Senior Art Director

About the position

CGS seeks a strategically creative Senior Art Director to join its global Marketing team in New York City. This is a phenomenal opportunity for a growth minded designer to work directly with the CMO on branding projects and to help scale the capabilities of the creative team that operates as a shared service three distinctive businesses in fashion supply chain software, business process outsourcing, and enterprise learning. This is a roll-up your sleeves role with hands-on design including website assets, advertising, marketing collateral, video, and events. You should be digitally savvy and well-versed in design for websites and marketing automation systems like Marketo. You should also have excellent organizational and time management skills and bring a systems mindset to the application of newly developing brand guidelines for our businesses. This is a “work on the engine while in-flight" role. You’ll be responsible for delivering business driving creative assets in the immediate term while helping to redefine our creative strategy for the long term. This is an opportunity to join a dynamic team at a global organization with a marquee client list. This is a chance to be a creative superhero – are you up for it?

Responsibilities

• Design and produce creative assets for digital, print, video, motion graphics, events, and web.
• Drive the visual expression of brand campaigns across all platforms and business units.
• Collaborate with marketers, content writers, and product teams to create compelling assets for Marketo campaigns, websites, paid ads, social, and events.
• Build out scalable creative systems and design libraries aligned with new and existing brand guidelines.
• Lead creative strategy, storytelling, and visual development from concept to execution.
• Work within and continuously improve brand identity systems for consistency and scalability.
• Oversee or collaborate on video shoots, motion graphics, storyboarding, and editing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Visual Arts, Communications, or Social Sciences.
• 10+ years working in creative services. Experience working in a fast-paced agency or in-house environment; demonstrated ability to communicate well with clients and teammates.
• Expert graphic designer, using Adobe Creative Suite specifically Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Expert in video & motion graphics designer, using tools like Adobe Premiere Pro; Adobe After Effects; and Canva Video Editor.
• Proficient in using AI for creativity with tools like Adobe Generative AI; Adobe Premier Pro AI; Runway; MidJourney; DALL·E; Synthesia (for creation of studio-quality videos with AI avatars for narration);
• UI/UX design: Proficient with tools like Figma and Sketch for UI/UX design.
• Proficient in Microsoft office; expert in PowerPoint.
• Basic coding knowledge like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Nice-to-haves

• You’re a designer by craft but a creative strategist at heart.
• You thrive on applying knowledge into creative solutions that are fit-for-market and distinctive from the competition.
• You’re committed to the profession of visual communication and passionate about learning and adopting new technologies.
• You have experience building and/or rolling out new brands and a strong desire to do award-winning work.
• You’re articulate and defend strategic thinking, creative direction, and user experience to executive-level stakeholders.
• You balance strategic brand development with client business objectives.
• You’re detail oriented and committed to providing quality assurance for all creative deliverables.
• You have a proven aptitude for quick creative thinking, acute attention to detail within demanding deadlines.
• You are passionate about user experience (UX) and can educate others on the design choices that support positive UX.
• You have managed other creatives or creative agencies, lead with inspiration and persuasion, and love building teams.
• You are collaborative and enjoy partnering with others to evolve our brands, drive innovation and creativity.
• You foster passion, hunger, and curiosity to produce better work within a team.
• You strive to understand internal clients’ needs and have the ability to develop, present, and sell creative concepts.