Our Opportunity:
Chewy is looking for an Art Director with a strong background in digital design to join our Creative Team based in Dania Beach, FL. This is an incredible opportunity to be a pivotal part of a growing in-house agency with potential to evolve and elevate the visual design practice at one of the fastest growing consumer centric online retailers in the country. The ideal candidate has a passion for design; with experience in marketing and a proven record of bringing campaigns to life across digital and social platforms. You must be able to communicate your design concepts clearly and be able to collaborate with different teams to ensure brand consistency. This candidate will be a self-starter — someone who is going to help define and grow our brand.
What You'll Do:
- Lead and execute various creative digital and print projects including promotional campaigns, landing pages, email, banners, and video
- Deliver stellar, pixel-perfect design that exhibits your creative abilities and mastery of fundamentals for digital and traditional media
- Work cross-functionally and within the team to participate in all stages of the design process, communicate timelines and status, ensure the appropriate concepts, themes and messages are represented and present to key stakeholders
- Bring value to brainstorming and idea generating sessions through your contributions
- Proactively identify areas for improvement in existing design assets, share ideas with key stakeholders and implement across design initiatives
- Provide conceptual direction for photo and video shoots, partnering with Studio Photo and Video Art Directors to ensure visuals obtained meet needs of final creative deliverables
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Communications, or a related field
- 5+ years of design experience in an AD role within an external or in house; photo and video concepting experience a plus
- Be immersed and knowledgeable in current trending design and culture
- Ability to weave a strong narrative in presenting and communicating your concepts
- A keen eye for typography, composition and layout hierarchy to develop fresh and innovative designs; illustration skills a plus
- Strong understanding of day to day operations and production in photography and video a plus
- Possess a positive attitude when working with colleagues, peers, and internal clients. Be solutions-oriented, and supportive in finding solutions to unexpected challenges
- Experience with multi-channel initiatives, online and offline
- Ability to self-manage; strong time management skills and pacing to deadlines
- Ability to present ideas at the executive level, filter feedback with diplomacy and understanding
- Maintain best practices for file and server management, including the consistent application of naming conventions, file/folder organization, versioning control, and production specifications
- Maintain Chewy brand guidelines and design standards
- Strong desire to develop creatively and push the Chewy visual brand forward
- Demonstrate proficiency in full Adobe Creative Suite required on a Mac OSX platform
- Travel may be required
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