Art Director

About the Role

As a mid-level Art Director, you’ll be part of a creative team servicing a fast-growing US fintech brand. You’ll be responsible for delivering engaging B2B video, social, and OOH content that informs with an authentic and conversational voice. You’ll work with a distributed team of conceptual creatives, strategists, and account services to drive creative development from ideation to execution. The ideal candidate will be capable of bringing a wide range of fresh, on-brand options and presenting that work to clients across cultural lines. This position will be servicing a client team that is based in Eastern Time and so candidates must be able to work these hours.

Responsibilities:

• Concept, ideate, and brainstorm creative campaigns with other team members.
• Execute and produce final creative assets like digital ads, video content, OOH, and more.
• Participate in client meetings (virtual and in-person), present your own work, and listen to and ingest client feedback.
• Contribute to the design of presentation decks and key visuals.
• Provide an art director’s POV and guidance during the internal and external production of video assets, including attending shoots, preparing pre-production materials, and overseeing post production needs.
• Organize and manage creative product in collaboration with Project Managers.
• Maintain consistent creative quality and become a brand expert.

The essentials:

• Must have 3-5 years experience working at an agency or in-house creative services team with a stand-out online portfolio of social, video, and OOH work.
• Must be a conceptual thinker with the ability to partner with a copywriter to come up with creative campaigns that answer creative briefs.
• Must have a strong design sensibility, with knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, and typography. The ability to work within brand style guides to produce work that is both original and on-brand for a variety of media platforms is key.
• Must be able to provide multiple iterations quickly while maintaining attention to detail.
• Must have a collaborative and curious mindset, with the ability to accept and receive constructive feedback from seniors members of the creative team.
• Must demonstrate good communication skills, both verbal and listening abilities.
• Must have competency with digital design tools: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Primarily Photoshop and Illustrator. After Effects and Indesign a plus), and Google suite (especially Google Slides).
• Must be dependable, self-motivated, flexible, and capable of driving multiple projects forward in a fast-paced environment.
• Humble attitudes only—No egos here!

Not a Must but a Plus:

• Experience with both B2B and B2C marketing - Fintech and/or B2B technology experience is a major plus.

• NYC-based or within a commutable distance is strongly preferred.

• Curiosity about or experience with generative AI tools for tasks like presentation visuals is a plus.

• Experience briefing and working with production partners (including art directing photo and film shoots, directing motion design team, providing oversight for designers, supervising color sessions) is preferred.
• Candidates who have established copywriting partners are encouraged to apply as a team.

This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.