Dick Clark Productions: Art Director

The Team

We are an enthusiastic team of creatives who create ambitious social media marketing assets around DCP's tentpoles including the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music Awards, the Golden Globes, the Academy of Country Music Awards, The Streamy Awards, So You Think You Can Dance and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest.

We execute a wide range of innovative, and compelling content for distribution across all owned, talent, partner, and sponsor social and digital platforms.

We also provide creative services cross functionally handling requests from integrated marketing, development, PR and corporate for a range of sizzle reels, sponsor recap reels, graphic assets, and archival string-outs and mashups.

The Role

We are looking for a Los Angeles-based Art Director to oversee the daily operations of our Creative Services team in all visual facets of conception and development, production, and execution (including extensive hands-on design work).

In this fast-paced environment you will assimilate a high volume of information from multiple sources on various projects against high stakes deadlines.

The Art Director will be hands-on creating design elements and toolkits while also communicating both creative and operational goals, tracking against key milestones, and determining workflows and best practices.

You will work closely with the Content Strategy and Partnerships teams, to ensure the content is on brand and executed at the highest levels.

The right candidate is an organized, decisive leader with excellent collaboration skills, and the ability to stay calm under pressure.

You can jump into almost any creative situation with solutions and roll up your sleeves to help get the job done. This is a proactive role which requires nimble dexterity and endless energy in pursuit of creative excellence.

You understand narrative conventions and visual storytelling for social media and can effectively communicate a creative vision to designers and editors.

Duties

• Hands on design work though all phases of a campaign - from mood boards, mocks to final execution
• Hands on collaboration with designers and editors
• Develop comprehensive creative strategies that deliver on all brand marketing goals
• Lead a passionate team of Creatives, and drive innovation and creative excellence
• Communicate creative and operational goals and objectives clearly and concisely to the team
• Hold the team accountable to the content strategy goals
• Communicate creative ideas to key collaborators and external partners?
• Supervise projects, and manage deadlines, staffing and budgets
• Represent the Creative Services team at meetings, providing meaningful updates
• Create efficient workflows and processes
• Efficiently identify and solve problems creatively
• Mentor junior staff

Experience and Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in design
• Passionate about social media, with a demonstrated understanding of the various platforms
• Experience leading, managing, and mentoring a creative team
• A demonstrated ability to create visually stunning campaigns that resonate with an audience
• Exhibit a proven ability to manage creative projects from conception through execution
• Fluent in delivery specs and codecs across print and social media platforms
• Experience with video post-production workflows
• Possess exemplary collaboration and communication skills to work cross-functionally at all levels
• Exercises good judgment and the ability to make sound decisions, under tight deadlines
• Highly organized and adept at balancing multiple projects simultaneously
• Able to communicate through ambiguity and changes in creative direction
• Comfortable working non-standard hours (including weekends) when necessary
• Commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment
• Must be a fan of music, fashion and pop culture

Typical wage range : $135k - $150k. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role.

The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. The total compensation package for this position will also include other elements, a full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits including 401(k) eligibility and paid time off benefits.

PMC is committed to the health and wellness of our employees. As part of our company-wide rollout of PMC's paid healthcare plan, the company pays 100% of the monthly health, dental and vision plan premiums for the employee and their family.

Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If you have more or less experience than specified on this job posting, please apply and list your salary expectations.

If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department / team performance, and market factors).

As PMC values in-person collaboration and team cohesion, employees work onsite 4 days a week and 1 day remotely with a focus on maintaining a vibrant and inclusive culture.

It's all About You ...

At PMC, your wellness is top of mind. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to nurture you and your loved ones, including pets! Our package includes Healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) HSA with an employer contribution, FSA (Healthcare, Dependent Care & Commuter), EAP, Life Insurance, 401K with an employer match,Paid Parental Leave, Long-term Disability, generous Paid Time off (PTO), Pet Insurance, and Home & Auto insurance.

Our Wellness initiatives rotate yoga, meditation, wellness weeks on a variety of topics, and financial wellness. We continuously elevate our offerings with more, for you.

About DCP :

Dick Clark Productions is the world's largest producer and proprietor of televised live event entertainment programming with the "Academy of Country Music Awards," "American Music Awards," "Billboard Music Awards," "Golden Globe Awards," "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest," "So You Think You Can Dance," and the "Streamy Awards.

Dick Clark Productions owns one of the world's most extensive and unique entertainment archive libraries with more than 60 years of award-winning shows, historic programs, specials, performances and legendary programming.

For more information please visitwww.dickclark.com.

AboutPMC :

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading global media and information services company whose award-winning content attracts a passionate audience of over 300 million globally.

Since 2004, PMC has been a pioneer in digital media reaching viewers on all screens across its ever-growing constellation of iconic brands, which includes Variety, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Dick Clark Productions, WWD, SHE Media, Robb Report, Deadline, TVLine, Sportico, BGR, ARTnews, Fairchild Media, Vibe, IndieWire, Artforum, Gold Derby, and Luminate, the premier data and analytics company.

PMC's journalists and content creators deliver daily the most comprehensive news and information in their industries and areas of coverage, unequaled in ambition, depth, and courage.

In addition, PMC owns several vital cultural events such as SXSW, LA3C, Life is Beautiful, Latin Music Week and ATX Television Festival.

Headquartered in New York and Los Angeles with additionaloffices in 14 countries worldwide, PMC believes companies should not only be profitable but also forces for good.

PMC is committed to fostering a working environment that is inclusive and responsible, where we value a company culture built on all backgrounds, voices, and experiences.

For more information on the company, please visitwww.PMC.com