Senior Art Director

SPCSHP, part of independent group MSQ Partners, has spent 25 years helping brands make meaningful human connections through curiosity and belief. As a diverse community of creative specialists, we like to think of ourselves as “explorers, not settlers” — building partnerships with ambitious brands including such as Chase, Dairy Queen, BOTOX® Cosmetic, Early Warning and Dropbox. With a range of proprietary offerings and tools and a team of over 100 diverse crew members, we are constantly growing and are thrilled by the prospect of you joining our next endeavor.

SPCSHP is looking for a Senior Art Director who will be responsible for developing relevant, memorable and highly creative concepts for clients, and leading the visual design and execution of all campaign elements for the brand both online and off. They work closely with a senior copywriter as a creative team to maintain brand consistency and excellence. The ideal candidate will be collaborative with various members of the creative discipline and other agency disciplines (including account, production, design, strategy, and analytics) to oversee all campaigns from start to finish.

Roles + Responsibilities: 

• Lead above-the-line, activation, and social campaigns for DQ, pushing the iconic brand into a modern, even-more-beloved space within the QSR landscape. 
• Come up with ideas. All. Day. Long.
• Brainstorm conceptual directions, both independently and as part of an integrated team.
• Collaborate with the Creative Director, Designers, Copywriters, and Content Strategists to revise work and refine concepts.
• Participate in client and internal creative review meetings, presenting the work, persuasively explaining design rationale, collecting and absorbing feedback, and offering solutions in real-time.
• Keep current on advertising campaigns, social trends, and industry technology, sharing findings with the department to facilitate new ways of thinking, working, and problem-solving.
• Help to create and maintain a strong visual brand ID.
• Collaborate and communicate with other disciplines to ensure information flow.
• Have a passion for leading productions from concept through post and delivery.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience at an advertising agency, experience at a digital/social agency is a plus
• QSR brand experience strongly preferred
• Portfolio of work demonstrating conceptual capabilities in traditional, digital, social mediums, and non-traditional
• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, interactive, or design-related program preferred but not required

Benefits

The salary band for this role is $105,000 - $140,000. Where a prospective new hire's base salary will fall within this band depends on several factors including their qualifications and experience, the skill level required in the role, market rates, and the salaries of existing crew members at SPCSHP within the same role to maintain equity.