Penske Media Corp. is hiring: Dick Clark Productions: Art Director in Los Angele

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.

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.

Duties

• Hands on design work through 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