We regret to inform you that currently, Amsive DOES NOT provide sponsorship opportunities. This is a HYBRID position (1-2 days in office) located in New York, NY or Nashville, TN.What we are looking for: Amsive is looking for an experienced, hands-on
Art Director to lead visual development across a variety of clients and channels. This role combines conceptual thinking and art direction with hands-on design, digital advertising, and video production and editing.
The right person can get up to speed quickly on active projects, make thoughtful creative decisions, and manage multiple assignments while working closely with copywriters, strategists, account leads, and project managers.
What you will be doing: Concept and creative direction - Take ownership of new and in-progress projects, quickly understanding the audience, brief, brand, deliverables, and deadlines.
- Develop concepts and visual direction across digital ads, paid social, video, presentations, and brand campaigns.
Design and production - Design and execute creative from initial concept through revisions, final files, and delivery, including digital ad assets and channel variations.
- Produce and edit video creative, carrying ideas through to finished video assets and incorporating feedback through final delivery.
- Adapt creative across formats and channels while maintaining a consistent, high-quality visual system.
Collaborate and present creative thinking - Partner with copywriters, strategists, account leads, and project managers throughout the creative process.
- Present work to internal teams and clients, explaining the thinking behind creative decisions.
- Turn feedback into next steps, make recommendations, and flag conflicting direction or decisions that need alignment.
- When needed, collaborate with or provide direction to other designers working on an assignment.
Manage quality and delivery - Manage multiple assignments, communicate progress, and raise timing or workload concerns early.
- Review your work for creative quality, brand consistency, accuracy, and production requirements before delivery.
- Work within client brand guidelines and legal or compliance review processes, including for regulated industries.
- Use AI tools where appropriate and permitted, following agency and client guidelines.
Who you are: - An experienced Art Director with a portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking, visual design, and work carried through to final execution, including digital ads and video.
- Experienced managing creative assignments in an agency or similarly fast-paced environment, with the judgment to move work forward and seek alignment at key milestones.
- Skilled in typography, layout, composition, and visual storytelling, with the ability to work within established brand systems and develop fresh ideas when needed.
- Video editing and animation: Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Figma animation workflows to edit footage, create motion graphics and animate typography.
- Visual storytelling: Ability to produce motion-led, live-action and copy-driven videos with clear messaging, strong pacing and thoughtful composition.
- Polished delivery: A strong eye for color, sound, transitions and brand consistency, with the ability to deliver finished videos across channels and formats.
- Confident presenting creative work and discussing feedback with internal teams and clients.
- Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud for hands-on design and asset production, with practical video production and editing skills and working knowledge of the tools needed to deliver finished video assets.
- Experienced creating digital and paid social assets, developing concepts or storyboards for video and motion, and adapting creative for different formats and channels.
- Organized across competing deadlines, with sound judgment and clear communication.
- Experience with regulated or approval-intensive clients is preferred.
In addition to Application: - Please share your résumé and portfolio, including examples that show your role in concept development, art direction, and hands-on execution of digital ads and video, along with your availability to begin.
Additional Information:- Salary starting at $85,000/yr, based on skills and experience
- Unlimited Vacation Time, Annual Sick Days, Annual Personal Days, and 11 Paid Holidays
- Dental, Vision, and Health Insurance
- 401(k) with company match program
- Paid Parental Leave
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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