Conceptual Art Director - CANVAS United

Company Description

CANVAS United is a fast-growing, award-winning, mid-sized, digitally centred creative agency based in New York City and Southern California. We’re independently owned and part of the United Collective – a collective of creative agencies offering a full suite of capabilities ranging from Advertising and PR to Production and Business Consulting. Since 2004, we’ve helped clients transform and amplify their online brand presence. Our hard hitting roster of brands we’ve helped grow includes got milk?, HOKA, General Mills, Comcast, Crunch Fitness, Estée Lauder, MTV, Showtime Sports, Marc Jacobs and more. 

Job Description

But enough about us, it's YOU we're excited about. We’re looking for a passionate, detail-oriented, and collaborative Conceptual Art Director to join our creative team. The ideal candidate is well versed in conceptualizing and executing 360 campaign initiatives including digital — going above and beyond to ensure all work is delivered with a keen eye for detailing and innovation. You will work alongside our Creative Directors, Strategists, Designers, Content Creators and Copy Writers to concept award-winning work spanning accross integrated campaigns, web, social, and print. We are a highly collaborative agency therefore this is an in-person full-time position based in our FiDi NY office

Qualifications

Key Areas of Responsibility: 

The candidate is expected to ideate and implement creative solutions that effectively convey our clients' brand identities, positioning, and messaging across various brand channels(including social)

• Conceptualize and execute outstanding creative across channels
• Collaborate with other agency members/teams/divisions to develop creative concepts
• Develop visual brand identities for campaigns and social activations
• Manage visual identity of brands
• Ability to edit basic video and create motion graphics
• Providing clear and concise direction to production and junior designers
• Create cohesive design systems for web experiences inclusive of font styles, colors, motifs, and reusable modules
• Research visual comparative/competitive examples on any given project
• Manage a small team of designers and content creators

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5+ years industry experience
• Strong digital portfolio (campaigns, social content, websites)
• Must be able to work with creative people in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Strong multi-tasking skills (able to work on multiple briefs at any given time)
• Strong time management skills
• Must have a strong grasp of social media and be up on the latest trends & relevant brands
• Must be comfortable presenting work internally and externally with senior-level clients
• Strong ability to organize and work on multiple tasks simultaneously 
• Strong typographic sensibility
• Ideally has worked on both integrated campaigns and product websites 
• Programs: Figma and core Adobe Suite programs like photoshop etc.

Personal Attributes:

• Team player with the ability to work independently
• Self-starter
• Problem solver 
• Adaptable
• Resilient
• Creative "out of the box" thinker
• Meticulous

Bonus Points if You Have… 

• Experience in print and packaging design
• Animation/motion design experience
• Experience with video capture and editing
• Fluency in Spanish

Additional Information

*Salary Range: $70k - $110k

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

*Actual offer may vary by market location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

CANVAS United (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion or religious creed (including religious dress or grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, sex (including childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, transitioning status, age, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, citizenship status, military and veteran status, uniform service member status, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, driver’s license, or any other legally recognized protection basis under federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances. The information collected through the pre-hire process is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics on applicants.