Senior Digital Production Artist - Lead & Automate Creative

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 68,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

14 paid holidays

Paid sick time

Comprehensive health coverage

401(k)

Tuition assistance

Commuter benefits

Professional development

Employee recognition

Charitable donation matching

Health coaching and counseling

Job summary

Epsilon, a leading agency partner within Publicis Groupe, seeks a Senior Digital Production Artist in Chicago to direct creative production from conception through final delivery. You will manage projects, optimize workflows, and implement automation while hands‑on executing high‑quality assets across multiple channels.

You will collaborate with art directors, motion designers, developers, and account managers to ensure brand‑compliant outputs, scalable content platforms, and efficient delivery

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in an agency or in‑house environment leading complex digital design and multi‑channel campaigns.
• Strong leadership, communication, organization, project management problem‑solving skills with a demonstrated ability to guide projects from design through final delivery.
• Expert in Digital Image processing (cropping, manipulation, and retouching) experience
• Ability to complete complex asset optimization, requiring a deep understanding of resolution/dpi, raster vs. vector, font management, file weight and other related digital imaging concepts
• Proven ability to work in a team environment who can give and take direction well
• Proficiency in: Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere); Advanced Motion Graphics; Microsoft 365 & Collaboration Tools

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor junior and mid-level creative team members, fostering skill development and maintaining brand consistency across deliverables.
• Understand and adhere to client brand guidelines, interact with designers, developers, account managers, and engineers to optimize and deliver assets to spec.
• Elevate the Creative on accounts, discover ways to optimize, automate and advance our creative processes.
• Define and refine agency-wide creative processes, protocols, and production workflows to scale quality and efficiency.
• Lead creative efficiencies for new and existing business partnering with account teams to drive scale and automation.
• Provide clear directions to teammates with high attention to detail through proactive prioritization and coordination of shared Production tasks.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organization

Project management

Problem solving

Teamwork

Video/sound editing experience

HTML/CSS/JS development experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communications, Advertising, Design, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere)

Microsoft 365 & Collaboration Tools (Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Job description

Epsilon, a leading agency partner within Publicis Groupe, seeks a Senior Digital Production Artist in Chicago to direct creative production from conception through final delivery. You will manage projects, optimize workflows, and implement automation while hands‑on executing high‑quality assets across multiple channels.

You will collaborate with art directors, motion designers, developers, and account managers to ensure brand‑compliant outputs, scalable content platforms, and efficient delivery