Senior Art Director

The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

 

You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

 

Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection.

 

We are the Good Hands. We don’t follow the trends. We set them.

Job Summary:

At Allstate, Senior Art Directors are conceptual thinkers who are also passionate practitioners of the crafts of design and art direction. From idea conception through final execution, you will apply business knowledge, data, and consumer insights to solutions that deliver results. You will be responsible for successfully directing multiple aspects of an ad campaign or communication program, across all media: from print to film, digital, social, activations, email, etc. Senior Art Directors stay current and savvy to trends in advertising and design, as well as culture in general, to deliver solutions that are on brand, and culturally relevant. Senior Art Directors at Allstate are tireless consumer advocates and fierce champions of the brand, leveraging their craft to help shape the future of one of America's most trusted and recognized brands.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for delivering creative art direction and design that is aligned to strategy and brand at consistently high levels

• Delivers conceptual work while bringing strategy to life in fresh and unexpected ways, and is ready and able to go beyond the brief

• Build business knowledge and partnerships; makes it their business to know the business and the category

• Develops clear, concise, insight driven ideas to bring forward to the business

• Build and maintain relationships; has a respectful and partnering relationship with all teams within the group account, strategy, project management, design, studio production, photography, retouching, digital, social, etc.

• Partnership with Account Management, Strategy and Insights, and Project management

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job does not have supervisory duties.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience; may also have advanced degree
• 4+ years Industry Experience
• Agency Experience
• Online portfolio is required

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• No Certification, License or Registration is required for the job.

Functional Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma and InDesign as well as industry trends

• Strong creative and conceptual vision, with the ability to approach every assignment with a fresh perspective and tone of voice

• Portfolio that demonstrates conceptual art direction and design ability 

• Strong knowledge of print, broadcast/video and digital production process and be skilled in providing direction and driving to project completion

Basic knowledge AI, Midjourney, DALL-E, and Adobe Firefly

• Possess solid communication, software proficiency and presentation skills

• Project management; meets all deadlines with work that consistently exceeds expectations

• Collaborate with other creative team members, photographers, production and set designers

• Regular contact with our key business partners (Marketing and Product Development Teams) internal and external relationships

Notes:

The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities. May be required to perform other related duties as assigned. Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this job.

Compensation offered for this role is $102,500.00-$170,375.00 per year and is based on experience and qualifications.