Requirements

About You:

• You re a creative leader with the ability to inspire and excite the teams you work with.
  

• You re an exceptional designer or illustrator with an impressively strong portfolio in one of those two fields.
  

• You have extensive experience in designing advertising for global brands.
  

• You re a strong collaborative problem solver who thrives at finding clever and exciting creative solutions.
  

• You have a passion for bringing your designs to life through animation and motion graphics.
  

• You re a charismatic presenter with the ability to to sell a creative idea to a larger team.
  

• You have at least 5 years of experience in an agency or studio setting with at least 2 years of art direction experience.
  

• You re able to set clear timelines and workflows for teams to deliver designs on time and according to deadlines both internal and external.
  

• You excel at making jawdropping art and can serve as a creative example for those around you.
  

• You re not intimidated by fastpaced industry changes in trends and technology. You are excited about new and creative ways to provide value to brands in a postcovid GenAI world.
  

What You ll Do

Design Direction

• You will stay current on visual trends and styles pushing Newfangled designers through feedback and collaboration to create work that s always showstopping and relevant.
  

• You will give clear actionable feedback for artists on a range of projects both animated and static and ensure they have the resources required to achieve those notes.
  

• You will be an expert on our clients brands ensuring that our work will always be on brand both visually and tonally. In times when work is not properly adhering to the brand you will be able to give revisions to correct it.
  

• You will stay up to date on your craft as an expert in design or illustration ensuring that you are always an exemplary creative example for our staff.
  

• You will confidently present work to clients in a way that makes them feel confident in our creative thinking and will keep them coming back to us in the future.
  

• You will collaborate closely with the Animation Director as leaders of the Motion Graphics team ensuring that our design work is always considerate of how it will move and vice versa.
  

• You will respond to client feedback with curiosity and enthusiasm instead of turning defensive and shutting down creativity.
  

• You will work closely with the designers on staff as a creative leader mentoring them to do their best work and pushing them each how they individually need to be pushed.
  

• You will be responsible for coordinating and presenting creative workshops alongside the Animation Director on topics you collectively think will push the motion graphics team s creative growth.
  

Management

• You will serve as the direct manager for our onstaff designers.
  

• You will have weekly 1on1 meetings with each designer to discuss active projects as well as their creative and professional development.
  

• You will work closely over time with designers to push them creatively to produce their best work and achieve their career goals at Newfangled.
  

• You will identify growth opportunities for the artists you manage and will work with them to grow in those areas.
  

• You will work alongside the Animation Director to find opportunities to improve our workflow through new efficiencies technologies products and best practices.
  

• You will keep track of the growth of your direct reports to help inform biannual performance checkins that you will be part of leading.
  

• You will work with producers to help accurately estimate timelines and budgets to inform scope.
  

• You will work with producers to ensure that jobs are being staffed by the right designers for the task.
  

Benefits

Benefits:

• Structured success sharing (bonus) program
  
• Health Dental Vision insurance
  
• SIMPLE IRA (eligible for companymatching after 2 years of employment)
  
• Vacation personal and paid holidays
  
• Really cool swag and the opportunity to be on our TikTok ;)