Senior Art Director

<p><strong>Title: </strong>Senior Art Director<br><strong>Location: </strong>St. Louis, MO<br><strong>Company:&nbsp;</strong>Fortune 100 Food &amp; Beverage Manufacturing&nbsp;<em>(FuseGlobal has worked with this company for 20 years)<br></em><strong>Initial term: </strong>12 months (position expected to run longer)<br><strong>Schedule: </strong>Monday-Thursday Onsite.&nbsp; Friday remote.</p> <p>*** Must be comfortable working in a pet-friendly environment ***</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About This Role:</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p>Join the in-house creative agency of a large food &amp; beverage manufacturing enterprise. Creatives here are talented, naturally curious, and self-motivated individuals who enjoy the excitement of agency life with all the benefits of a big company. We share a passion for pets.</p> <p><strong><br>What You'll Do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Concept and design for omnichannel consumer communications including but not limited to traditional advertising and campaigns, print, digital and social media.</li> <li>Excellent design capabilities and a complete understanding of the consumer/user.</li> <li>Exercise quality control of design recommendations and executions.</li> <li>Operate with a degree of autonomy by receiving project assignments, completing on time, understanding direction and applying feedback.</li> <li>Credibly represent and present your own work.</li> <li>Collaborate effectively with Account Managers and Strategy team partners, fellow creatives, internal and external teams, clients and vendor partners.</li> <li>Positively influence decisions for the benefit of the creative work and the brand.<br><br></li> </ul> <p><strong>What You Bring:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelors degree with a design emphasis preferred or equivalent work experience.</li> <li>5+ years of experience working as an Art Director or similar creative role.</li> <li>Strong Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma skills for both digital and print design.</li> <li>Strong understanding of designing for traditional channels and digital channels, including: social, ecommerce, digital display advertising and retailer digital advertising.</li> <li>Ability to contribute to brainstorming and general problem solving.</li> <li>Strong typography skills.</li> <li>Basic motion design skills, including After Effects, animated GIFs.</li> <li>Further After Effects experience a plus.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bonus Points:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Strong Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma sk