Art Director, Social (Remote)

We’re looking for a social-first Art Director who has an online portfolio with social-first art direction examples on all social channels including IG, YouTube, TikTok, and emerging platforms.

You will join a team working with our large retail client, concepting social-first campaigns on a regular seasonal cadence, and presenting your ideas to our client. Reporting to the Senior Art Director, Social, you will create and manage the delivery of creative and social content campaigns that push creative content solutions across all social platforms. You will work closely with an Associate Creative Director team, and collaborate daily. This role is fully remote, but several of the creatives including the ACD team are in the New York area, and occasionally collaborate in person at the Dentsu offices if you want to join them onsite.

• You have a love for people and how they engage on the internet and love creating in the social space.
• You will make creative social content in whatever format is deemed most relevant, where every detail is considered.
• You will connect our brands to culture through social media

Accountabilities

• Concept and build social creative campaigns and real-time response creative on brand and to a targeted audience
• Implement brand continuity, guidelines and positioning
• Integrate a brand’s established look and feel into social creative in a compelling, valuable and authentic way
• Present ideas to both the internal team and externally to clients with structure and parity
• Proactively identify opportunities for work to be created for clients
• Understand new social media content best practices and what other organizations and brands are creating
• Identify trends and patterns in user behavior associated with social content
• Creatively use technology and its applications to solve business problems
• Exhibit a natural instinct, love and skillset for concepting and art direction, and the ability to build powerful stories through design
• Grow the relationship with the client

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience art directing and making social-first content
• Advertising agency experience
• Consistency of ideas is required, as this is our number one currency
• Experience creating groundbreaking social campaigns and provided examples of digital-first thinking
• We need buttoned-up creatives that believe in accountability
• Bachelors in Advertising, Marketing or related field, required; in lieu of degree, equivalent experience in a relevant field required

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $51,000 – $80,000. Salary is based on a range of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation. Our incentive compensation plan is subject to change. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information about dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact [email protected] if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

About dentsu

Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape societywww.dentsu.com.

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Dentsu (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

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