Art Director

About the position

Digital Media Management (DMM), a Keywords Studios company, is a full-service social media agency that specializes in 360 campaigns for the entertainment, games, and consumer brands industries. DMM creates groundbreaking social-first marketing campaigns rooted in innovative strategy, and provides clients with community management, creative, video production, influencer, talent, and performance marketing capabilities. We are currently seeking an Art Director to join our growing Creative team. The Art Director will report into Associate Creative Directors and Creative Directors and will work with both to set the design aesthetic, including the look and feel for each campaign from the RFP phase through to awarded campaigns. The Art Director will design and guide the creative look and feel of graphic assets for all projects in a given pitch and will also be responsible for all facets of the creative pitch process and will lead a creative team dedicated to working on pitches and proposals.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative ideation and execution for DMM’s clients, as well as setting the look and feel for campaigns
• Manage the creative aesthetic and lead a team of designers, AV editors and motion designers who will help produce and deliver consistent creatives throughout the entirety of the campaign
• Collaborate with CDs, project managers, strategists and supervisors to deliver thoughtful creative ideation to brand clients and pitch decks, with a clear design POV and understanding of the brand or title
• Create mood boards, typeface suggestions and design briefs outlining creative look and feel for each new project proposal
• Attend all pitch meetings, brainstorms and briefs to align with strategists for each new brand proposal
• Partner with Creative Director to review pitch creative & collect and address feedback
• Manage appointed creative team members (when applicable), and guide them as they create assets, and navigate through issues that arise, making sure design goals are aligned with clients
• Act as a client resource and provide solutions for design-related issues
• Solve any and all design problems independently or with the help of the Associate Creative Directors or VP of Creative
• Set the quality bar within the team, and ensure that all creative assets meet or exceed standard

Requirements

• Experience working with entertainment brands for a social focused agency
• Experience managing direct reports
• Advanced knowledge of Mac OS and Adobe Creative Cloud apps including After Effects, Premier Pro, Media Encoder, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, as well as 3rd party software
• 2+ years of art direction experience within an agency environment
• 2+ years of motion and static design experience
• Experience working on pitches and proposals
• Experience working in a collaborative environment with project managers, art/creative directors, and other creative team members

Nice-to-haves

• Experience using Cinema 4D is a plus

Benefits

• DMM pays 100% of the cost for employee medical, dental, and vision premiums, as well as covers 40% of dependent premium costs
• Employer paid life insurance
• A tax-advantaged health savings account (HSA)
• A 401(k) plan that provides employees with automatic enrollment at 3% of your salary with a full employer match of your first 3% contribution, all fully vested
• Paid family leave
• Open PTO: DMM offers unlimited vacation, 10 sick days & 5 mental health days
• DMM Fridays: Employees have the opportunity to sign off early and kick-start their weekends at 2pm on Fridays
• DEI specific training focused on preventing discrimination and harassment in the workplace
• ERGs focusing on diverse perspectives across DMM to promote diversity, inclusion, and shared experiences