Freelance Art Director

Are You a Passionate Art Director Looking For Your Next Big Challenge?

Plan B is seeking a talented freelance Art Director to help us manage a growing variety of creative and executional needs. You’ll be teaming up with savvy marketing specialists and gifted creative minds as you tackle design assignments of all types — brand development, ad campaigns, digital and UX design, social media marketing, direct response…even video, and more. Enjoy the motivating ambience of our open-concept floor plan, as you help us design and build highly strategic marketing programs for our growing roster of on-demand clients. So if you thrive on variety and are looking for a fun, rewarding way to put your skills to the test, come become an invaluable extension of our exceptional development team and let’s get growing!

Desired Skills & Experience

• Design mobile-first digital experiences, including websites, landing pages, emails, e-newsletters, microsites, digital display ads
• Design more traditional media including, but not limited to: print ads, brochures, booklets, fliers, TV commercials, billboards, and more – according to strategic plans provided by the account executive, and by assignment from the creative director.
• Meet with client service team members and interactive marketing personnel to ensure coordination between traditional and interactive advertising and marketing efforts.
• Provide sound visual concept solutions that specifically solve business problems.
• Work with the development team to understand the opportunities and limitations of the digital solutions proposed and produced by the creative department.
• Collaborate with other art directors, copywriters and additional designated “team” personnel in production of creative materials.
• Collaborate with account and creative leads in selection of design elements (papers, vendors, models, freelancers, talent, and outside sources) needed to fulfill production.
• Meet assigned deadlines with a smile
• Maintain strong working knowledge of computer design software and hardware, striving to stay current in level of knowledge and abilities.
• Work to remain current with trends in the digital art direction space, from new methodologies and tools to best practices.
• Work with production personnel (digital, print, and/or video), providing complete input and instruction/supervision to smoothly complete production of approved design.
• Review all production materials on assigned projects and sign off prior to final production
• Assist with new business presentations as requested by the agency marketing director/creative director/production manager.
• Keep senior art director/creative director informed of need to upgrade design-related computer hardware/software

We are an extremely fast-paced creative agency with a diverse base of clients across industries, and we’re eager to bolster our creative capabilities with a talented group who aren’t afraid of a challenge, and who are eager to contribute in an environment where exceptional is the rule.

This is a great opportunity for anyone looking for valuable growth experience, executing a variety of fun project work as a highly valued extension of our agency’s high-powered creative department. This engagement offers the opportunity to work on-site in our collaborative River North loft space. For that reason, local candidates are preferred.

Interested? Send your resume, freelance rate/range, relevant references, and any examples of your work to [email protected] If applicable, please indicate which development responsibilities were yours, how long it took, and what you charged for the work.

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Employment Location

Chicago, IL

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $52,720.00 - $63,490.76 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person