Art Director, Performance Creative

Job Description

Must be based within commutable distance to our New York office.

We're looking for an enthusiastic, curious Art Director to join our Performance Creative team. As an Art Director, you will contribute to the development of creative for digital design, display, social, email, and websites.

You have experience with design, understanding of a creative brief and know how to bring their own ideas and creativity to the table.

You understand digital marketing and can design across multiple digital media. You are guided by what resonates with consumers and what makes them act, use these principles and apply this to creative design.

You understand iterative testing and optimization and how to amplify designs and templates to meet these needs.

We take pride in craft and thoughtfulness and we partner directly with our clients to build from scratch, and design for reality.

You will report into the Senior Art Director or Associate Creative Director, and collaborate with our internal partners in Client Services, Social Media, Display and Strategy to develop dynamic creative solutions that drive business performance for our partners.

From creative strategy, concept, presentation, approval, and execution, the Art Director will have a hand in shaping and delivering inspiring work while being diplomatic and solution-oriented with internal partners.

The ideal candidate will understand the balance between thoughtful and groundbreaking creative that connects strategically with an audience across all channels.

We're a team that's not scared of data, performance reports, or pushing back. Performance happens with great creative, and great creative starts with great ideas.

We're looking for a team player who loves to tell stories and have fun doing it.

The ideal candidate should feel comfortable doing all listed below :

• Generate strong, original and strategic concepts
• Collaborate with copywriters and other creative stakeholders to take work from ideation to delivery on time and on budget
• Present and sell in creative work to team members and internal stakeholders; occasionally to clients
• Take care of light animation and editing work
• Help other team members and pitch in on new business work
• Work with existing assets to reimagine, scale, and repurpose across channels
• Understand the nuances of digital media channels, including social channels, website / UX, YouTube, email, and SEO-centric video

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in art direction and / or graphic design on advertising, content marketing, or digital media teams
• Attention to quality craft, detail-oriented
• Category experience with a variety of clients
• Know how to build creative in social media (organic and paid), display, email, OLV long story short, experience in omni-channel campaigns
• Ability to incorporate feedback and take / give clear direction
• Consistency of quality ideas

Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is $51,000-$83,750 per year. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law .

A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and / or other benefits also are available. For more information about dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

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About dentsu

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in more than 110 markets, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients.

Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.

Dentsu, Innovating to Impact.

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