Advertising Art Director

Minnetonka, MN (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $105K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the brand art direction and integrated campaigns from concept to production, shaping national voice across broadcast, experiential, and digital with a strong design and copy partnership.

  • Brand and creative direction: lead big-budget national spots, photo, experiential activations, and ensure consistent messaging.
  • Campaign discipline: craft integrated, culture-defining ideas informed by consumer insights and performance metrics.
  • Partnerships and quality: manage freelancers and external partners to uphold brand quality across all touchpoints.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create concepts and design brand experiences across all channels of marketing communications, including broadcast, PR and earned, experiential, digital, and owned and paid social.
  • Concept and pitch culture-defining, headline-grabbing integrated campaigns that elevate our brands creative cache nationally.
  • Ensure integration of core brand creative, campaign messaging, and sound strategic point of view into the work.
  • Partner with copywriting and act as a strong command of the intersection between thoughtful communication and design.
  • Lead the visual direction for major national broadcast spots, high-budget lifestyle photography, and experiential activations, collaborating with top-tier directors, production houses, and crews.
  • Manage freelancers and external partners to ensure all outside work is consistent with the brand at the same quality and caliber.

Requirements

  • Degree from nationally recognized portfolio school or equivalent university comms program (VCU Brand Center, Miami Ad School, SCAD, Stan Richards School UT, SI Newhouse School Syracuse etc).
  • 7+ years of experience crafting high-profile integrated advertising.
  • A proven track record within world-class, creative-first advertising agencies.
  • Must possess a stunning, award-winning portfolio demonstrating big-budget, national consumer brand work (Broadcast, Earned, Experiential, Digital).
  • Ability to craft unique ideas from consumer insights.
  • Impeccable sense of design, attention to detail, and consummate consumer of culture.
  • Practice and application of effectiveness tools and metrics (pre-post creative testing, brand lift studies, MMM’s)
  • Paid social experience across META, Pinterest and Reddit
  • Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints.
  • Ability to operate in a team environment as well as independently.

Benefits

  • We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options.
  • We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one.
  • We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement.

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