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GSD&M Idea City

Associate Creative Director / Art

GSD&M Idea City, Austin, TX


BASED IN AUSTIN, TX

First and Foremost:
Create award winning work that grows our clients business.

Who You Are:
Multifaceted team player who goes back and forth between making brilliant work on your own, leading teams on specific projects and building strong client relationships

What You Do:
- Concept, create and sell campaigns across all platforms (TV, print, digital, social, etc.)
- Fire off and develop more and better ideas that hit the client ask more quickly than a mid-level or even senior creative
- Design/art direct for any media
- Lead projects with minimal supervision
- Guide creative teams and help them make their work better every step of the way
- Work well alone, with a partner and with others on your client team
- Find opportunities to make great work on projects large and small
- Design beautifully crafted presentations to sell your ideas
- Sell your ideas and your team's ideas internally and externally
- Turn feedback into even better work and help your teams do the same
- Juggle multiple projects, clients and deadlines without you or your teams dropping the ball
- Nurture, lead, and motivate junior creative talent
- Foster and maintain client relationships

What You'll Learn:
- How to lead fully integrated projects that check all the boxes
- How to bring out the best in your teams in order to make great work
- How to manage an account and build client relationships that lead to more opportunities and even better work

What Makes You a GSD&Mer:
Community - You're always happy to pitch in on whatever and to mentor junior creatives.

Curiosity - You stay on top of your clients' business, new technologies, social trends and more.

Freedom & Responsibility - You aren't afraid to do the heavy lifting. People trust that your projects will get done right.

Integrity - If you need to ask, you don't have it.

Restlessness - Never satisfied with just okay, you always look for ways to make things better.

Winning - You produce campaigns that make people jealous.

  • What You Do:
    - Concept, create and sell campaigns across all platforms, mainly SOCIAL/DIGITAL (TV, print, also.)
    - Fire off and develop more and better ideas that hit the client ask more quickly than a mid-level or even senior creative
    - Design/art direct for any media
    - Lead projects with minimal supervision
    - Guide creative teams and help them make their work better every step of the way
    - Work well alone, with a partner and with others on your client team
    - Find opportunities to make great work on projects large and small
    - Design beautifully crafted presentations to sell your ideas
    - Sell your ideas and your team's ideas internally and externally
    - Turn feedback into even better work and help your teams do the same
    - Juggle multiple projects, clients and deadlines without you or your teams dropping the ball
    - Nurture, lead, and motivate junior creative talent
    - Foster and maintain client relationships
    What You'll Learn:
    - How to lead fully integrated projects that check all the boxes
    - How to bring out the best in your teams in order to make great work
    - How to manage an account and build client relationships that lead to more opportunities and even better work