Senior Art Director (Contract)

Spin Master; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 75,768 - 82,656; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth and Career Opportunities

Flexible Work Hours

Innovation, Collaboration and Fun

Comprehensive Benefits

Other fun Perks!

Job summary

Spin Master is seeking a Senior Art Director to lead creative development across hero campaigns, digital content, e-commerce, and social media. The role requires strategic thinking, strong leadership, and the ability to work independently while mentoring junior team members.

Reporting to the Creative Director, you will guide visual development from concept to execution, collaborating with brand marketing, strategists, product design, and leadership to ensure campaigns meet brand standards and

Qualifications

• Leads campaigns across hero campaigns, digital content, e-commerce, social, and photography.
• Strong written and oral communication with stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating with brand marketing, strategists, product design, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Understand brand positioning and goals to develop integrated campaigns.
• Lead creative development from concept through execution across digital, print, social, and video.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with objectives and standards.
• Manage multiple projects, ensuring quality and deadlines.
• Present concepts and strategies to stakeholders with clear brand rationale.
• Plan and art-direct photo and video shoots, including pre-production and on-set direction.
• Mentor junior team members and provide guidance.

Skills

Creative leadership

Visual development

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Art Director to lead creative development and execution across hero campaigns, digital content, e-commerce, social media, and photography. Reporting to the Creative Director, this role requires strategic planning aligned with broader brand objectives, big creative thinking, and the ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Understand brand positioning and business goals to develop integrated campaigns and activations that support long-term strategy.
• Lead visual and creative development from concept through execution across digital, print, social media, and video platforms.
• Collaborate with cross –functional teams including brand marketing, strategists, product design, and leadership to ensure creative work aligns with business objectives and brand standards.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Present concepts and strategies to internal stakeholders with clear rationale tied to brand goals.
• Plan and art –direct photo and video shoots, including pre‑production planning, on –set direction, and post‑production oversight.
• Work independently while providing mentorship to junior team members.

Skills and Experience

• Thrives in a fast‑paced environment and comfortable managing multiple projects.
• Skilled at delivering a high volume of creative output.
• Tapped into cultural trends in design, social media, music, television, film, etc.
• Strong written and oral communication skills to effectively work with all stakeholders.
• Prior experience working with creative ad agencies is preferred.

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Pay and Location

The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in NewYork is $55/hr to $60/hr [Per Hour]. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc.

SpinMasterInc. is a multi‑state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What you can expect from us:

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Other fun Perks!

SpinMaster is a fast‑paced, hands‑on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision‑making; though our challenging start‑up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. SpinMaster strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes.

Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [e-mail] or by phone at 416 364‑6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Our Mission and our Vision is to make life more fun by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun! A part of our company from the very start, our values are embodied in everyone from top leadership through to new and veteran team members alike, who -like you- were attracted to SpinMaster due to our shared mind set, moral code, and way of being.

Basically speaking, we enjoy a casual culture here, having fun while we are creating fun!