Art Director

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $110K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the visual direction for luxury and social campaigns, collaborating with the creative team from concept through delivery while managing timelines and budgets.

  • Oversee design concepts and production across media
  • Coordinate with copy, designers, and external specialists to meet client goals
  • Ensure deadlines and quality standards in a high-pressure environment

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Working from a brief with a copywriter or other members of the creative team, generating ideas to present to clients
  • Determine how to best represent concepts visually
  • Producing sketches, storyboards, wireframes, and layouts based on creative ideas to bring to life concepts for presentations and proposals
  • Understanding marketing initiatives, strategic positioning and target audience, and developing artistic approach and style to match
  • Working on designs to produce effective social and digital campaigns
  • Coordinating with specialists, such as artists, photographers and developers
  • Offering input to creative meetings and sharing ideas
  • Producing attractive and effective designs for all media
  • Managing projects, on and off location, and working within a budget
  • This is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week in office required.

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years' experience
  • Must have agency and/or social media content experience
  • Experience in the luxury industry a plus
  • Expert knowledge of design software and editing tools (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, After Effects)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellence in all visual elements (layout, typography, hierarchy and composition)
  • A keen eye for design and visualization, and a meticulous attention to detail
  • Time management and multitasking abilities
  • Creativity skills and problem-solving aptitude
  • Ability to meet deadlines in a high pressure environment

Preferred

  • Experience in the luxury industry a plus

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and more!
  • Generous time off package, including the last week of the year
  • 401k & Roth retirement investment options with employer match, after year-one
  • Gym and professional development stipends
  • Culture Club with monthly activities like sports, games and happy hours
  • DEI Council and Employee Resource Groups
  • Commute and parking benefits
  • Wellness program that focuses on mental, physical and financial employee wellness
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1000HEADS IS A SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONTM COMPANYWe combine expertise in data & analytics, strategy, technology and creativity to help the world’s best businesses build Social Age brands.If you would like to get in touch about working with us, please email info@1000heads.com.If you are interested in joining the company, please contact hr@1000heads.comPart of Cosmo5.

Founded in 2000
London, England, GBR
428 employees (145 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
95% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$95K/yr – $110K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Creative median pay in the United States

$110K/yr

Most pay falls between $83K and $155K. Based on 2,734 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
85 (20% of company)
Median Career Experience
20.5 years
Median Tenure
6.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2019
    Private Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
11.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.2%
Direct
45%
Referral
7.9%
Social
5.4%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~429
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Art Director

1000heads · Chicago, IL · Hybrid