Associate Creative Director - Art

**This job is US Remote (Central or Eastern Time Zone preferred)**

Role Overview

The Associate Creative Director is a conceptual leader who will work in partnership with our strategy, user experience and development teams to develop inspiring visual solutions across digital platforms. From large-scale site designs to OLA and social campaigns, the ACD will bring an artful eye, digital acumen, and attention to detail to everything they do.

The ideal candidate is curious, highly motivated and a self-starter. This role serves as the primary, day-to-day art expert with clients, so they need to be a polished presenter, able to connect with audiences, have excellent people skills and the ability to think on their feet. This person thrives in a hands-off environment where they proactively problem solve and propose solutions. We want someone who can bring ideas to life, someone who loves presenting their own ideas and is willing to work with others to hone them to perfection.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate to conceive and execute on-brand creative that answers the brief
• Create a range of concepts and design directions for each project
• Mentor less-experienced creatives in ideation and concept development. Work with them to bring ideas to life, push and refine the ideas before creative leadership review.
• Regularly pitch ideas to teams and clients. Present clearly and powerfully and be prepared to field questions and defend creative choices.
• Be a trusted partner to your day-to-day clients
• Participate in and be willing to lead new business efforts
• Demonstrate and exhibit the value of creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. Actively assist and engage in creating and sustaining a workplace that fosters creativity and innovation.

What You’ll Need

• Minimum of 8 years of art direction and/or design experience
• Minimum of 1 year of management experience is required.
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign is a must
• Basic comprehension of HTML and proficiency in responsive web design required.
• Fluent in best practices for digital display on web and mobile platforms.
• Excellent written communication skills, command of grammar and attention to detail
• A confidence in concepting that goes beyond art and design to consider the whole creative product
• A passion for and deep experience in digital
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and clients
• High school diploma or equivalent required.

What We Offer

• The right candidate may be located anywhere in the US but must be willing to work east coast hours. We believe in the power of bringing people together so the right candidate must be willing to travel to the office as needed (at least two times a year) and as needed for clients, pitches, or internal meetings. If the right candidate is local, even better! We encourage staff to work in our Boston office 1-2 times per week.
• All regular, full time employees are eligible for benefits that include medical, dental, vision, and life insurance as well as a 401K with match, and a cell phone stipend.
• We believe employees should take time when they need it, so we offer 12 holidays per year, summer Fridays, paid family leave and discretionary time off
• All employees are automatically enrolled in a subscription to Headspace and can receive a monthly reimbursement of up to $75 to take care of their mind, body and spirit!

About Genuine

Genuine is a digitally focused agency where creatives, strategists, data analysts and technologists “invent together” to create meaningful experiences.

While we come from a diversity of backgrounds an experiences, we are united by our core values: Collaboration, Transparency, Courage, and Passion. We expect all our employees to demonstrate these values as part of their commitment to their role, the agency, and the work we do.

We are dedicated, throughout our organization, to making Genuine more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. We are both a workplace and a community who embraces change, committed to creating opportunity and space for every individual we work with to be heard.

Last, but not least, we believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

Jack Morton and Genuine are equal opportunity employers; we strongly value diversity at our companies. We do not discriminate on race, religion, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. In 2020, Jack Morton and Genuine, as part of Interpublic Group (IPG), have been named to the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index (GEI), and Jack Morton has once again been designated a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Workplace Equality by the Human Rights Campaign in their Corporate Equality Index.  

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This role requires the ability to comply with COVID-19 health and safety protocols, in some instances proof of COVID-19 vaccination and/or testing may be required.  Any employees utilizing New York or Chicago office locations must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (i.e., at least 2 weeks after last dose). Therefore, if hired, candidates must present proof of vaccination before start date. Candidates may request an accommodation due to a valid medical exemption, sincerely held religious belief or exception required under applicable law.