Brand Consulting - Environmental Art Director
CAA
New York, NY
IMG Media & Events is looking for an innovative, forward-thinking, and highly skilled mid-level creative Designer. The role will work collaboratively with a cross-functional team to concept, design, and create compelling work for a variety of clients in the art, entertainment, fashion, film, and sports industry.
A key member of our global, in-house creative team you will work with teams around the world to deliver best-in-class marketing campaigns that disrupt the status quo and drive brand value and revenue for our events.
Candidates must provide a strong portfolio of innovative and inspiring work for individual executions and campaigns across a variety of channels: digital, social, print, TV, video, retail, and promotion channels.
Key Responsibilities:
As our Design champion for work that lives & breathes through-the-line you will:
• C oncept, create & deliver highly engaging and thumb-stopping design ideas as part of our campaigns and always-on activity promoting our world-class events to consumers ;
• Work with the creative team to understand and interpret the brief and challenge our teams
on the ground to think/ do differently in digital as part of the response ;
• Prepare conceptual layouts for graphics and clearly communicate the vision to teams and key stakeholders ;
• Assist in the development of brand identity development for our properties with a key focus on future-proofing them by contributing how our brands can live and breathe in a digital, 3&4D world x-media ;
• Lead digital story-telling and communication of our core messaging through multi-media ;
• Support the design team with photo editing, illustration, icon design and animation ;
• Keep abreast of advancements in animation as well as new technologies and techniques, contemporary trends in production design and popular music to deliver cutting edge work ;
• Mentor, guide & inspire junior creatives.
Qualifications and Experience:
• Bachelor's Degree in Design preferred ;
• Strong portfolio showcasing high-end design skills with a core focus on digital and multi- media ;
• Ideally experience working on brands in the world of art, entertainment, fashion, film & sports .
Skills and Abilities:
The candidate should demonstrate:
• Superior knowledge of design, illustration, typography, layout, photography, motion and video ;
• Mac proficiency with strong Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects skills. *Working knowledge of Premiere, Cinema 4d, Sketch, HTML/CSS, Illustration are all a plus ;
• A naturally creative mindset with a bias to innovative & strategic creative solutions ;
• Deep curiosity and passion for pop-culture, consumer trends, emerging tech and media ;
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal communications skills ;
• The ability to balance multiple projects at once and work well under tight deadlines ;
• The a bility to build and maintain effective relationships with a range of key int ernal and external stakeholders (often in different countries and time zones ) ;
• A strong team player that is flexible dependent on business demand ;
• The a bility to self-direct and motivate and work with minimal supervision ;
• Excellent time management skills, ability to work calmly under pressure whilst meeting deadlines .
Unusual Challenges or Circumstances e.g. shift(s)/ unsocial hours/ travel etc
• Out of hours and weekend work may sometimes be required;
• There may be a requirement to travel for meetings, shoots or attend events as part of the role.
Your career at IMG
IMG is highly invested in the career development of its employees. If successful in your role, it should provide you with a steppingstone to the next stage and beyond.
Examples of roles that people previously advanced to from the role or the level of this position are Senior Designer. It is important to note that while most people look at the position of their line manager as the next step, there is significant opportunity for cross-promotion across the many different divisions of the company . This is possible because of the vast scope of our company and will be strongly encouraged.
Endeavor is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d98w6z-44-192-16-60-42 in your application.
Endeavor is a global entertainment, sports and content company, home to the world’s most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events and experiences. The company is comprised of industry leaders including entertainment agency William Morris Endeavor (WME); sports, fashion, events and media company IMG; and premier mixed martial arts organization UFC. The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation; marketing and licensing; content development, distribution and sales; event management; and a number of direct-to-consumer offerings.