Senior Creative - Art (Spanish language fluent)

Translation

NY, LA

# Who We Are

We are a well-established independent agency and thriving music business, built to help ambitious brands harness the power of culture to solve their biggest challenges. As a unique mix of experts in culture, technology, and storytelling, we are united by a passion to grow brands in ways that advertising alone can never do. 

We are an entrepreneurial business – not a traditional “ad agency.” That means we value resourcefulness and tenacity just as much as we value creativity and intelligence. We’re unapologetically ambitious, but we’re also a tight-knit crew. 

We are looking for a Senior Creative - Art (Spanish Language Fluent) to join Translation! Please note that this role is a Hybrid role: three days in office and two days remote. 

What You'll Do

Translation is looking for a Senior Creative - Art with 5 years experience and a portfolio that displays clear conceptual thinking, the ability to translate core ideas into multiple iterations and a passion for storytelling. You have an inspired approach to creative problem solving with a strong grasp of cultural trends and social codes. This role will be part of a Senior Creative Team that strives to elevate department success while nurturing the growth of junior talent.

• Own the process, collaborating seamlessly with account, strategy and production teams.must be able to move in concert with multiple departments and react quickly to an evolving spectrum of agency and client needs.
• Conceive and implement creative ideas, concepts and strategies in client endeavors while working with teams to oversee them to completion.
• Alignwith creative management to monitor team efforts and provide feedback on performance.
• Sync with project management to prioritize work across multiple deliverables to satisfy both short- and long-term priorities.
• Structure creative presentations with an enthusiasm for presenting multi-platform campaign ideas while fostering strong client relationships.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

You are results oriented, yet possess deep appreciation and sensitivity towards people, culture, and values. You are persistent, diplomatic, passionate and optimistic, with a pro-active, hands-on mentality. You hold yourself accountable and take great pride in your work – just like us. We’re proudly diverse in our backgrounds, our accents, and our fiercely held personal passions. We are, in every sense of the word, independent, and not beholden to anyone else’s agenda. So are you.

• Proven background of ideation, presentation and execution of core big campaign foundations 
• Able to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short- and long-term need, timelines and budgets.
• Possess and encourage initiative, drive, empathy, accountability, creativity and maturity.
• An entrepreneurial disposition and able to move with the ebbs and flows of pitches, brainstorming sessions, and deadlines with agility, humor, and focus.
• Strong communicator on the team and capable of teaching staff members to be more persuasive art directors and presenters.
• Attention to craft and visual tone that tells a cohesive brand story 
• Possess and deliver excellent communication skills, able to present thoughts clearly, accurately, and succinctly.
• The ability to demonstrate, evangelize, and live the core values of the agency.
• Incorporate the passion, excitement and experience of one’s MINOR in relevant ways that inform the quality and output of agencies deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years relevant creative field experience with corresponding portfolio of culture-driving work 
• Bilingual: Spanish language fluency required
• Digitally savvy; must be proficient in Google and Microsoft Office suite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Progressive experience in a client-facing creative role 
• A comprehensive understanding of sports and music culture is always a plus at Translation as well as ability to concept across a range of tones from humor to serious. 
• Training, degree or relevant work experience in a directly-related field, such as advertising, art / design, or journalism / script writing.

About UnitedMasters, Inc. 

UnitedMasters, Inc., composed of Translation and UnitedMasters and STASHED, is a minority-owned marketing and technology company empowering brands and artists to forge authentic connections with audiences at scale through a unique mix of actionable insights, technology, and storytelling. UnitedMasters has over 1.5 million artists on its platform and is growing rapidly. Brands like Diageo, Ally, and ESPN come to UnitedMasters to partner with these artists and play a role in moving culture forward. In the past year, UnitedMasters subscribers have grown rapidly. With $170M raised to date and valued at $550M, UnitedMasters is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Apple, Alphabet (aka Google), and Disney amongst others. Over the last year, UnitedMasters artists have used our platform to land sync deals with major brands including the NBA, ESPN, Overtime Elite, Bose, Warner Brother Studios and in the NBA video game 2k. These deals give them additional money for their work and increase their exposure.

Salary Hiring Range: $115,000 - $160,00

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide (e.g. bonus, stock options, 401(k) match, etc.)

Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. 

The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description, however we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.

The salary range above is for NY/CA. As a company, we have a location based strategy, which means the salary range could be lower or higher than this if the role is hired in another location.

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