Creative Director-Art Director

At Red Antler, we launch and grow brands. From startups seeking to bring new ideas to life to established companies aiming to retain their category leadership, we help businesses tell the story of why they matter to put them at the center of every tomorrow. Our Brand Behavior team is seeking a talented CD- Art Director with strong conceptual thinking, a passion for design, and extensive experience bringing holistic brand ideas to life across a variety of channels. Partnering across our brand design, digital, and strategy disciplines, you’ll lead the development of provocative, impactful campaign ideas and foster them from concept to execution.

What you’ll do: 

• Create and lead the creation of brand campaigns and tactics - from ideation through production
• Build relationships with clients, understand their vision and needs - and clearly communicate ideas to answer them
• Craft art direction for photo and video shoots, with an eye towards compelling, conceptually-driven visuals rooted in brand thinking
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary internal teams and external vendors
• Develop and oversee the art direction and design language for everything from campaign identity to video, photography, social assets, and physical collateral

Nuts and bolts: 

• 10-12 years of experience at creative agencies, working across digital, traditional media, and brand 
• Strong portfolio showcasing successful campaign work for a range of audiences, channels, and industries - including multiple examples of video and social tactics. Your portfolio should also demonstrate earned media work that is impressive, clever, and award-winning.
• You have experience across the following workstreams: event ideation, publishing/content, merchandising, deck creation, and 360 campaign work. Experiential experience is a plus. 
• You’ve worked with brands in the luxury category and have some experience with heritage tech brands. 
• Idea-driven, not just visually mood-driven.
• Strategically minded and able to brainstorm, develop, and execute big campaign concepts and the tactics that support them
• Impeccable visual eye with good taste and design sensibility 
• Highly conceptual thinker with the ability to inspire our team and clients alike
• Solid on-set and post-production experience and comfort with directing and getting your hands dirty
• Presence in the room matters—you know how to show up and command a room and can sell ideas persuasively. 
• A cultural voraciousness that keeps you on the pulse of emerging technology, art forms, and entertainment
• Highly collaborative, organized, and kind, with a desire to think differently about what advertising can be