Art Director, Advertising & Content Marketing – Illustration Focus

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About the role

  • Art Director leading design and creative strategy for marketing campaigns across platforms at CBC/Radio-Canada. Collaborating with teams to create impactful visual content and engaging narratives.

Responsibilities

  • Working closely with our Creative Management Team this role requires you to have the ability to both conceptualize and lead design development through the ideation phase of the design and development of still and responsive graphics for multiple platforms.
  • Your design ideas will adhere to and challenge our brand strategy to best engage our audience.
  • We are looking for an Art Director with Illustration experience to help bring a unique expression to design opportunities.
  • Duties are performed with minimal direction and in collaboration with a variety of partners, internal and external to the CBC.
  • This role requires knowledge of the latest design trends, an understanding of research and metrics, and the ability to evolve still creative into unique artwork.
  • In this role you will lead creative meetings and inspire teams in creative brainstorms and development for promotional content.
  • The Art Director is responsible for a variety of deliverables within a promotional campaign, such as developing storyboards, ideate campaign concepts, execute final art, collaborate or build motion graphics, edit photos, contribute to brainstorms and work from a multi-platform storytelling.
  • They are the decision maker responsible for the quality of the finished product.

Requirements

  • Requires a university degree or equivalent in Graphic Design, Art Direction, Computer Graphics or similar.
  • At least four years of similar experience in the Art direction of an organization’s Marketing and Communications initiatives, including demonstrated experience on projects or programs that required creative, collaborative and innovative contributions.
  • Fluency in software including, but not limited to, Adobe Creative Cloud, with a focus on Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects.
  • Ability to both conceptualize and build creative assets as requested for digital and print content.
  • Strong visual design skills with an emphasis on typography and layout.
  • Ability to visualize and present ideas in a timely manner.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet daily deadlines.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Creative out of the box thinker.
  • Ability to adhere to the CBC Design brand.
  • Be able to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Aware of new design trends and technology.
  • Demonstrated collaboration skills.
  • Willingness to be continually enhancing design skills and bring ideas to the team.
  • Able and willingness to work overtime and on weekends, when required.

Benefits

  • Competitive total rewards package.
  • Opportunities to work with cutting-edge technology.
  • Opportunities for continued learning and professional development.
  • Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups.
  • A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected.
  • A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity.

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Cloud

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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