Art Director

What We're Looking For:

We're hiring an art director to help us create strategically-sound, fresh, and interesting work for our clients and our agency. The right person will be an idea-driven creator with strong technical skills-we want you to think it up and make it look great. We're also looking for someone who will willingly collaborate with other agency teams and is comfortable presenting their work to clients. We promote growth at Drake Cooper so this role will be positioned within a career path that leads to creative leadership opportunities in the future.

What You'll Do.

• Concept, develop and execute creative pieces and campaigns for Drake Cooper clients across all digital and traditional media
• Present your work to both internal teams and clients
• Participate in briefings with strategy teams to ensure our work is rooted in real insight
• Work with members of the creative team and other agency teams when necessary to provide perspective on work and/or adhere to best practices
• Play a role in production processes, working with our in-house and/or external production teams
• Participate in new business pitches and other business development/agency marketing efforts
• Embrace the cultural values of the agency-Be Kind, Bring Diversity, Break Trail

Who You Are.

• 2-5 years of agency experience in an art direction or design role
• Owner of a creative portfolio that demonstrates a strong conceptual ability along with proven design/art direction prowess
• Experience in emergent digital visual design trends, including Print, OOH, Interactive, UI/UX, Email, Mobile, and Social
• Well-versed in the tools of the trade, namely Adobe Creative Suite
• Production experience and knowledge of the production process for video, audio, and experiential executions
• An outstanding collaborator and communicator who can work with multiple external and internal teams
• Have a strong appreciation of popular culture and avidly contribute to an understanding of the interests of our clients' audiences

Who We Are:

A team of sometimes serious, always dedicated agency professionals working with clients across all kinds of industries. We are creative in everything we do, from developing strategy, to campaign concepts, media plans, or agency swag. Seriously, we've got some really cool stuff. We have in-house digital and video production capabilities to go along with our traditional offerings, so bring those crazy ideas and you'll get to make them here.

We invest in healthy relationships, with our clients, partners and employees. We respect the time and humanity of the people we work with and seek out those that offer the same to us.

Also, did we mention that we are 100% EMPLOYEE-OWNED. Our people make us who we are, so we gave them the keys to the shop. Everyone at Drake Cooper has a stake in the agency's success. This ain't no oligarchy.

Does who you are sound like it would fit well with who we are? Let us hear from you!

BENEFITS:

• 100% Employee Owned
• Profit Sharing
• Your Choice Hybrid (work from where you need to - home, office, etc.)
• Paid Parking at our office locations
• Access to WeWork co-working offices
• 401k plan with a match
• Agency-paid medical, life, and short-term disability insurance along with options for vision, dental, additional life, and long-term disability insurance
• A generous time off program including family leaves and volunteer work
• Great clients!!

At Drake Cooper, we embrace differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make each of us unique. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and celebrate a culture based on respect, diversity, and inclusion.