Art Director

POSITION PROFILE.Current Global is seeking a dynamic and motivated Art Director to join our growing creative team in Chicago. We are looking for someone with the right combination of entrepreneurial spirit, conceptual ability and design skills necessary to conceive, visualize, and execute impactful ideas for clients. You will create campaigns, films, social content, activations, experiences and more. This candidate will have a passion for type, design, photography, film and technology and can visually convey their ideas through beautiful mockups and presentations.Learn more about the general tasks related to this opportunity below, as well as required skills.PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES.Create wildly creative and strategic earned media campaigns for a variety of consumer brands.Develop original concepts with the intention of sparking conversation and engagement in media.Collaborate with creative directors, copywriters, producers, strategists, media specialists and other team members to flesh out the creative development of your executions.Proactively bring new ideas, creative concepts and design solutions to client work.Create production-ready designs and layouts, establish the look/tone/feel for campaigns and executions, and convey ideas through well-designed presentations.Sell through content and video-based ideas through storyboards, mood boards, etc.Ensure all visual design adheres to existing brand guidelines.Thrive on wearing multiple hats; depending on your skills, there will be times when you must drive the creative/design process by playing the role of producer, art buyer, re-toucher, photographer, etc.QUALIFICATIONS.3+ years of art direction and/or design experience in a related agency or department (public relations, advertising, digital, social media, or publishing/content).Ability to work quickly, efficiently, and accurately within all required aspects of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) as well as presentation software such as Keynote and PowerPoint.Ongoing drive to understand emerging techniques, trends and philosophies in design, technology, interaction and social media.Art education in advertising design and conceptual thinking is preferred.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Current Global recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. We offer a full suite of benefits including medical; dental; vision; 401k (with employer match); tuition reimbursement; $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards nourishing your health; flexible time off policy; flexible holiday schedules; short-term disability; paid employee family leave; family building benefit.Current Global is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We recruit qualified applications without regard to age, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, or citizenship status.We make our careers website accessible to all users. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact us at JobAppAccommodation@cmgrp.com. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or vendors. Rather, it is strictly for applicants who require special assistance accessing our employment website. Due to volume, messages sent to this email address that are not related to an accommodation cannot be answered.Interested in becoming the next bright spark to join our team? Get in touch and tell us why we should connect.#J-18808-Ljbffr