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We are looking for a Senior Art Director to work as a team with our senior copywriter to produce top-notch advertising concepts. This is a conceptual role, working with our senior creative team as the visual creative lead in the concept creation process. We are looking for someone with clear experience and ability in bringing original thinking to creating campaign and advertising concepts, preferably in B2B and / or technology. (Please note – We are not looking for a senior graphic or motion designer).

At Ledger Bennett, we strive to help our employees find passion and purpose. We’re looking for commercially driven strategic marketers, sales professionals, and data scientists to help build the most advanced revenue services business in the world. If you think you could make a bigger impact on your client’s revenue than your current job allows, then join us to help change the way the world delivers revenue.

Activities will include:

• Creating the ‘Big Idea’ for campaigns working with an ACD.
• Bring original thinking to ideation, ensuring concepts can be executed to the highest standard across all media and campaigns.
• Inspiring and motivating the agency’s clients to be creatively progressive, through the application of fresh and inventive visual work.
• Reviewing the work of creatives and providing direction and feedback.
• Ability to create the visual elements and concepts for new business pitches.
• Uncovering new ways to incorporate emerging and new media formats into campaigns.
• Helping establish the agency proposition around ‘Forever Customer’.

Skills required:

• Ability to generate a reliable supply of original ideas and visual concepts.
• The confidence to explain and support your thinking, both internally and externally.
• A flexible approach and willingness to adapt your ideas to the needs of clients.
• A passion for advertising and what’s next.
• A keen eye for visual details and accuracy and signing off creative work.
• Resilience to perform under pressure and deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines.
• Good level IT skills in Adobe Cloud and the design packages.
• Good awareness of digital media and evolving online platforms.

Our people are our strength so finding ways to value and reward them is important to us. Discover more about who we are and our benefits here: https://www.ledgerbennett.com/careers/

Ledger Bennett is an equal opportunity employer with diversity and engagement being the core of our beliefs.

Ledger Bennett

FIRM OVERVIEW

Anchored in our purpose to help clients achieve their financial goals, Odlum Brown has remained an independent, full-service investment firm for 100 years. Wholly owned by its team members, the firm continues its tradition of leadership in the financial community as one of BC’s most respected investment firms.

We are honoured to be nationally recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and one of Canada’s Most AdmiredTM Corporate Cultures, and to share the achievement of a century in business with our valued team members, clients and communities.

CULTURE AND VALUES

Guided by a set of timeless core values – Clients First, People, Accountability, Independence, Integrity and Community – we are very proud of the vibrant culture that we have built and sustained for many years. These values are the cornerstone of our culture and the principles that provide a compass for our actions and unify us as a team.

PEOPLE

We have skiers, mountain bikers, hockey players, runners, volleyball players, movie buffs, bookworms, animal lovers, musicians, yogis, world travelers and every other variety of person you can imagine. You will work with really interesting people and make great friends, too.

COMMUNITY

We are serious about supporting the communities where we live and work. A recipient of the Canada’s Volunteer Award from the Government of Canada, we are committed in heart and mind to everything we do in the community, and we work hard to inspire passion and fun while doing it.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Continuous learning matters. We are committed to providing career-long support for learning and growth.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Do you thrive on interacting with people and obsess over detail? We’re looking for someone like you for our People and Culture Coordinator role in the Vancouver office.

You will be responsible for a full range of People and Culture related responsibilities, from positively impacting the employee experience, onboarding, administering policies and employment changes, managing HRIS data and preparing reports, to supporting our programs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Represent the People and Culture team as the first point of contact for team member inquiries
• Prepare documentation, including employment agreements/verifications and addendums and welcome packages
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date data in the HRIS platform
• Update and maintain policies and information on the intranet, websites and with vendors
• Produce, distribute and audit standard and ad hoc HRIS reports to support business needs
• Assist with special projects, including active participation in short-term and long-term initiatives, as well as identifying opportunities for continuous improvement

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum three (3) years of People and Culture experience
• Post-secondary diploma or degree in human resources, administration or related discipline
• Highly proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Experience working with an HRIS platform (Ceridian Dayforce is an asset)
• Excellent verbal and written communication and relationship building skills
• Exceptional client service orientation, organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong ability to prioritize tasks and competing priorities
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, confidentiality and adapt to changing demands
• Reliable team member with a positive and proactive attitude; able to follow through challenges to resolution
• Self-starter and continuous learner with the capacity to work independently, along with flexibility and willingness to assist others

At 100 years young, our team is growing, and we’ve got room for one more if you’re interested. If this sounds like the environment you’d like to work in and you have the credentials and experience for this job, we invite you to submit a cover letter and resume to [email protected] by April 10, 2023.

Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada. Full disclosure of any restrictions must be disclosed at the time of expressing interest and supporting evidence provided prior to any potential offer of employment.

We appreciate your interest and thank you for taking the time to consider this opportunity. We will be in touch with individuals whose profiles most closely match what’s needed to be successful in this role.

Odlum Brown Limited

BJ’s Wholesale Club

The Position 

Raven Theatre seeks an Artistic Director to join its Managing Director, Staff and Board to further implement its mission statement: telling stories of today and of the past that connect us to our cultural landscape. This is a shared leadership position with the company Managing Director. The Artistic Director works directly with the Managing Director, with support from the Board of Directors, to meet the goals of the organization. The Artistic Director reports to the Board of Directors.

The Organization 

Raven Theatre is in its 40th year of producing innovative revivals of modern dramas and thought-provoking new works for the North Side Chicago community. It does so by presenting revivals, Chicago premieres, and world premieres (some of which Raven has commissioned).  The organization operates a respected, robust and well-rooted theatre arts education program that engages youth and school communities in the surrounding Chicago neighborhoods and beyond.  In addition, the Raven operates its wholly owned 10,000 square foot building with two stages (seating 57 and 85) and administrative offices.

Recently, Raven has become an Equity theatre, building its capacity and quality of production. Raven has accumulated numerous awards and accolades over the last 40 years. Most recently, its productions of “The Last Pair of Earlies” and “The Luckiest” from its 21/22 season were both nominated for the Jeff Award for Best Production.

Responsibilities of the Artistic Director Include: 

• Leads all artistic, educational, and engagement activities – supervising artistic staff and working with staff and outside partners to bring vibrant and compelling programs to the theatre’s audiences, students, and community  
• Champions the company’s mission, vision, and work to all stakeholder communities, including audiences, donors, media, staff, board of directors, and community members
• Contributes actively to the theatre’s development initiatives, focusing on fundraising, donor cultivation and community building
• Engages in the regular strategic planning processes, actively advancing Raven Theatre’s organizational goals
• Advocates for arts education programming and its team of teaching artists, upholding the program as an integral component of the organization and the community.
• Cultivates relationships with itinerant theatre companies to bring the best Chicago storefront theatre to the Raven Theatre’s Schwartz Stage, continually identifying potential artistic collaborators
• Serves along with the Managing Director as the public face of the theatre, representing Raven Theatre in community and city-wide professional theatre events, discourse, and celebrations
• Maintains a network of local and national theatre professionals, staying current and active in the theatre community at large and identifying new talent and emerging voices
• Supports and oversees all artists and technicians engaged in Raven Theatre’s programming while creating a spirited workplace and fostering strong collaborations
• Maintains a presence at all significant theatre events: opening nights, fundraisers, audience engagement activities, and first reads
• Serves as an ex officio member of the Board of Directors, regularly working and communicating with the Board of Directors

Qualifications 

The ideal candidate will likely have:

• Leadership style that engenders respect and enthusiasm from stakeholders, focusing on collaboration in a team environment
• Proven track record of developing programming that generates excitement and discourse
• Experience developing and producing new work
• Values equity, diversity, and inclusion in programming and staffing and has demonstrated that value in previous work
• Demonstrated ability to program within budget constraints and with timely planning for successful and smooth execution
• Working knowledge of the Chicago theatre community
• Experience working within an arts organization
• Experience responding to the pressures of working in a not-for-profit arts environment
• Demonstrated organizational development and management skills
• Preferred experience with cultivating and stewarding board and donor relationships
• Ability to forge a strong and meaningful partnership with the Managing Director

Compensation 

The salary for this position is $55,000 annually plus participation in the theatre’s healthcare plan (choice of HMO or PPO), 14 paid vacation days, and 14 federal holidays. Relocation funding may also be available. 

To Apply 

Please submit a cover letter, resume, an artistic statement, and three references to [email protected]. Electronic applications are preferred. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. 

Don’t check off every box in the requirements listed above? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that marginalized communities – such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color – are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Raven Theatre is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and values a diverse workforce. 

So if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, Raven encourages you to still consider submitting an application. You may be just the right candidate for this role!

Reasonable Accommodations 

If you require reasonable accommodations during any part of the hiring process, please email us at [email protected].

Raven Theatre Company

Position: News Associate Producer

Openings: 6

Location: On site in New York City and remote

Duration: Direct Hire!

Pay Rate: $62,000-$82,000 Salary Based On Experience

Looking to HIRE RIGHT AWAY!!

Must-Haves:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 2- 3 years of television news experience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to think fast and react to breaking news
• Creative thinking and a passion for news and current events

Day to Day:

• Identify and pitch stories and guests appropriate for the show
• Prepare appropriate research for pitch meetings with producers and anchor
• Conduct pre-interviews with guests
• Book dynamic and high-profile guests
• Respond quickly to breaking news during and after regular hours
• Plan for anticipated future news events
• Strong news writing skills
• identify video and sound, and order graphics as needed

Insight Global

Who is Moontide?

We are agents of change. Moontide (moontide.agency) thrives on big ideas – ours, and our clients. More than an agency, we are a growth partner for brands with bold aspirations. Our client roster includes companies with big missions, like making zero-emission airliners, ending the world’s plastic waste problem and creating the sustainable city of the future.

Based in California, Georgia, Minnesota, Texas, and New York we are a full-capabilities agency that serves our audiences and partners with integrity and passion. Moontide is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Golden State Company (thegoldenstatecompany.com) which was founded in 2006. An interconnected house of brands, The Golden State Company also operates and innovates across different digital media and e-commerce businesses, making it a unique place for out-of-the-box creativity.

Summary

Our Creative Director is a roll-up-the-sleeves, enterprising business leader responsible for inspiring and leading integrated creative that translates across a 360-degree marketing ecosystem. The Creative Director is masterful in consistently crafting engaging and intuitive experiences and is well-versed in championing creativity.

For our clients and client prospects, the Creative Director will be collaboratively solving business problems across industries and identifying opportunities for competitive cut-through. The Creative Director is responsible for envisioning scalable concepts and then ensuring top-notch creative execution that can be achieved within the realities of budgets and timelines. Best-in-class pitching and presentation skills are a must.

For our internal team, they’ll foster a collaborative, inspiring environment that welcomes all relevant channels to connect with our target audiences holistically. The role involves collaboratively narrowing and refining creative options with a solutions orientation that ultimately supports the production/execution of approved ideas by the integrated team.

Our Creative Director…

• Is a professional listener who deeply understands our clients’ and partners’ businesses;
• Collaborates with our cross-discipline experts and Executive Committee to deliver creative for internal Moontide initiatives, agency clients, and prospects;
• Partners with client managers and project management to align creative solutions with business logic;
• Is versatile enough to jump from leading a complex website design system to collaborating on brand identity territories to ideating campaign concepts
• Demonstrates practical knowledge of technology and delivery platforms and can be relied upon for vetting solutions to ensure feasibility;
• Collaborates with CD of Information Design, to jointly ensure the Moontide brand and all client brands are expressed elegantly in assets;
• Understands paid media and earned media platforms and how to bring to life optimal creative solutions for the channels and communities;
• Leads by example in empowering, mentoring, and inspiring direct reports’ and supporting their career progression.
• Upholds best practices and internal process standards, including creative accountability and proactive support of staff resourcing and financial stewardship
• Exhibits intentionality when respectfully pushing the envelope in terms of design, delivery, platforms, and integrated solutions to achieve competitive differentiation.
• Brings a track record for gaining client trust in creative solutions for their businesses, especially at the client organizations’ leadership levels.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent and 10+ years’ creative leadership experience at an ad agency, brand firm, media company, start-up or client-side organization.
• A portfolio that extends across mediums, target audiences, and a diverse range of clients at various stages of business growth
• Experience managing a creative team, external creative agencies, and production partners.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and other discipline-specific tools experience.
• Must be based in the headquarters office in El Segundo, CA with requirements for in-office hours 2 days a week. Travel to client locations and other Moontide remote locations on an as-needed basis (approximately 15-25% of the time)

REPORTS TO: Partner & Managing Director, Moontide

Moontide Agency

Overview and Responsibilities:

Louder with Crowder is looking for a Video Director who is responsible for translating Steven’s vision from the script to the screen. The perfect candidate will use their mastery of mise-en-scene and editing to establish comedic tone, style, and rhythm for all Louder with Crowder pre-filmed sketches, opens, commercials, and music videos. This includes:

• Directing actors
• Cinematography and Gaffing
• Staging props and other production design elements
• Editing
• Sound Recording and Design
• VFX compositing and editing
• Motion graphics

The Creative Director dual reports to the Unit Production Manager and the Post-Production Supervisor, who will initiate projects and set deadlines.

Fundamentals:

• Black Magic Cinema Camera
• SONY F-Series
• Lighting Soundstage/On-Location
• Lighting for compositing
• Adobe Creative Suite
• YouTube Studio
• Deep interest in news and current events
• Social media savvy
• You can work a flexible schedule, including days, nights, and weekends as needed. The workday starts early, and news is always happening, and you thrive in being in the daily media cycle.

Work Experience:

• 3+ years directing and producing content
• Experience leading a crew
• Experience working in advertising a plus
• Experience working with high-profile talent a plus

Louder with Crowder

You’re a gifted visual storyteller. From pixels to Bezier curves, photos to videos, and everything in between, you’re a wizard of the visual arts. You know how to captivate and engage audiences through impactful ideas executed with eye-popping visuals that drive action.

For nearly 40 years as a full-service advertising agency, Russell Herder is committed to creating Work That Matters for our clients and community-at-large. We’re seeking an experienced art director to work within our creative group, developing and executing smart, disruptive, and engaging visual concepts and solutions for our clients. You’re a quick learner and energized team player, capable of bringing abstract concepts to life in engaging, relevant, and visually impactful ways. As an organized person, you’re a self-starter and someone people can rely upon. Your previous agency experience reflects empathy, curiosity, speed, adaptability, and a devotion to pushing boundaries. You know how to listen, learn, and are always willing to grow.

Status: Reports to the Creative Director

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement innovative conceptual ideas and visual stylistic directions across all media platforms for a wide variety of clients
• Create and adopt visual styles and tonal personalities that reflect the nuances of client’s brand and voice
• Work collaboratively with Account, Strategy, Digital, Social and Project Management teams to successfully produce creative within time constraints and on budget
• Actively analyze concepts against client requests to ensure they meet strategic goals, objectives, and timing
• Develop and execute ideas from strategic concept development to project completion
• Integrate current and contemporary visual trends and media into day-to-day assignments
• Present work internally to the agency and externally to clients in a confident and professional manner
• Produce work worthy of industry recognition and client praise
• Strictly adhere to timelines, schedules, and budgets

Performance Standards:

• Concepted materials meet agency and client strategic objectives
• Work continually enhances our firm’s reputation
• Projects are completed on time and within budget
• Client presentations are organized and effective

Location:

In-person work Monday-Thurs at our Minneapolis office, with a remote work option on Fridays.

Russell Herder

Client Overview: Creative agency specializing in beauty and luxury brands with a focus on package design.

Job overview: Passionate, inspirational, and with an energy to create award-winning work, you will be the driving force leading and engaging the design team. Working collaboratively with the Creative Director, you will help direct the creative output on client programmes within the design studio, from concept generation through to design completion.

Senior Art Director Responsibilities:

• Working collaboratively with the Creative Director, you will help direct the creative output on client programmes within the design studio, from concept generation through to design completion
• Responsibility for the day-to-day ownership of the quality of creative deliverables across a range of projects
• Work closely with the Creative Director and Account Managers to ensure that creative output is delivered within the timings and budgets agreed
• Build client relationships in order to effectively deliver the project output
• Work with the new business team to either create or deliver new business opportunities
• Design and contribute content to credentials presentations
• Contribute to the development of proposals
• Contribute ideas and original content for thought pieces, conferences, blogs, social media debate and sharing information internally
• Maintain packaging standards and help evolve visual systems as we continue to grow into new markets, partnerships, legal requirements, etc.
• Ongoing creative exploration and development as we expand our product family
• Work closely within the team: managing designers (x1 report) across multiple focuses (i.e., packaging, collateral) providing
• Provide direction and inspiration, while also in constant communication with Manager, reporting on both team and project status

Senior Art Director Qualifications:

• Packaging experience needed
• Art Direction background

24 Seven Talent

We are looking for a Sr. Art Director, who is asolid designer, one with a unique design eye, and highly skilled in retail messaging and in-store signage.

This is a true designer’s account where vision and attention to detail are always recognized and celebrated. We create work for just about any channel, including print, digital, video, interactive and experiential, so good knowledge of the Adobe suite of programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, INDD, XD with UX and UI design a plus.

Role Objectives:

· One who can work with a team and manage project workflow from concepting thoughtful on brief ideas, through layout and design to finish production.

· Comfortable talking through their thought processand approach to the project work.

· The ability to concept and create a POV from Insight to idea.

· Work with a teambringing thoughtfulideas, through layout and design to finish production.

· Own the role of Sr. Art Director on multiple projects at once

· Ensure quality of error-free design deliverables that ladder up to concept

· Ensure design meets brand standards

· Work with various disciplines to ensure on time delivery

· Comfortable with presenting to clients

· Takes constructive criticism

· Collaborative work ethic

· Experienced multi-tasker

• Be a source of inspiration, positivity and creativity to others

· Advanced Adobe Creative Suite program skills

o Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, required

o Premiere, AfterEffects, UX and UI nice to have

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s Degree in Design/Art Direction OR Creative Portfolio School Certificate OR equivalent art direction or design experience.

· At least 5 years of experience in an advertising or in-house art direction/design role

Additional Information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Arc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color,ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Arc Worldwide