Entertainment Jobs and Internships

The IDW Entertainment department is driven to find the next big thing, and we’re hoping that can include you as our new Creative Director. The ideal candidate will have a natural eye for design and a drive to inspire dynamic ideas that connect with all types of audiences.

Responsibilities

• Working with external creatives to visually translate their vision of the look and feel of various potential entertainment properties.
• Producing new ideas for company branding, promotional campaigns, and marketing communications.
• Collaborating with artists to develop necessary materials that accompany pitches for entertainment properties.
• Photo editing and image creation.
• Create web design, branding and identity development, package design, brainstorm ideation sketches and concept renderings, infographics and more.
• Evaluating trends, assessing new data, and keeping up-to-date with the latest entertainment trends.
• Participating in brainstorming meetings and creative sessions on projects across a wide variety of genres.
• Shaping brand standards and creating procedures to ensure all products are brand appropriate.
• Prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short- and long-term needs, establishing production schedules
• Produce fresh, innovative work that translates complex ideas into compelling experiences for visually sophisticated audiences
• Present, or oversee presentation of final concepts, and obtain approvals for deliverables

Requirements and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in art, graphic design, marketing, or other relevant fields.
• 6-8 years experience, particularly with, but not limited to web, social, and emerging technologies.
• A solid understanding of design, copy, and web practices.
• Strong proficiency in the Adobe Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, as well as PowerPoint and Keynote.
• Brilliant interpersonal and communication skills.
• Have in-depth knowledge of brand development and multichannel marketing models in the Entertainment industry.
• Must be a creative and strategic thinker.
• Years of experience translating written entertainment pitches into engaging visual worlds.
• Comfortable multitasking in a fast-paced environment.  

ABOUT IDW

IDW Publishing (IDWP), a subsidiary of IDW Media Holdings Inc. (OTC PINK: IDWM), is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, trade paperbacks, and tabletop games.

Founded in 1999, IDWP is one of the top four publishers of comic books and graphic novels in the U.S with an award-winning library of world-renowned licensed content and original series. More than 80 IDWP titles have appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list, and have won 48 Eisner Awards, the highest honor in comic book publishing, and 27 Harvey Awards. 

IDW Entertainment (IDWE) develops, finances, produces, and distributes creative, diversified and targeted entertainment content ranging from sister company IDW Publishing’s extensive IP catalog of comic books and graphic novels. Since 2013, IDWE has successfully delivered three seasons of the critically-acclaimed Wynonna Earp, and the Netflix series adaptations of the popular comic book Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez and show run by Carlton Cuse, V-Wars starring Ian Somerhalder, and October Faction.

IDW Media Holdings

Position: Creative Brand Director

Location: Hybrid

Starts: As soon as candidate is identified

Duration: Full-Time

Status: Full-Time

Rate: Depends on Experience

One of our food safety clients is looking for a Creative Brand Manager to join their team as a direct hire, full-time employee and willing to work in the Lansing area.

About the company:

An international food safety company that provides test kits and products to detect dangerous substances in food.

We are looking for you!

• 5+ years experience as a creative leader in an agency or in -house setting
• Hands on experience in creative process, full-cycle brand concepts, marketing, design, brand development and more
• Adobe Creative Suite, MS office, CRM experience a bonus
• Leadership experience/have had direct reports a bonus

What you will do:

• Responsible for evolution of brand style guides and implementation across national and global scale
• Support all marketing initiatives including video, photography and technology/digital
• Lead a small team of creatives to ensure deliverables are within brand style from start to finish
• Work cross-functionally with marketing leaders and stakeholders to drive business
• If not local to Lansing, best fit candidates will still be considered; Relocation available

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Submit resume (and samples if applicable) to: [email protected]

Creative Circle

Position: Creative Director

Location: Boston – Metro North

Starts: Within a Couple Weeks

Duration: Full-Time

Status: Full-Time

Rate: $150,000-$175,000 DOE

Our client, a family owned retailer, is looking for a Creative Director to join their team full-time! This opportunity will require Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays in their Acton office, with Mondays and Fridays remote.

As a Creative Director your will:

• Work closely with their VP of Marketing and Art Director to develop their visual brand voice, revamping their existing brand and rolling out new brand guidelines
• Manage and coach 3 direct reports including a copywriter, designer/ illustrator and social media manager
• Execute and bring to life creative that spans print, digital, social, video and web
• Identify and optimize branding strategy and creative assets based on industry trends
• Aid in marketing strategy and how branding contributes to organic social content, video content and in-store marketing/displays

The ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum of 7-10 years of experience and demonstrated aptitude in brand identity, graphic design, and art direction; video production oversight will be highly valued
• Background in retail or agency
• Experience building a brand identity from scratch or revamping an existing brand
• The ability to concept and flush out campaign work across digital, print, video, TV and social
• Experience managing a team
• Experience presenting and defending concepts (either client facing or internally)
• Desire to remain hands-on with execution
• Proven understanding of store design and visual merchandising
• Experience hiring and managing external creative, media and PR agencies

If you are interested in this Creative Director opportunity, apply now!

Submit resume (and samples if applicable) to: [email protected]

Creative Circle

Our client is one of the most coveted skin care brands in the world. Based in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, they are a collaborative, dynamic, creative and closely connected group that has built the brand into a global beauty powerhouse and a leader in ultra-luxury skincare.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Art Director is responsible for strategic content creation from inception through completion. Reporting into the Vice President and the Executive Director, the art director develops concept campaigns from ideation to execution of all assets for a 360 campaign. The ideal candidate will create extraordinarily strong storytelling and is an analytical thinker, able to create holistic content and execute breakthrough consumer-centric initiatives across our brand channels – print, digital, and social media. They will work cross-functionally with Copy, Digital, Visual Merchandising, and the Social team to develop campaigns. The candidate will be an innovative, strategic, passionate creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills.

RESPONSABILITIES:

• Create awe-inspiring, strong story-telling creative content creation/campaigns
• for all global programs that resonates with target audiences.
• A definitive creative vision, a high level of design sophistication, a keen eye for photography, and strong typography skills are essential.
• Direct projects from concept through coordination of photo shoots, retouching, mechanical production and release.
• Lead with various departments and functions including Designers, Visual Merchandising, Copywriters and Production Artists during project development.
• Partner with Operations to meet fast paced timelines
• Ensure best in class standards are being met.
• Integrate specific projects with overall brand standards and style guidelines.
• Take ownership of deliverables and initiatives with acute attention to craft and detail
• Be able to present ideas to senior management team
• Must have a good eye for layout and details and an expert in luxury space.
• Must have a good eye for color and experienced in image color markup

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Position requires 8+ years related experience at a traditional ad agency or similar experience in a brand creative studio.
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, and Keynote to create presentation decks
• Good interpersonal skills required, a team play mentality.
• Is self-motivated and resourceful with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Conceptual thinker. Being able to ideate, present, develop, and execute projects from start to finish in highest quality.
• Ability to work in a fast- paced environment, manage multiple projects under tight deadlines, and adapt to changing priorities and creative approaches.
• Strong organizational skills, meticulous and detailed oriented in both your technical work and your ability to expertly present your designs
• Great understanding of luxury market and be familiar with trends in culture, luxury arena, design, technology, user experience, and social media
• Understanding and implementation of animation and video production skills a plus.
• Working knowledge of prototyping tools (InVision, Marvel, etc.)
• Story boarding, motion graphics and video experience

TDA Creative

PA Wanted *Locals only please*
Day Rate: $210/4
10/12/22
Birmingham, AL
Responsibilities: Standing in, load in, load out, extra hands on set.

The Role

Mint is looking for a passionate, talented creative to join our team. Reporting to the ECD, you’ll get the opportunity to flex your creative chops and work on a wide range of projects – from video, XM, digital, print, pr and more. Responsible for coming up with big ideas, tactical executions and overall visual direction, the Senior Art Director is a key collaborative member of the agency team, as both a leader and mentor to other creatives.

Responsibilities:

• Generate big ideas and creative concepts based on creative briefs
• Develop visual language and oversee visual direction of projects
• Collaborate with an integrated agency team of writers, strategists, account services and PR experts
• Provide visual direction for photography, film, animation, digital and print executions
• Sell through creative to internal stakeholders and clients
• Develop new 360o creative approaches
• Immerse themselves in a client’s brand and business problems
• Supervise and mentor other art directors and designers

Skills, Abilities and Experience:

• 5-7+ years of experience in an agency
• Strong aesthetic inspired by forward thinking design trends
• Great presentation and communication skills
• Proficient in creative suite for Mac operating systems;
• Strong understanding of the creative process
• Familiar with production process of all relevant disciplines
• Fluent in English, oral and written

*Please include your online portfolio link with your application

About Mint

We’re an independent creative agency made of culture creatures with multidisciplinary expertise across all major marketing disciplines.

Driven by creativity and inspired by humanity, we focus on brand love between companies and people. Our best work is done through true partnership, as an extension of and advisor to our clients. Guided by core structure, we build bespoke teams to collaborate on our client’s individual business problems to produce creative work that makes a positive impact on culture and the future.

Our Values

• Empathy – We believe the work is better when we consider the world through the eyes of others.
• Optimism – We believe in the good above all else; the good in people, the good in the world and the good in our future.
• Audaciousness – We are brave enough to try the untried and unexpected. And we dare to always follow through.
• Progressiveness – We fear status quo, so we break conventions and push to evolve, innovate and disrupt.
• Kindness – We are respectful, honest, transparent, inclusive, social and good to each other.

What we do: Advertising, Design & Branding, Strategy, Social, Digital, Content, Experiential, PR and Talent & Influencer.

Mint is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proudly an equal opportunity employer.

Mint

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Publicis Groupe

Publicis Groupe

Blackjet, a boutique branding & creative consultancy, is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Integrated Producer for our Toronto office. 

The Integrated Producer reports to the VP, Digital & Content. 

Responsibilities include:

• Pioneering the refinement of the production process.
• Provide leadership and guidance to project teams throughout the lifecycle of the project; establish and set expectations on how the team will work to complete projects and team objectives.
• Manage schedules, budgets, assets, and overall project organization to ensure requirements and project deliverables dates are clearly communicated, understood, and executed upon.
• Work with the accounts team to accurately scope projects, be involved in Discovery, and all stages of traditional & online content projects including dealing w/ actra and non-union talent. 
• Launch and manage multi-platform content marketing campaigns.
• Familiarity working across multiple creative disciplines; experience working with or at advertising agencies. 
• Soft skills: conscientious, entrepreneurial spirit, solid work ethic, organized, and driven.
• A diligent project leader who makes everyone in the team understand exactly what their role is and what is required of them, and holds them accountable to that. 
• Experience working on simultaneous projects for a variety of clients and does so exceptionally without letting the quality of any project suffer.
• Manage resource assignments to the project, and proactively identify resource challenges.
• Work with the creative team to execute creative briefs.
•  Gather bids from vendors, manage and source creative teams.
• Actively monitor project risks and scope creep to foresee/identify potential problems and proactively identify solutions to address them in advance.
• Responsible for reporting and bottom-line accountability.
• Work with the Accounts team to consistently manage client expectations, ensure delivery of the highest quality service, and solicit and act on client feedback.
• Communicate and document project status to team members, and management on a regular basis; escalate issues accordingly via the appropriate channels.
• Recap and create debriefs for every completed project; facilitate discussions on lessons learned and new knowledge gained; document properly and share.
• Oversee and execute on content collection and content population in Content Management Systems.
• Review and address weekly resourcing requirements as required, replying to triage/status emails with updates.

Requirements

• 5+ years agency producers experience managing projects in an agency environment
• Experience managing project budgets for marketing, creative or technology projects
• Knowledge of production, animation, editing, audio and post-production.
• Solid understanding of production principles
• Understands all facets of both online and traditional productions.
• Demonstrated ability to work within tight deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills; experience developing statements of work and client estimates.
• Strong prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, project management & planning skills.
• A fearless approach to process improvement.

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