Freelance Senior Art Director

Marketingpartnerships; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative and design agency in Los Angeles seeks a Freelance Senior Art Director. The role requires expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator, with responsibilities including guiding creative teams, designing concepts, and mentoring junior designers. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years of experience and strong communication skills, thriving in a collaborative environment to produce high-quality work for top-tier clients.

Qualifications

• At least 7+ years of proven experience in a design company or advertising agency.
• Expert skills in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Responsibilities

• Guide the creative team to analyze briefs and develop unique ideas.
• Design creative concepts across multiple clients and genres.
• Mentor other designers and art directors.

Skills

Photoshop

Illustrator

Communication

Organizational Skills

Analytical Skills

Tools

Google Suite

Job description

WC+A is a Los Angeles-based creative and design agency providing services in entertainment creative, multi-platform design packages, digital advertising strategy, key art design, print, out-of-home, photo and video content production, brand campaign ideation, and production.

We are high-volume, fast-paced, and have an open mentoring culture with great industry leaders. With your expertise, esprit-de-corps, and passion, you will play a critical role in generating world-class art with a diverse, hard-working, and eclectic crew. We are proud and honored to collaborate with some of the best world-class partners including Disney, Hallmark Media, Max, IMAX, Netflix, NBCUniversal, Pluto TV, Snap, and Sony.

Description:

The Role

The Freelance Senior Art Director must be extremely fluent in Photoshop and Illustrator. They must have a good understanding of typography, composition, and the creative process. They will need to be able to communicate their ideas through various platforms: Slack, Google Slides, and Google Meet. Teamwork and collaboration are essential, along with effective communication. They will also need to be comfortable with taking a mentoring role for other designers. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, task-oriented, solution-driven and excited to work in Entertainment.

This role will report directly to the Creative Director (CD).

This role is a freelance position.

How You’ll Contribute

• Guide the creative team to closely analyze briefs, developing unique, attention-grabbing, culturally relevant, and groundbreaking ideas and campaigns that elevate the client’s brand
• Design, explore, and execute creative concepts across multiple clients and genre
• Efficiently and effectively engage projects from inception to completion – from kick-off to post-mortem – troubleshooting along the way
• Lead projects in the absence of CDs, ensuring seamless progress, high-level creative, and successful outcomes
• Design creative that resonates with our clients and their users through storytelling
• Produce and design presentations and pitch decks in a clean and orderly way while also showing our capabilities
• Manage quality assurance by proofreading and reviewing client notes while staying true to a client’s brief; ensure all notes and feedback have been responded to directly
• Assist the PMs in keeping the project on track creatively by promptly providing creative reference materials and commenting on design/layout/illustrations during all design phases
• Communicate with leadership and project managers (PMs) to support quality control and guide a regularly scheduled project review process to enhance project management; advise PMs on timeline and resourcing needs for creative projects
• Ensure internal and external visual communication and brand standards are met
• Provide direction, feedback (via crits and other direct methods), and quality control over all assets within a campaign or project
• Document steps required in the creative development process and have the ability to perform those tasks in a timely and productive manner
• Maintain style guides, art assets, and graphics standards (and related documentation)
• Work closely with multidisciplinary project teams on a range of deliverables
• Meet with the creative director to explain campaign strategies and solutions
• Mentor other designers and art directors
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Who You Are

• Expert skills in Photoshop and Illustrator
• At least 7+ years of proven experience in a design company, advertising agency or in-house creative environment
• Possess a sophisticated sense of digital design, composition, color, typography and strong, strategic conceptual skills
• Solid compositing skills, great concepting smarts, and an ability to convey complex messaging through images, graphics, and type
• Ability to articulate creative ideas and “sell” your work to your team
• Experience with the Google Suite (Meet, Slides, Sheets, etc.)
• Ability to be mentored and growth mindset
• Strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, and analytical skills
• Detail-oriented, has good follow-through, can multitask, and works well under tight deadlines
• Ability to approach a problem from multiple viewpoints
• Ability to work through problems with a team that values collaboration and feedback
• Ability to think beyond the task at hand and identify blockers and improvements