Senior Art Director (Contract)

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New York City, NY, USA
In-Office
55-60 Hourly
Senior level
Kids + Family • Marketing Tech • Mobile • News + Entertainment • Retail
The Role
Lead creative development for the Plush Category, managing digital, print, and social media campaigns while collaborating across teams and mentoring juniors.
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Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.

Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?

At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!

Job Description:

What will you work on?

We are seeking a Senior Art Director for a full-time contract to lead creative development and execution for our Plush Category across hero campaigns, digital content, e-commerce, social media, and photography. Reporting to the Creative Director, this role requires strategic planning aligned with broader brand objectives, big creative thinking, and the ability to work independently.

Opportunity for the role to be converted to full-time regular.
How will you create impact?

  • Understand brand positioning and business goals to develop integrated campaigns and activations that support long-term strategy. Lead visual and creative development from concept through execution across digital, print, social media, and video platforms.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including brand marketing, strategists, product design, and leadership to ensure creative work aligns with business objectives and brand standards.
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines. Present concepts and strategies to internal stakeholders with clear rationale tied to brand goals.
  • Plan and art direct photo and video shoots, including pre-production planning, on-set direction, and post-production oversight.
  • Work independently while providing mentorship to junior team members.

What are your skills and experience?

  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment and comfortable managing multiple projects
  • Skilled at delivering a high volume of creative output
  • Tapped into cultural trends in design, social media, music, television, film, etc.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills to effectively work with all stakeholders
  • Prior experience working with creative ad agencies is preferred.

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The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in New York is $55/hr to $60/hr [Per Hour]. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

  • Growth and Career Opportunities

  • Flexible Work Hours

  • Innovation, Collaboration and Fun

  • Comprehensive Benefits

  • Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @SpinMaster to stay up to date on Spin Master career opportunities.

We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Skills Required

  • Prior experience working with creative ad agencies
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Skilled at managing multiple projects
  • Experience in planning and art directing photography
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The Company
Toronto, Ontario
1,909 Employees
Year Founded: 1994

What We Do

Spin Master Corp. (TSX:TOY) is a leading global children's entertainment company creating exceptional play experiences through a diverse portfolio of innovative toys, entertainment franchises and digital games. Spin Master is best known for award-winning brands PAW Patrol®, Bakugan®, Kinetic Sand®, Air Hogs®, Hatchimals® and GUND®, and is the toy licensee for other popular properties. Spin Master Entertainment creates and produces compelling multiplatform content, stories and endearing characters through its in-house studio and partnerships with outside creators, including the preschool success PAW Patrol and 10 other television series, which are distributed in more than 160 countries. The Company has an established digital presence anchored by the Toca Boca® and Sago Mini® brands, which combined have more than 25 million monthly active users. With over 1,800 employees in 28 offices globally, Spin Master distributes products in more than 100 countries.

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