Associate Creative Director Job at SHADOW in New York

SHADOW is seeking an Associate Creative Director with 8+ years of multidisciplinary creative experience, preferably working with consumer brands. This is a cross-divisional agency role, responsible for contributing to the ideation and development of campaign concepts and leading the development of visual assets and design elements for SHADOW’s full roster of clients. The ideal candidate has a proven ability to manage a robust workload in a dynamic setting.

What You Bring:

• Creative Vision: You have a distinguished portfolio of creative work that demonstrates an ability to deliver breakthrough creative concepts and executional precision.
• Technical Know-How: You are fluent in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and comfortable with video editing and animation platforms, including Premiere Pro and After Effects.
• Innovative Thinking: You religiously follow design, video, style, and culture trends, and have the necessary context to think unconventionally and deliver cutting-edge work.
• Leadership: You’ll serve as a senior voice for clients and support a growing team, upholding creative standards of excellence and ensuring the integrity of campaign work.

What You Do:

• Creative Ideation: Develop and design integrated concepts for prospecting and existing clients in collaboration with various agency teams, including social media content, photo/video, events/experiences, digital/web, and more. This includes directing the compilation and layout of concepts, moodboards, storyboards, and design mocks for presentation to clients.
• Campaign Direction: Support the direction and execution of campaign ideas and production elements across a number of media, including print and graphic design, video, motion, and digital/web. Manage creative talent, including in-house art directors, designers, producers, and freelance creative talent to support the execution of campaign elements.
• Brand Identity Creative: Maintain the integrity of brand identity throughout client work and support the development, establishment, or refresh of brand elements and guidelines for other clients.
• Team Management: Oversee, manage, and mentor a team composed of art directors, designers, and a creative coordinator.
• Relationships: Build a relationship of creative trust with clients and grow and maintain an agency rolodex of creative talent, including photographers, designers, directors, illustrators, and animators.

Annual Compensation:

$135K - $165K

What We Provide:

• Medical + dental + vision insurance
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Dedicated mental health days
• Unlimited sick time
• 40 hours of paid VTO (voluntary time off) annually to give back to communities and interests.
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching
• Pre-tax commuter and healthcare benefits
• 12 weeks paid leave for new parents
• Individualized career mapping
• Summer Fridays (early close Fridays Memorial Day - Labor Day)
• Hybrid work schedule (1-3 days in office per week, depending on role)

While SHADOW intends to maintain these employee benefits, the Company reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate these benefits at any time and for any reason.

Additional Information:

SHADOW promotes a diverse and high-performing company culture. SHADOW is dedicated to providing equal opportunities to all qualified persons, and to recruit, hire, train, promote, and compensate persons in all jobs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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