Art Director leading motion design campaigns at The Heist, the motion design, live action, and post - production studio within Thinkingbox. Directing 2D/3D teams from concept through execution.
About the role
- Associate Creative Director shaping innovative integrated campaigns for Wealthsimple, Canada’s financial services innovator. Leading art direction across film, digital, social, print, and interactive experiences.
Responsibilities
- Develop big ideas and bring them to life through every stage of production
- Own large and small brand projects and campaigns from kickoff to completion, balancing multiple projects
- Serve as both maker-owner and director-delegator according to project needs
- Provide art direction for visual design across integrated brand campaigns and projects, including film, social, digital, and interactive experiences
- Apply creative and strategic thinking to solve business problems
- Use AI to create functional prototypes, drafts, mockups, animatics, and internally created assets
- Present work clearly, passionately, and dynamically to internal stakeholders
- Champion creative vision
- Collaborate with copywriters, designers, writers, marketers, engineers, and external production partners
- Manage relationships with outside production partners when necessary
Requirements
- 6-10+ years of experience as an Art Director
- Ability to concept and art direct, developing storyboards, comps or animatics without assistance from the Design team
- Extensive experience with integrated campaigns, from strategic development through creative development and delivery
- Production experience across film, digital, social, and print
- Well-versed in Adobe Creative Suite
- Able to deliver comps, layouts, and assets across all media types
- Familiarity with AI image and video generation tools
- A truly collaborative creative approach
- Ability to give and receive constructive feedback respectfully
- Ability to travel for production when necessary
- Legally eligible to work in Canada
- Portfolio required
Benefits
- Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
- Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
- 20 vacation days
- 4 wellness days
- Unlimited sick and mental health days per year
- Work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year
- Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS
- Equity compensation for permanent employees
- AI Notetaker interview recording and transcription, with the option to opt out without impact on candidacy
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