Job Description

Who We Are

WC+A is a Los Angeles-based creative and design agency providing services in entertainment creative, multi-platform design packages, digital advertising strategy, key art design, print, out-of-home, photo and video content production, brand campaign ideation, and production.  

 

We are high-volume, fast-paced, and have an open mentoring culture with great industry leaders. With your expertise, esprit-de-corps, and passion, you will play a critical role in generating world-class art with a diverse, hard-working, and eclectic crew. We are proud and honored to collaborate with some of the best world-class partners including Disney, Hallmark Media, Max, IMAX, Netflix, NBCUniversal, Pluto TV, Snap, and Sony.

 

The Role
The Freelance Senior Art Director must be extremely fluent in Photoshop and Illustrator. They must have a good understanding of typography, composition, and the creative process. They will need to be able to communicate their ideas through various platforms: Slack, Google Slides, and Google Meet. Teamwork and collaboration are essential, along with effective communication. They will also need to be comfortable with taking a mentoring role for other designers. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, task-oriented, solution-driven and excited to work in Entertainment.

This role will report directly to the Creative Director (CD).

How You’ll Contribute 

• Guide the creative team to closely analyze briefs, developing unique, attention-grabbing, culturally relevant, and groundbreaking ideas and campaigns that elevate the client’s brand
• Design, explore, and execute creative concepts across multiple clients and genre
• Efficiently and effectively engage projects from inception to completion - from kick-off to post-mortem - troubleshooting along the way
• Lead projects in the absence of CDs, ensuring seamless progress, high-level creative, and successful outcomes
• Design creative that resonates with our clients and their users through storytelling
• Produce and design presentations and pitch decks in a clean and orderly way while also showing our capabilities 
• Manage quality assurance by proofreading and reviewing client notes while staying true to a client’s brief; ensure all notes and feedback have been responded to directly 
• Assist the PMs in keeping the project on track creatively by promptly providing creative reference materials and commenting on design/layout/illustrations during all design phases
• Communicate with leadership and project managers (PMs) to support quality control and guide a regularly scheduled project review process to enhance project management; advise PMs on timeline and resourcing needs for creative projects
• Ensure internal and external visual communication and brand standards are met
• Provide direction, feedback (via crits and other direct methods), and quality control over all assets within a campaign or project
• Document steps required in the creative development process and have the ability to perform those tasks in a timely and productive manner
• Maintain style guides, art assets, and graphics standards (and related documentation)
• Work closely with multidisciplinary project teams on a range of deliverables 
• Meet with the creative director to explain campaign strategies and solutions
• Mentor other designers and art directors
• Other duties as assigned

Who You Are 

• Expert skills in Photoshop and Illustrator
• At least 7+ years of proven experience in a design company, advertising agency or in-house creative environment.
• Possess a sophisticated sense of digital design, composition, color, typography and strong, strategic conceptual skills
• Solid compositing skills, great concepting smarts, and an ability to convey complex messaging through images, graphics, and type. 
• Ability to articulate creative ideas and “sell” your work to your team
• Experience with the Google Suite (Meet, Slides, Sheets, etc.) 
• Ability to be mentored and growth mindset
• Strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, and analytical skills
• Detail-oriented, has good follow-through , can multitask, and works well under tight deadlines
• Ability to approach a problem from multiple viewpoints
• Ability to work through problems with a team that values collaboration and feedback 
• Ability to think beyond the task at hand and identify blockers and improvements

Why Work Here
We want to make sure you’re taken care of while we create world class art. WC+A is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to our team members alongside competitive compensation. We asked our team members what perks they like the most and this is what they said:

• Full benefits package (health/dental/vision/HSA)
• $50,000 fully company paid life insurance policy
• 401(k) with a 4% match (and no vesting period)
• 25 Days of Paid Time Off (PTO), plus twelve national holidays off and additional early release days
• Yearly performance, compensation, and inflation adjustment
• Potential year-end bonus
• Employee wellness benefits and mental health support 
• Flexible location and hours policy
• Yearly employee development fund
• Transparent Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and culture initiatives
• Regular employee engagement events
• Mentorship focused development
• Creative office space near downtown Culver City
  
   

Compensation Expectations
The starting base compensation range for this position is $131,097 - $168,057 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s certifications, location, prior experience, and qualifications. 

 

WC+A uses Aon Radford as our primary compensation database for benchmarking, with millions of data points behind the job level/description data we consider in structuring the range for each role.

WC+A is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to making our team as inclusive and diverse as our audience and partners. We are dedicated to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for all employees. Come explore WC+A, where innovation, creativity, and passion come together.

 

Don’t see your ideal role posted? Please feel free to apply anyway by sending a resume to [email protected].

Job Tags

Similar Jobs