Senior Art Director (CheckMark)

Nestlé S.A.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé Purina, a leading pet-care company, is seeking a Senior Creative to craft compelling brand work across print, digital, and packaging. The role blends agency-like energy with corporate resources, offering opportunities for cross-brand collaboration and growth within a global organization.

You will lead design projects from concept to final execution, collaborating with internal teams, clients, and legal to deliver high-quality, on-brand creative for dogs and cats. A portfolio is required.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree from an accredited institution.
• 3+ years of experience within an advertising/marketing agency or similar environment.
• 1+ years of experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Responsibilities

• Design print, promotion, collateral, in-store and advertising materials, from concept to final execution, based on client direction.
• Create and execute digital content, e.g. social media, digital advertising, website assets and video.
• Contribute to package design efforts.

Education

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Premiere

After Effects

Figma

Job description

Driven by integrity and united by the people-and-pet bond, we find strong purpose in the work we do and an even greater joy in those we get to work alongside. Together, we harness the expertise of our long-standing tradition of excellence to embrace possibility and continuously push to do what's never been done before in pet care. Discover your purpose and fuel your passions when you bring your love of pets to a team that prides itself on the power of togetherness—We are Proudly Connected. Purely Driven.

Position Summary

CheckMark is the in-house creative resource of NestléPurina. Creatives here are talented, naturally curious, and self-motivated individuals who enjoy the excitement of agency life with all the benefits of a big company. We share a passion for pets. We’re specialists at our core, which means we know how to think about, write about, design for, and communicate to the extended pet care community. We bring it all together seamlessly through pet-focused, consumer-centric programs, products, and communications.

CheckMark is where you’ll find the best of both worlds—the excitement and energy of ad agency life with the benefits of working for a leading corporation. Where else can you find career advancement, global exposure, and continuous training and development—all while flexing your creative and strategic muscles? It all happens right here.

As a Senior Art Director at Purina, you are a multi-talented creative and strategic thinker who concepts, creates and produces high-quality work that is relevant to the brand and compelling to the target audience, working both within a team and with a degree of autonomy. You have solid design skills and are able to work successfully with a creative and account service team. All of this while enjoying a healthy work/life balance. So, if your full potential could be unleashed, how would you help communicate and positively affect top quality products for dogs and cats?

• Design print, promotion, collateral, in-store and advertising materials, from concept to final execution, based on client direction.
• Be able to create and execute digital content, e.g. social media, digital advertising, website assets and video.
• Contribute to package design efforts.
• Present ideas and designs credibly to internal team and to clients.
• Ability to collaborate successfully with other internal and external stakeholders such as creative leadership, account service, legal and clients.
• Ability to contribute to longer range client/agency goals relating to growth of the business.
• A positive, high energy and passion for creating original, compelling, solution-oriented work.
• Must be able to multitask effectively on different client brand assignments

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION YOU MUST INCLUDE IN YOUR RESUME AN ONLINE PORTFOLIO OF YOUR WORK.

Requirements

• Associate's degree from an accredited institution
• 3+ years of experience within an advertising/marketing agency or similar environment required.
• 1+ years of experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign is required.

Other

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• 1+ years of experience with Interactive design like Adobe Premiere and After Effects preferred.
• 1+ years of experience with Figma is preferred.

Don’t meet all the qualifications listed under “other”? These are preferred, but not required. When you apply for a role with Nestlé Purina, we ensure that individual confidentiality is held to the highest regard. We are intentional about creating an inclusive workplace for everyone. We consider our associates our most valuable assets. Please apply for full consideration.

Salary: $80,000.00 to$100,000.00 per year

Bonus Eligibility:Yes

The pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at top of range.

Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more athttps://www.nestlejobs.com/nestle-in-the-us-benefits

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

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This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.