Vitamin T is working with a wonderful PR/marketing agency looking for a high level creative to join their growing team on a contract to hire basis! This is a full time on-site role in downtown Chicago.

Responsibilities:

• In close partnership with our Director of Content Strategy, the Art Director/Creative Director will also manage the agency’s creative process and formalize improved internal and cross-team processes and workflows ensure that final products are completed on time and with the highest standards.

• Partner with senior leaders across multi-disciplinary teams to define creative strategy for our clients.

• Support ongoing business development initiatives for creative services: leading brainstorms, defining creative strategy recommendations, selling the agency’s creative capabilities.

• Oversee production for a broad range of creative work, including brand identity development, UX and UI design and integrated marketing campaigns.

The ideal candidate:
 

• Values high-quality purpose-driven design and integrated creative work across art and copy as a critical driver of the agency’s future success

Qualifications:

• 7-10 years of agency experience in design or art direction

• Experience leading design production for a diverse range of creative work, including UX, UI, brand, print and video work

• An award-winning portfolio and an impeccable eye for layout, color and typography

• Experience in a client-facing role

• Strong communication and influencing skills. Must be able to effectively articulate, present and explain creative decisions to internal and client partners.

• Experience managing, leading and developing a team

• Adept at preemptively identifying problems and devising solutions

• A commitment to high quality work and to positive collaborative relationships with agency partners -- clients, team members, peers, managers, etc.

• Skills in versatility and adaptability with the capacity to handle multiple projects and re-prioritizations at once

• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, InVision