We are looking for an award-winning Senior Art Director (Gaming) to provide creative leadership and art direction in collaboration with the copywriting and full creative team. In this role, you will help to develop outstanding, social-first creative ideas for client campaigns and guide the end-to-end creative process from conceptualization through production. You are passionate and knowledgeable about the gaming industry and are an avid gamer yourself. You love to bring ideas to life with authenticity, insight, and enthusiasm. The ideal candidate thrives on developing strategic creative ideas and concepts that are forward-thinking and innovative- from feed-interrupting design and art direction to one-of-a-kind experiences and immersions. 

Responsibilities:

• Develop a range of integrated creative campaigns for a variety of major gaming and tech brands.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with a commitment to excellence — anticipating issues and communicating with diplomacy, identifying emerging tech and trends to drive innovation and dedicating oneself to the highest level of craft 
• Collaborate with the strategy and creative team on campaigns, which can include influencer, digital, social, XM, more
• Communicating big ideas in a way that sells them to our clients
• Understand marketing initiatives, strategic positioning, and target audience
• Lead creative presentations of approved work to clients/ team members 
• Continually raise the bar on creativity that connects and drives action
• Comfortably vary design, style, and other characteristics asked by our clients and brands
• Take work from concept to final execution within deadlines
• Manage and delegate responsibilities to other designers and provide directions
• Stay on top of all trends, competitive work, and maintain best practices

Qualifications and Skills:

• 6-8 years of art direction or lead design experience in a fast-paced environment making social first content
• Example of conceptual skills in portfolio
• Consistency of design aesthetic. 
• Examples of digital-first thinking. 
• A love of internet culture and creativity in the space.
• Experience in influencer lead campaigns a plus
• Incorporate feedback and take/give direction well
• Has managed or lead a project from start to finish with junior employees
• Team player with strong communication and presentation skills
• Relevant education a must
• Experience with clients across multiple industries is an asset.
• Proficient use of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or other visual design and wire-framing tools