materials. Supervises the work of creative team. Evaluates and ensures the quality of creative content for client and business presentations. Reports to Chief Creative Officer.
 
Responsibilities

• Oversees teams across 3-5 accounts for global-to-large scale blue chip clients.


• Leads creative team in development of creative concepts and production of work. Clearly articulates vision and creative direction, is decisive, translates and provides critical feedback, reinforces client brand guidelines, and fosters a healthy team dynamic.


• Supports team lead(s) in planning and optimizing workflow.


• Partners with Account team lead in development of creative briefs, as well as crafting and delivering strategic presentations.


• Oversees projects from start to finish, staying on deadline & budget, and nimbly shifting gears across projects and quickly when client needs evolve.


• Provides hands-on support as needed during the art direction and/or design process.


• Seeks, pushes for, and is excited by new ideas that inspire the team, elevate the work, deliver the unexpected, and make the agency a trusted resource for best-in-class solutions.


• Maintains a business development mindset, recognizing opportunities to show the agency’s value beyond the assignment, and also being attuned to new business opportunities.


• Develops and implements best practices to run a disciplined, profitable business.


• Ability to work at onsite office HQ location is a must (NOTE: Free, gated parking is available).

• Foundation of hands-on, applicable experience in managing creative teams, developing / selling ideas, and creating and maintaining organizational and functional processes where needed.


• Must possess a wide array of distinct design styles and sensibilities.


• Intimate understanding of art direction, design (incl. CPG), copy, digital, & social best practices.


• Fluency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Adobe After Effects and Premier is a plus.


• Familiarity and comfort in using emerging creative tools and platforms (e.g. ChatGPT, Midjourney, Figma, Canva, Gemini, Claude, Miro) within workflow, while maintaining strong design quality and brand integrity.


• Curious about new technologies and how they can improve the creative process.


• Strong understanding of brand development and multichannel marketing.


• Respects and enjoys working on big iconic brands.


• Skilled in persuasive selling and client partnership, with the ability to make the client feel assured and drive communication that moves the work forward.

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