Description

The Associate Creative Director (Art Director), in conjunction with an Associate Creative Director (Copywriter) must generate creative ideas to solve the marketing challenge as outlined on the agency /client creative brief. Above and beyond the conceptual, the Associate Creative Director (Art Director) is specifically responsible for the look and technical aspects (layouts, storyboards, design) of creating advertising elements for specified media and the management of and development of the art director. The Associate Creative Director (Art Director) is also responsible for limited managerial responsibilities on day-to-day client business.

WHAT YOU DO

• Knowledge and understanding of TV, DIGITAL, SOCIAL, ALT MEDIA, OOH, PRINT
• Demonstrate the ability to think creatively and provide marketable solutions for advertising problems. 
• Responsible for managing Senior Art Director/ Senior Copywriter team, reporting progress to Creative Director.
• Ensure immediate team is working in an efficient/productive manner.
• Keep a status on all on-going projects immediate team is working on and make sure all deliverables are met in a timely manner.
• Ensure brand guidelines are followed and adhered to by immediate team and in all work that team produces.
• Ensure synergy when working across all components of a campaign.
• Adhere to established formats and work within budget boundaries and ensure immediate team understands this from the very beginning of a project.
• Ability to interpret creative briefs and client feedback and help immediate team understand briefs and direction.
• Ability to generate big ideas for 360 ad campaigns. 
• Follow through on production of accepted ideas.
• Keep projects on in progress and schedule without supervision.
• Stay in close contact and work in cooperation with Creative Director and Producers during pre-production, production, and post-production.
• Ability to generate big ideas for 360 ad campaigns. Participation in new business pitches, contributing viable ideas and ground-breaking thinking under high-pressure is required.
• Must deliver polished and well-designed creative elements for internal and external presentations.
• Ability to travel for shoots and client presentations. 
• Ability to understand and handle print and broadcast production from conceptual phase to finish.
• Ability to select and evaluate director’s reels and photographer’s books. 
• Ability to give direction to photographers, designers, directors, editors, and other vendors as they relate to the creative output. 
• Ability to oversee a creative presentation.
• Client contact is required at this level. 

Requirements

• An ad school or liberal arts (4 year) degree is preferred.
• A minimum of an associates (2 year) degree in advertising, art, graphic art or design.
• 6 years in an agency setting, or 10 years related experience.
• Be a leader, example, and inspiration for our department and agency at large. 
• Proficiency in presentation skills a requirement for both internal and external creative presentations.
• Must be comfortable working in an Apple Mac environment with a proficiency and thorough knowledge of the Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat), PowerPoint and Keynote. 
• Adobe After Effects and other editing software is a plus, but not mandatory. 
• Strong design skills and keen photography and attention to detail. 
• Time management skills a MUST. 
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and meet deadlines.
• Must be able to work under pressure and long hours may be required. 
• Multicultural advertising experience required.

COVID-19

Walton Isaacson, LLC., has a mandatory vaccination policy.

TRAVEL

Ability to travel.

FLSA STATUS

Full-Time; Exempt

BENEFITS & PERKS

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Supplemental Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid Holidays
• Summer Fridays
• Unlimited PTO
• WFH - (Team meets once a month in the Culver City office)

The salary range for this position is $90,000.00 to $130,000.00. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; the associated discipline; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

At WI we are committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. We promote DEI in our workplace and are a global community who believe our unique qualities should be celebrated. We want everyone at Walton Isaacson to bring their authentic selves to work every day, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.