Senior Art Director

Morgan Street Holdings•Chicago, IL

3d•$93,000 - $98,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Art Director to join our rapidly growing team here at tms. As Senior Art Director, you’ll be part of a team that pushes boundaries, is obsessed with ideas, and champions out-of-the-box thinking. Working seamlessly as a part of a passionate, multi-disciplinary group, you’ll have the opportunity to concept and create original work and experiences that drive consumer engagement while building emotional connections. From coming up with inventive story-lines to developing characters and building out digital moments, games, and experiences, you’ll wear many hats and be responsible for all aspects of the visual creative. Presenting and working with clients is also your jam, and you excel at bringing ideas to life in compelling and innovative ways. Comfortable diving in on new projects, you enjoy ideating big concepts just as much as producing stellar design work. You are someone that has the drive to take design thinking and possibilities to the next level. Always eager to add a new layer into the mix and bring a unique POV to the table, you not only have the passion to push yourself, but you inspire and push others.

Requirements

4+ years of proven art direction and design experience in an agency or brand space
Exp. working within the CPG space or retail space (working in promotions, games, and character story design within the kids space a big plus)
Experience (and examples) of building out large-scale brand and product guidelines
Expert proficiency and considerable hands-on experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator) and Figma and/or Sketch
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, able to inspire others and sell creative vision
Strong grasp of design around typography, color, photography, layout design, hierarchy, and user experience (motion graphics is a plus)
Strong portfolio with examples of recent projects demonstrating conceptual concepting, creative thinking and flawless execution
Experience developing tv and/or online video storyboards, and knowledge of the production, casting and execution of them
Experience in packaging design and POP display is a plus
Have critical attention to detail (we’re talking down to the pixel) while not missing the big picture
Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple client projects and demands at once

Nice To Haves

working in promotions, games, and character story design within the kids space a big plus
motion graphics is a plus
Experience in packaging design and POP display is a plus

Responsibilities

Delivers work that is compelling, creative, on brief and outside the box
Manages the day-to-day creative delivery, project execution and creative development
Ability to design and create dynamic and engaging presentations for our clients
Confidently present fresh perspective and big idea thinking (that’s strategically grounded) to a larger group or to our clients
Develop and maintain a solid understanding and working knowledge of client's business, brand, consumer, and competitive landscape to inform insightful brand engagements
Build, develop and create brand and product guidelines that help define the visual look and feel of the brand (and other brand products) through various channels and applications
Supervise and craft engaging digital experiences. Confidently speak to and coach both internal teams and our clients on best-in-class digital experience design
Collaborate with clients and internal partners: marketing, technology, product, developers etc.
Stay current with design trends and how technology and standard methodologies are evolving in the industry - proactively identifying design capabilities and opportunities that should be adopted within the team