Senior Art Director - Experiential

160over90; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking agency as a Senior Art Director, where your creative vision will shape compelling campaigns across digital, print, and experiential media. Collaborate with talented teams to deliver outstanding creative work that resonates with diverse audiences. This role offers the opportunity to push boundaries and explore innovative storytelling techniques. With a strong emphasis on collaboration and a culture of acceptance, you'll thrive in an environment that values your unique perspective and creativity. If you're passionate about design and eager to make a meaningful impact, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Professional development opportunities

Remote work options

Health and wellness programs

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of Art Direction experience in an ad agency.
• Strong understanding of traditional and digital media.

Responsibilities

• Create innovative campaigns across various platforms.
• Mentor junior creatives and guide project efforts.

Skills

Art Direction

Visual Storytelling

Creative Problem Solving

Adobe Creative Suite

Digital Marketing

Collaboration

Presentation Skills

Branding

Education

Degree in Graphic Design

Marketing/Communication Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Google Slides

Midjourney

Dall-E

Job description

160over90 is a full-service cultural marketing agency. An integrated part of the Endeavor network, which includes entertainment agency WME and sports, fashion and events leader IMG, 160over90’s cultural insight, access and influence helps brands stay connected to what their consumers care about most. With offices in seven countries around the world, 160over90’s expertise spans experiential, creative, public relations, digital, social, impact, influence, higher education and more. We represent culture. (B)ring (You)rs. At 160over90, we invite you to be the most authentic version of yourself. No matter where you come from or what you look like, you can be your full self here. Our work reaches diverse communities around the globe. So, it's important to us that our team reflects the full spectrum of voices, values, and perspectives of the audiences we’re looking to reach through our work. Just as we’re obsessed with our clients, their businesses, and the work we do, we’re even more obsessed with the team bringing it to life. Each day we are actively investing to ensure our people feel seen, heard, and appreciated. No matter where they are, who they are, and what they believe in, 160over90 is the throughline to infuse a culture rooted in acceptance and belonging.Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events, and experiences. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation through entertainment agency WME; sports operations and advisory, event management, media production and distribution, and brand licensing through IMG; live event experiences and hospitality through On Location; full-service marketing through global cultural marketing agency 160over90; and sports data and technology through IMG ARENA and OpenBet. Endeavor is also the majority owner of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE : TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company comprising UFC and WWE.

The Role and What You’ll Do :

The role of Sr, Art Director is to be a visual storyteller and creative problem solver who finds new and unexpected ways to drive results for our clients. We will encourage you to use every tool in your creative arsenal, not just your computer, to create meaningful work that you can be proud of. We build, we draw, we take pictures, we geek out on tech, and we get our hands dirty to bring our ideas to life.

As a Senior Art Director at 160over90, you will typically partner with a Sr. Copywriter on various creative assignments.

As the Art part of the team, you have a passion for design and keen understanding of the specific demands of traditional and digital media, as well as experiential. You get excited by not just making great work, but by making great work that actually works.

In addition to helping solve creative briefs and occasionally meeting with clients, Sr. Art Directors at 160 are killer in their craft and guide the efforts of junior creatives. As hands-on cross-functional team members, Sr. Art Directors achieve strategic goals and meet client expectations with oversight from the creative leads on concepting and / or production. You will create the innovative and memorable cross-channel work that continues to make our agency, and our clients stand out and talked about in the industry and around the proverbial water cooler.

You are a creative athlete, and create campaigns across a variety of platforms including developing content (digital, social, and above the line), paid and organic social, print, experience design, OOH and more. In addition, Sr. Art Directors are responsible for brainstorming creative concepts with the team, developing original campaigns, and support the art perspective in client presentations. You express your ideas clearly not just through art direction, but face-to-face, zoom box-to-zoom box.

You’re the kind of person who gets excited and inspired by making things. With fearless creativity, you roll up your sleeves and can deliver quality work in a time-crunch and also mentor junior creatives.

You have a knack for storytelling and presenting ideas in a way that makes people fall in love. Additionally, you’re collaborative, organized, and accountable, giving proper attention to the detail of your craft as well as bringing your teammates along in the process. Most of all, we’re looking for a genuinely good human being who we love working with.

While all creative staff reports to the Head of Creative, Sr. Art Directors report to ACDs or CDs on a project basis and ultimately to the VP / GCD of their group.

Play a hands-on role in the delivery of outstanding creative and results, working collaboratively within a cross-disciplinary team and environment (creative teammates, strategists, account team, and discipline leads to ensure creative work is on-brand, works hard and stands out amongst the rest

Ensure consistency and efficacy of design throughout all creative

Art Direct creative from concept to end product with the ability to self-manage multiple projects and tight timelines

Work within the client’s established brand guidelines

Leverage talent for design and concepting to contribute to work that solves for consumer needs and business goals

Successfully communicate creative ideas by confidently presenting your creative to leadership and stakeholders (and occasionally clients) by articulating and rationalizing creative decisions with strategic insights

Stay consistently relevant and up-to-date on all marketing trends and culture in effort to bring fresh ideas, sharing with peers and the broader team

Develop exceptional concepts for a wide range of marketing including experiential, branding, content, social, digital, print, OOH and more

Appraise and edit your own work

Work closely with project managers and account teams across the life span of a project

Bring to life ideas for new business pitches and existing clients across presentations and production

Work effectively with all stakeholders to complete projects within timelines and budget parameters

Expert level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and Google Slides

Working proficiency with new tech tools such as Midjourney and Dall-E

Receptive to creative feedback and adaptability in creative development process; give direction to creatives from leadership

We’d Love If You Also Have These :

5-7 years of Art Direction experience within an ad agency or similar setting

Degree in graphic design, marketing / communication design or similar field

Be fearless and not afraid to fail

A natural curiosity for the unique, the buzz-worthy and the culturally relevant with a willingness to push forward brave, new ideas

The optimism to think bigger, the curiosity to dig deeper, and the passion to do better

The ability to adapt to new ideas, processes, and business problems with ease and enthusiasm

A professional attitude and an openness to feedback that commands the respect of supervisors and colleagues

An appreciation for the relationship between copy and visual elements (and great design in general)

We expect our Sr. Art Directors to understand that a product isn’t truly great unless the copy and the design support each other

Cross functional design and conceptual experience necessary

A passionate desire to be a part of an agency built differently

A love of the data and results and the gamification of the creative to keep pushing for record breaking results in a campaign

Strong work ethic

Digital portfolio of drool-worthy advertising design, campaign concepts and relevant creative endeavors

Ability to think strategically, conceptualize and see ideas through to polished execution

Ability to work flexible hours, including some nights / weekends

How we work :

Endeavor is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week / in a remote capacity. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. Weunderstand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity,equity,andinclusionineverything we do. As a global companythatdrivesculture,westrive to reflect theworld’sdiversevoices. Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.