Art Director

Summary

Join M+R, a fast-paced consulting firm working with nonprofits, as an Art Director. You will drive the firm's design approach, overseeing exceptional design across digital channels. Responsibilities include supervising staff, leading business development, and driving innovation. The ideal candidate possesses 10-12 years of digital design experience, including team leadership, and a demonstrated commitment to ethical and inclusive design practices. M+R offers a competitive salary, a generous benefits package including fully paid medical, dental, and vision, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• 10-12 years of digital-first graphic design experience, including 3+ years leading an in-house or agency design department where you directly supervise and coach a team of designers
• Experience designing digital direct response marketing collateral for non-profits or political/issue campaigns
• Demonstrated experience developing ethical creative and using a design approach that centers justice, equity, and anti-racism
• Ability to create and edit video and motion-based assets and deep knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, After Effects, and Invision
• Experience successfully working with staff and clients who are not designers -- you can translate their requirements into compelling art direction and design that meets the needs of clients, while also staying true to design best practices
• Track record of pricing out individual design projects
• Demonstrated ability to run meetings to identify project goals and ensure successful outcomes
• Experience supporting the professional development of more junior staff, and directly supervising and coaching staff
• Demonstrated commitment to anti-racism, equity, and inclusion
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively to gain trust and give respect to others through honesty, integrity, kindness, empathy, and authenticity
• Acute attention to detail and demonstrated ability to prioritize time to meet deadlines for multiple projects
• Proven track record to successfully pick up new skills, including learning new technologies
• Drive to seek what can be improved and offer ways to fix any potential roadblocks
• Comfort admitting what you don’t know and recognizing that feedback is part of the learning process
• Ability to communicate persuasively in a way that articulates your ideas and conveys your expertise, whether on the phone, in-person, or in writing
• Able to work within equitable and inclusive decision making models in moving decisions and initiatives forward

Responsibilities

• Drive M+R’s approach to design: shape it, advance how we present and talk about it, and evangelize it across staff and with clients in order to center design in our work
• Develop and oversee exceptional design across digital channels and formats: primarily for digital advertising (including video and motion graphics animation), and also organic social media, email marketing, mobile strategy, branding, and web design
• Support our in-house designers to conceive and execute exceptional digital design work
• Ensure that we have the right mix of freelancers to complement our in-house team, and that they produce high quality design
• Pitch current and prospective clients by leading business development efforts that expand our creative line of business
• Drive innovation by identifying emerging technologies, new services, and serving as a creative thought leader within the agency and in the non-profit community
• Serve as part of the Advertising Area leadership team
• Directly supervise staff -- being proactive about their professional development and well-being
• Drive conversations and processes that help build inclusive spaces within your teams and across M+R
• Do your part to help us run smoothly, including carefully tracking all of your hours

Preferred Qualifications

• Have worked in an agency setting or at another consulting firm
• Experience working across multiple sectors or issues areas
• Relationships in the nonprofit design community

Benefits

• Three weeks vacation, three personal days, and 15 paid sick days
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits with premiums fully paid for by M+R for individual employees
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Quarterly discretionary profit-sharing contributions
• Flexible work schedules and the option to work remotely anywhere within the United States and its territories with broadband internet
• Annual $1,000 professional development stipend
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical, dependent care, and transit
• Bonus program (averaging $14,000-$18,000 annually)