Junior Art Director

GRAPHIC DESIGNER/JUNIOR ART DIRECTOR, MILWAUKEE AGENCY, HYBRID

C2 client, a creative branding and strategy agency that transforms beliefs into authentic behavior through the power of culturally disruptive ideas is seeking a Designer to add to their team. You’ll work on a wide range of clients — from the biggest and most established brands in the world to nimble brands that make our life’s work incredibly rewarding, you’ll oversee and architect the creative product that has given us a reputation for launching and relaunching brands. This role will be primarily focused on concepting and executing brand initiatives ranging from rebranding to social/digital campaigns, employer brand initiatives, and supporting communication campaigns.

Start date: As soon as they find the right person

Duration: Full-time position

Location: Hybrid in Milwaukee

Compensation: Commensurate with experience

Benefits: Salary + annual profit sharing bonus potential, Health insurance, 401K, Generous PTO and vacation policies, Half-day summer Fridays (June-August), Paid holidays + additional week off between Christmas and New Years , Values-driven, laid-back culture focused on work-life balance, personal freedom, and accountability.

Nice to Have:

• Incredible design tactician with brand identity and smart conceptually-led integrated campaign work.
• Agency experience working as part of a team and or independently leading projects.
• Stellar organizational skills to keep your work on-time, and within budget.
• Ability to concept across traditional and nontraditional channels (digital, social, experiential, earned media, etc.).
• A stunning portfolio that shows how you get from concept to reality and can articulate it in written and visual form.
• Solid presentation skills: You’ll need to be able to present your work to both internal teams and clients as well.
• Hunger for what’s next and new: in culture yes, but also new and emerging art & design mediums.
• Ability to get it done: As a nimble team, we’re all doers. We work on short deadlines and limited information; must be a self-starter.
• Openness to new tools (AI-assist, Canva, etc.) when needed.

Must Have:

• Bachelor’s Degree (BA) in, Art, Design, Advertising, or relevant field.
• 3-5 years of agency experience as a designer, working on projects from concept to completion.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD a must. Premier, Animate, After Effects a plus).
• Experience in Google Suite (Google slides, docs, etc.) We are a Google shop 🙂
• And yes…a working ability in PowerPoint (cause’ some clients want a PPT template), MS Word Suite on occasion and Google Docs. Our primary presentation format to clients is in Google Slides.
• Experience working in and around video and web is a huge plus.

All candidates must be located and authorized to work in the United States. C2 does not sponsor work visas. C2 is unable to hire contractors from these states: CA, CO, NY, DC

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