Art Director

Title: Art Director

Location: Los Angeles United States

time type: Full time

job requisition id: R3198

Job Description:

Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines. We're a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.teamwass.com.

Job Overview

Wasserman seeks a sharp, ambitious and talented Art Director to help concept and work for a major brand in the mobile gaming and app industry.

An Art Director on this account means more than just coming up with ideas and presenting decks; it requires a deep curiosity for the brand's goals as well as its audience. We're ideally looking for someone who lives and breathes gaming, from mobile to PC to console -there's a love for them all. You understand the culture around it: the language, the lore and community jokes, the big releases, and the moments fandoms obsess over. Interest in gaming chat servers and live streaming platforms is a plus, but a passion for mobile and video games is a must.

As an Art Director, you should also have a love for design and visuals. You're a stickler for the brand guide when it's called for, but you know when the idea calls for you to let go and push it. You should have a strong vision of what you think the brand is missing and what we should be creating. Being able to not only conceptualize visually but also execute technically will be a big part of this role. This work has a focus in organic social but can extend outside of social media. You should have a hunger for bigger, bolder, and smarter ideas that could connect visually and emotionally across some of the biggest events and platforms in the world of gaming and pop culture. It will be more important to understand the brand rather than the trend.

What You'll Do

Your day-to-day work will include a multitude of things, including: building and helping with overall deck design, communicating in meetings and concepting with other team members, sourcing and sharing reference points and things team members should be aware of, clearly communicating your and the team's ideas to clients, maintaining a strong visual approach to your work, bringing concepts from brainstorming to fully developed deliverables, organizing briefs for photographers and directors, and being helpful on set with production. You should also be fluent from a technical perspective when it comes to being on set, working with photography, film, and visual mediums, a fluency that goes beyond a basic understanding and comes with a hunger for more.

• Office Policy - Hybrid 3 days in office in LA
• Role Type - Perm FT

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years of agency-side experience developing social media creative assets
• Strong ability to concept multiple ideas quickly
• A keen eye for what works and the communication skills to explain why
• The ability to collaborate across internal teams and clients
• A knack for picking up brands' visual identities, understanding why they work and switching between them quickly
• A demonstrated passion for and understanding of mobile apps and games, the brand, and gaming culture.
• Familiarity + Proficiency with Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Google Slides and Keynote (BONUS for Blender, 3D experience)
• Understanding of image display standards on all social and physical platforms Most importantly have a distinct visual perspective and thoughts that garner relationships within the organization, client and your work overall.
• Commitment to excellence - working nonstandard hours when necessary, anticipating issues and communicating with diplomacy, identifying emerging platforms and trends to drive innovation.
• Proficiency in MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite for Mac

Base salary range: $75 - $95k, plus bonus potential if applicable for role.

Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc. The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.