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Senior Art Director

Wunderman Thompson

Department: Creative

Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

Who we are:

At Wunderman Thompson we exist to inspire growth for ambitious brands. Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, our experts provide end-to-end capabilities at a global scale to deliver inspiration across the entire brand and customer experience.

We are 20,000 strong in 90 markets around the world; our people bring together creative storytelling, diverse perspectives, inclusive thinking, and highly specialized vertical capabilities to drive growth for our clients. We offer deep expertise across the entire customer journey, including communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology.

Who we are looking for:  

Wunderman Thompson is seeking a Senior Art Director for our Los Angeles office. As Sr. Art Director, you dream big and still roll up your sleeves and get deep in the work. You sweat the details, understanding the multi-faceted world of our client’s visual brand, including typography, color palette, imagery, and overall tone of voice. You lead by example and possess a strong work ethic. As Sr. Art Director, you craft big ideas and then push them relentlessly to fruition, inspiring all around you with your speed, grit and obsessive attention to detail. Your talent goes without saying, but you bring it to bear in a manner that is uniquely Wunderman Thompson: low on ego, big on laughs, collaborative, respectful, and professional. 

 What you’ll do:  

  • Art Direction | Provide art direction and design support for brand website experiences and across all digital channels. 

  • Translate | Capture brand voice in interactive marketing materials from conception to execution of final deliverables. Be the voice for your team. 

  • Craft | Juggle many projects and workstreams simultaneously. Conceptualize new website experiences and supporting digital tactics based on established voice and tone for owned brand platforms. 

  • Collaborate | Partner with the copywriters and UX designers for the timely development and execution of campaigns and projects, including the concepting and execution of final deliverables. Team up with account services to understand client goals, strategy, and feedback. Serve as a respected mentor to your team to execute interactive projects and tackle deadlines. 

  • Concept | Focus on enterprise and ecommerce website development as well as all digital and CRM channels. 

 Who you are:  

  • A Builder | Forms relationships as a trustworthy and essential team lead across relevant markets, regions, and businesses. Easily recognized and trusted within the agency. Able to spin up creative input in brainstorming sessions. 

  • Curious | Continuously re-imagines how to partner with clients to build better futures for their business; pro-actively seeks out new opportunities and lateral ideas to solve clients’ biggest business issues. 

  • Creatively Brave | Passionate about the power of creativity with the knowledge to identify and nurture the best ideas. Adapts to solve clients’ challenges. 

  • Visionary | Energizes and inspires creative team by communicating a compelling client vision, playing a part in the development of team members. You are a social expert, knowing current social trends and what’s coming up next. 

Nice to have:  

  • A working knowledge or interest in the automotive and technology industries. 

  • Previous experience working in JIRA, XD and Figma a plus.  

What you’ll need:  

  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in advertising. 

  • Minimum 2 years in a Sr. AD role in advertising. 

  • Portfolio demonstrating integrated concepts for website experiences / digital / AR / VR / Web3 / CRM / eCommerce 

  • Hands-on Photoshop, Illustrator, Google Presentation, and InDesign skills. 

Wunderman Thompson is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or other protected group status. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal. 

 

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details.
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$45,000—$90,000 USD

At Wunderman Thompson, we are committed to actively building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued and heard, and is treated with dignity and respect.  As leaders and creative partners across industries, it is our responsibility to cultivate an environment reflective of our greatest asset; our people. We believe that this commitment inspires growth and delivers equitable outcomes for everyone as well as the clients and communities we serve.

Wunderman Thompson is a WPP agency.  For more information, please visit our website and follow Wunderman Thompson on our social channels via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  

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