Senior Art Director

Boston, MA (On-site)

$81K/yr – $124K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead the design and execution of concepts from brief to delivery, ensuring creative direction, copy alignment, and compelling client presentations while guiding multidisciplinary teams across channels.

  • Balance multiple projects and communicate ideas through varied formats
  • Partner with copywriters and lead designers, producers, and artists to deliver across channels

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Understand the difference between a concept and an execution, while executing both flawlessly.
  • Create a range of powerful, doable solutions and unique designs for each project.
  • Partner with copywriters to ensure the copy direction and visual presentation work together to make the concept powerful and compelling.
  • Know how to communicate ideas through a variety of practices like adlobs, scripts, storyboards, presentations and more.
  • Present to clients with passion, enthusiasm and thoughtfulness.
  • Lead teams of designers, producers, and production artists to execute work across channels.
  • Know how to read a brief and use insights to guide work.
  • Understand and interpret company brand guideless with confidence.
  • Balance multiple projects at the same time.
  • Understand modern design trends and current social concepts to create work that’s relevant.

Requirements

  • An inability to settle on “good enough.”
  • Curiosity for discovering what’s next and trying something new.
  • Being proactive with ideas for clients, even without a brief or assignment
  • Energy, open-mindedness, and a sense of humor.
  • A portfolio that shows off great ideas, no matter where they live.
  • Software skills: The Adobe suite and AI programs.
  • Five to seven years of art direction and design experience, preferably in a competitive, creative agency
  • Awards are nice, but original ideas and real creative problem-solving are even better.

Benefits

  • medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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Digitas North America

3.9 Glassdoor

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Founded in 1980
Boston, Massachusetts, US
2.8K employees (892 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
67.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.7%
Direct
42.7%
Referral
6.8%
Social
6.2%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
673 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
36

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