Senior Art Director-Motion & Social (Contract) Contract

VTRAC Consulting Corporation
“Intelligent Resources”

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Position No.:                      21-00191
Title:                                   Senior Art Director-Motion & Social
Type:                                  6 Months Extendable Contract
No. of Positions:                1
Location:                            New York, NY

Background:

A global financial organization, that offers a suite of financial products across a range of asset classes, investment styles and geographies.

The Sr. Art Director, creates, defines, evolves and elevates the brand through 360 platform storytelling in motion, social media and print with a strong focus on digital design systems. This role is hands-on and will ensure that the visual identity and style guide is consistent and aligns with the overall vision of the NA brand style guide with an understanding of a fixed and flexible design system. The Art Director will report to the Creative Director, North America and work with creative, strategy, brand, social and editorial teams, as well as internal and external partners and agencies. Projects include but not limited to: educational video content, brand and co-branded experiences, virtual experiences, social media asset creation for editorial or brand strategy priorities.

Description:

• Motion & social experience is a MUST, with ability to storyboard, create and edit video content.
• Strong sense of editorial storytelling of video content and ideas.
• Editorial background and/or experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of brand visual identity systems.
• Be innovative, forward-thinking and understands what strong visual content is and how that plays a role in storytelling.
• Can work in a fast-paced environment under pressure within tight deadlines.
• Be proactive, coach, partner and guide others to build team expertise and best practices, as well as brand governance.
• Be able to take feedback in a constructive manner in order to make the work stronger.
• Has a strong sense of storytelling and a point of view that can influence decisions to create success for the brand and our business partners.
• Understands alignment of content around strategic business objectives and can articulate ideas in a constructive manner.
• Focus on ideas first, then execution.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Can give clear direction to the team when ideas need refinement.
• Knows how to nurture, build ideas and explain concepts to business partners.
• Well versed and knowledgeable in culture, current trends and breaking trends in video and social.
• Leads and inspires design team to produce work that is modern, using best practice across all touchpoint of branding.
• Shares knowledge, and builds excitement of creative trends with other team members.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Motion/Animation or equivalent.
• Excellent writing, editing and interpersonal skills.
• 3-5 years working at a brand or agency with strong focus on video content creation.
• Experience working at/with a financial/asset management company a plus.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Final Cut pro.

We thank all candidates in advance. Only selected candidates for interviews will be contacted. For other exciting opportunities, please visit us at www.vtrac.com. VTRAC is an equal opportunity employer.

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