Art Director

Who We Are 

Horizon Sports and Experiences (HS&E) includes the merger of Horizon Media's Scout Sports and Entertainment division and was created to provide a differentiated and comprehensive approach for clients engaging in sports and experiential marketing. With a fully-integrated service model, HS&E includes a core focus on IP creation and monetization, strategic advisory and consulting, media rights, sponsorship, sales, and experiential strategy and activation – transforming marketers' ability to more seamlessly and effectively leverage their brand assets, content, and engagement strategies to drive increased growth. In addition, given the transformative impact that Web3 and the metaverse are expected to have in both the sports and experiences arenas, Horizon Media's recently launched metaverse consultancy, Chapter & Verse, also resides under the expanded offerings of HS&E. 

The Job: 

The role of the Art Director within HS&E is to ideate, concept and execute concepts that can be developed into multi-format creative deliverables across multiple brands and campaigns. 

First and foremost, this person will collaborate with the Creative Director and greater creative team to concept and innovate ideas on behalf of our clients, and the agency. This person will also contribute to brainstorms, design projects, and video/photoshoots. Equally critical to this role is the ability to design mockups and composites that bring ideas to life, in addition to the general hard skills necessary to do design work on behalf of current clients. 

To ensure that ideas are fully developed, and visual aesthetics are of the highest quality, the Art Director will work in tandem with the Creative Director, and Senior Creative Strategist. This person may also have mentor responsibilities over Designers to oversee their design executions and professional growth. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities 

50% - Design, Art Direction & Execution 

40% - Strategic Thinking & Concept Ideating 

10% - Client Relations 

• Facilitate and contribute to productive brainstorms with Creative Director, Sr. Creative Strategist and team (Design, Production, Experiential) to develop strategic concepts across video, photo, social, design and experiential formats 

• Designs brand assets, within brand guidelines and with an experienced creative lens for what works and what doesn’t, for client’s app experiences, social, .com and other properties. Establishes visual tone, character, and messages that will effectively communicate with the target audience and fulfill the project objectives 

• Supports concepts and layouts with clear rationale and maintains ownership of work from ideation to launch 

• Collaborates with the team to construct innovative ideas for clients, and brings them to life in a way that helps clients to envision them in actuality 

• Presents new ideas, and ongoing design work to clients in a confident, concise and thorough manner 

• Proactively seizes opportunity to create timely content against viral trends, and larger cultural moments 

• Collaborates with various members of the team to deliver a range of superior creative executions 

• Responsible for the design execution for multiple brands across an array of social platforms, web and IRL 

• Develop unique and interesting executions within the social media landscape, overarching digital space, and IRL 

• Communicate to the client our creative perspective and processes 

• Participate in client presentations with respective teams 

• Manage multiple projects while inspiring & motivating both your creative teammates and clients 

• Is open to learning new processes and tools to help assist ideation and content creation 

• Develops presentation materials for business development projects in collaboration with Senior Creative Strategist as needed 

• Responsible for providing guidance to the following, when/if hired: Junior Designers 

• Keeps creative and adjacent teams, up to date with new processes, tools and innovative executions 

Knowledge and Skills Required 

• 4+ years' experience in experiential and art direction in an agency environment 

• High design aesthetics, innate interest in spatial, typography, motion, and design 

• Must have a solid understanding and desire to keep up to date with innovation, industry, and design trends 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey ideas and direction 

• A wide understanding of design and art direction as it pertains to social strategy and execution 

• Confidence in presenting to colleagues and clients 

• Knowledgeable across all social platforms while expanding skills to fit an ever-changing landscape 

• Proficient in the Adobe suite focusing on Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects 

• Experienced in leading and participating in photoshoots, using DSLRs and post-production techniques 

• Experience in strategic idea generation, and execution of those ideas on behalf of clients 

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations 

• There are no requirements for certificates, licenses and registrations. 

Physical Activity and Work Environment 

• Position may involve light physical activity pertaining to photo and video production. This includes lifting tripods, gear, props or assistant producing. 

• Travel required when necessary to supervise events 

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

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