Creative Director/Art

dna Communications is looking for a unicorn: a conceptual Creative Director/Art with great design sense. The candidate will help us develop breakthrough work on our healthcare/social impact clients.

ABOUT YOU:  
• a highly conceptual problem solver with strong art chops
• comfortable with clients, presentation, and pitch decks
• you lead by example, with a keen eye for organization and detail
• you get that healthcare work can (and should) have attitude and a voice
• ability to concept across a broad range of media, in a variety of tones and voices

ABOUT THE JOB:
• a chance to create award-winning work for blue chip healthcare clients and upstart biopharmas

• partner with the GCD to help mentor and manage the creative team
• you’ll still get your hands dirty – creating the work alongside them
  • work closely with project management, production, and client experience teams
  • help shape the final output of the work leaving dna
• In short, the job is conceptual, executional and managerial - see that unicorn thing earlier J

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• generate ideas across all platforms including: social, PR activations, stunts, online videos, and whatever touch point is right.
• help direct the look & feel for a range of brands and products
• make use of a variety of conceptual disciplines (writing, pitching, brainstorming) while displaying an understanding of executional ones (graphic design, digital, social, and video)
• push forward brave ideas
• Continually innovate the process, the ideas, and the strategies to help accounts grow
• With the Group Creative Director, drive the collaborative efforts of the project’s creative team
• handling large and dangerous wild animals
• reading to the very end of a document and recognizing when something doesn’t seem right

QUALIFICATIONS:

• a robust portfolio of work with strong design
• 7 to 10 years’ experience in the media industry
• a love for art and design, and an eye for great writing
• an understanding of what makes compelling work – on social platforms, in video, or in big earned media activations and ideas that get talked about, reported on, and pointed to by other agencies
• proven leadership skills managing multiple projects/tasks/teams of varying complexities, meeting deadlines, and working well under pressure
• Video production experience – the ability to storyboard/ art direct concise scripts
• experience with social media platforms and a decent knowledge of their best practices
• Resilience, a cheerful and positive attitude, and respect for others
  
  

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior healthcare experience a must
• Bonus skills: illustration, photography, retouching, filmmaking, editorial, HTML.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

NYC Salary range: $150,000 - $195,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.