Art Director, Video

NinjaTrader•Chicago, IL

About The Position

NinjaTrader Live is seeking an Art Director with a specialty in video and motion graphics to shape and set the visual identity for NinjaTrader Live across all platforms, including livestreams, social media, and other visual components. This is a hands-on role where the Art Director will elevate the visual standard, direct a Senior Graphic Designer, and manage the end-to-end creative output. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-moving, live production environments, possesses a strong vision, and understands how to create content tailored for different channels and scenarios.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in motion graphics, video editing, or art direction roles.
Strong portfolio demonstrating motion design, video editing, and brand storytelling across multiple platforms.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop.
Experience developing and maintaining visual systems across multiple content channels.
Strong understanding of pacing, storytelling, and audience engagement in both long-form and short-form video and how delivery varies across channels.
Proven ability to produce high-quality video, static, and motion creative across multiple formats, markets, and languages at speed.
Ability to shape creative vision while remaining hands-on in execution.
Experience managing or directly overseeing at least one designer or creative contributor.
Familiarity with working in fast-paced environments with tight turnaround times, ideally in live or near-live production settings.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in content-driven environments.
Strong communication skills and ownership with the ability to align stakeholders around a shared creative vision.
Strong design fundamentals: typography, composition, hierarchy, color.
High attention to detail with strong organizational and project management skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with fast-paced live broadcast or streaming content.
Familiarity with trading, financial markets, or fintech products.
Experience partnering closely with designers across disciplines (static and motion).
Knowledge of social media performance and content optimization strategies.
Deep hands-on experience with AI creative tools like Veo 3, Runway, Pika, Midjourney, Sora, ElevenLabs, Synthesia.

Responsibilities

Own the visual direction for NinjaTrader Live and all NT Live-adjacent creative, establishing a cohesive look and feel across broadcast, social, email, and experiential touchpoints.
Define and develop video and motion graphics systems (intros, outros, stingers, lower-thirds, sizzle reels, social clips) that elevate and unify the brand's dynamic identity.
Leverage AI creative tools as a core part of the workflow.
Direct and contribute to video editing across formats — livestream recaps, social cutdowns, ads, highlight reels, and promotional content.
Define creative standards for short-form video, ensuring strong hooks, pacing, and visual treatments optimized for engagement and retention.
Direct the Senior Graphic Designer, ensuring static and motion systems evolve cohesively and the creative bar stays high across every deliverable.
Provide clear, actionable feedback that supports the growth and output of the direct report while maintaining quality and consistency across all work.
Collaborate cross-functionally with producers, media, and social teams to translate business goals into compelling visual storytelling.
Own the creative process from concept through execution — balancing hands-on design work with strategic oversight.
Stay ahead on motion design, video, live streaming assets, and AI creative advancements.
Build the systems that make scale possible: own templates, style guides, and asset organization workflows that enable the team to produce more, faster, without losing consistency.
Own and delegate the creative schedule — managing multiple live and in-progress projects with competing deadlines and same-day turnarounds.