SHADOW is seeking an Associate Creative Director with 8+ years of multidisciplinary creative experience, preferably working with consumer brands. This is a cross-divisional agency role, responsible for contributing to the ideation and development of campaign concepts and leading the development of visual assets and design elements for SHADOW’s full roster of clients.  The ideal candidate has a proven ability to manage a robust workload in a dynamic setting. 

What You Bring:

• Creative Vision: You have a distinguished portfolio of creative work that demonstrates an ability to deliver breakthrough creative concepts and executional precision 
• Technical Know-How: You are fluent in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and comfortable with video editing and animation platforms, including Premiere Pro and After Effects. 
• Innovative Thinking: You religiously follow design, video, style and culture trends, and have the necessary context to think unconventionally and deliver cutting edge work. 
• Leadership: You’ll serve not just as a senior voice for clients as well as support a growing team, upholding creative standards of excellence and ensuring the integrity of campaign work. 

What You Do:

• Creative Ideation: Develop and design integrated concepts for prospecting and existing clients in collaboration with various agency teams, including social media content, photo/video, events/experiences, digital/web and more.  This includes directing the compilation and layout of concepts, moodboards, storyboards, and design mocks for presentation to clients. 
• Campaign Direction: Support the direction and execution of campaign ideas and production elements across a number of media, including print and graphic design, video, motion, and digital/web. Manage creative talent, including in-house art directors, designers, producers, as well as freelance creative talent to support the execution of campaign elements.
• Brand Identity Creative: In addition to maintaining the integrity of brand identity throughout client work, for other clients you support the development, establishment or refresh of brand elements and guidelines.
• Team Management:  Oversee, manage and mentor a team composed of art directors, designers, and creative coordinator.
• Relationships: In addition to building a relationship of creative trust with clients, Grow and maintain agency rolodex of creative talent including photographers, designers, directors, illustrators, animators, etc.

Salary: $135K - $165K