We are looking for an Art Director to join our growing Creative team. The 1000heads Creative team is a proud, powerful collective of social copy and design obsessives, experts managing creative output. You will work closely with a whole host of departmental specialists, from Accounts to Insights, Community to Strategy, to deliver transformational social-first work for our clients.

We are looking for an Art Director who thrives in fast-paced environments and loves the challenge of discovering engaging and innovative content that genuinely excites our target audience. You’ll be the hands-on visionary involved in creating impactful social, digital and brand activation campaigns, from concept to execution, working on a design-savvy team and across clients to help brands effectively tell their story through various channels.

We’ll depend on you for championing and selling creative work, actively evolving design strategies that promote excellence, and translating marketing and branding strategies into fresh and impressive campaigns. All this while always acting as the guardian of quality and overall look and feel. If you are passionate about all of the small things and are eager to get your hands dirty with ever-evolving work across various projects, we’d like to meet you.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Working from a brief with a copywriter or other members of the creative team, generating ideas to present to clients

Determine how to best represent concepts visually

Producing sketches, storyboards, wireframes, and layouts based on creative ideas to bring to life concepts for presentations and proposals

Understanding marketing initiatives, strategic positioning and target audience, and developing artistic approach and style to match

Working on designs to produce effective social and digital campaigns

Coordinating with specialists, such as artists, photographers and developers

Offering input to creative meetings and sharing ideas

Producing attractive and effective designs for all media

Managing projects, on and off location, and working within a budget

This is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week in office required.

Minimum 5 years' experience

Must have agency and/or social media content experience

Experience in the luxury industry a plus

Expert knowledge of design software and editing tools (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, After Effects)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Excellence in all visual elements (layout, typography, hierarchy and composition)

A keen eye for design and visualization, and a meticulous attention to detail

Time management and multitasking abilities

Creativity skills and problem-solving aptitude

Ability to meet deadlines in a high pressure environment

Inspirational and visionary with the self-drive to maintain and improve design standards

Team player with flexibility to step in when needed on any project

Online portfolio with provided link

Medical, dental, vision, and more!

Generous time off package, including the last week of the year

401k & Roth retirement investment options with employer match, after year-one

Gym and professional development stipends

Culture Club with monthly activities like sports, games and happy hours

DEI Council and Employee Resource Groups

Commute and parking benefits

Wellness program that focuses on mental, physical and financial employee wellness

And much more!

SALARY RANGE

$95,000 - $110,000

ABOUT 1000HEADS

1000heads combines expertise in data & analytics, strategy, technology and creativity to help the world’s best businesses build Social Age brands. 1000heads provides a fully integrated, end-to-end Social Transformation™ proposition to blue-chip clients encompassing data & analytics, strategy and implementation. 1000heads has a global footprint, employing over 200 people across 12 offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Bogota, Sydney, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Japan, Paris and Berlin. 1000heads’ clients include Alphabet, Nature Made, The North Face, San Pellegrino, Amazon, Cisco, and Diageo.

1000heads is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we are passionately committed to working together to promote an inclusive environment which celebrates and promotes diversity. We are committed to our belief that diversity in our team generates better and bolder ideas, creativity, understanding and respect. We welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

For more information on 1000heads, visit 1000heads.com .