Associate Creative Director, Art Direction

Company Description

Adjective & Co. is an award-winning branding and full-service branding and advertising agency headquartered in Jacksonville Beach, Florida with satellite offices in New York. We specialize in brand strategy, brand identity and design, advertising, digital, social media, and brand management. We only work with people who don’t suck—that goes for clients AND team members.

We truly believe a happy team creates amazing work, you can do more with less, getting scrappy when needed, and outthinking vs. outspending the competition. Notable un-sucky clients include Gatorade, Insomnia Cookies, Chipotle, Sweetwater, New York Islanders, THE PLAYERS, and many others. We give our team lots of freedom, but it comes with lots of responsibility—and the occasional happy hour or three.

Us trapped in a bulleted nutshell:

• The Un-agency

• Ad Age "Small Agency of the Year" Southeast Gold

• Award winning creative (Over 200 gold and silver ADDY awards)

• Ad Age Best Places to Work & Inc. Magazine “Top 50 Best Workplaces in the U.S." 4+years

• 2020 and 2023 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America

• Killer portfolio of brands and clients that don't suck

• Not on Facebook

• Love coming to work. Hate leaving.

• Award-winning creative

• Think Winston Wolf, but in agency form

• Out to take over the world

Job Description

Adjective & Co. is on the hunt for a top-notch Associate Creative Director, Design with strong team management skills and a lights-out eye for design. Someone who’s been around the block a time or twelve, has been to a few rodeos, and has survived a few crash landings. You’ve got all your creative badges sewn on your vest to prove it: from digital & email (digital experience is a must, but the ability to code basic HTML/CSS/JS is a bonus), to print & traditional media, to social & experiential—with a sprinkling of illustration & animation dust for good measure.

The Day-To-Day Expectations:

• Concepting, branding, design and everything else in the creative realm

• Work in every media (print, social, outdoor, tv/video, digital, web and email)

• Develop creative, innovative, results-driven social media campaigns from concept to production

• Managing creative team members and creative/design interns

• Creative presentations (so must have amazing presentation skills)

• Make clients love you

• Working with various vendors as needed (photographers, animators, merch/apparel vendors, etc.)

• Crushing everything you do

Qualifications

• Five (5+) years of relevant experience in creative execution and team managment—agency preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

• A proven ability to manage a team on large projects, execute against creative briefs and manage all production needs for a project.

• Ability to collaborate well with our account team, clients, creative directors, art directors, copywriters, and designers to concept campaigns and develop brand strategies.

• You have a solid working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite—Ps, Ai, Id, and even some Ae. Bonus points for Xd, Pr and Dw.

• Extensive experience with presentation software (Keynote mainly) and comfortable presenting to both internal teams and directly to clients and agency partners.

• You can demonstrate that you are self-organized, self-driven, and have a strong attention to detail.

• Can show experience working directly with clients.

• You have a solid portfolio displaying your abilities, skills, and experience.

• Local/on-site preferred.

Additional Information

Big Perk Energy:

• Beach office within walking distance to the ocean in Jax BeachFlexible work schedule

• Travel accommodations for remote employees

• Amazing, collaborative team environment (lots of work, but lots of fun) 

• Six weeks in paid holidays throughout the year and your birthday off

• Vacation Un-Policy (take vacation time when you go on vacation)

• Grown-up stuff like healthcare, dental and retirement plan

• Freedom to work when and where is best for you

• Award shows & Annual Trips