Art Director

Cannonball is looking for an art director with 2+ years of experience, a love for design, big ideas, and the skills to bring those ideas to life for our clients in a variety of marketing channels and media.

This position is designed for a detail-oriented, self-starter who is eager to develop their design skills across print, video, digital, social, promotion and packaging. Your role will be to assist senior level creative leaders on day-to-day projects, while also developing original visual looks and creative ideas.

You will use your design skills and knowledge to create best-in-class visual design, develop creative standards, be a brand guardian and work with a team to successfully achieve client objectives. The ideal candidate has helping take campaigns from start to finish, generating ideas from a creative brief and maintaining idea integrity through execution. Basic video editing knowledge is a plus, but not required.

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In return, Cannonball offers to opportunity to utilize and hone your talents at an independently-owned, creatively-driven shop, led and supported by people who share your love for a great idea and enthusiasm for creating.

We work on a variety of clients, from local and regional brands to Fortune 500 companies with national and global footprints.

We are currently operating a hybrid work schedule, working from home on Monday and Friday.

Our culture is relaxed and open, we try not to take ourselves too seriously, and while a late night here or there isnt out of the question, we believe our work gets better when its one thing in our lives- not the only thing.

Summary of Essential Job Functions

Design day-to-day creative for agency clients across a variety of media

Support senior design team and creative directors

Contribute campaign ideas

Lead brand competitive reviews and new industry trends/opportunities

Present ideas internally to agency team

Ideal Candidates Should Possess The Following Minimum Qualifications

BFA in design, advertising or visual arts

Must live in the St Louis metro area and be able to work from the Cannonball office at least 3 days a week.

Preferred Experience

2+ years as an Art Director, Graphic Designer or relevant job experience

Experience with bringing ideas to life through photo and video shoots

Extensive experience with the Adobe Creative Suite and familiarity working in a Mac environment

A portfolio of work to share which includes a mix of projects and brands

Fluency in social media, content development, display, video and brand advertising

Solid communication skills including the ability to present information to coworkers and clients in a clear and concise manner

Experience in Adobe After Effects and Premier is a plus

Cannonball is an award-winning, independently owned ad agency headquartered in St. Louis, MO. Learn more about our agency at Cannonballagency.com.

Benefits
Cannonball offers a competitive suite of benefits for our full-time employees, which currently includes health, dental, vision, disability, life, flex spending accounts and a 401(k) with matching fund.

EEO and Background Check
Cannonball provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

All offers of employment are contingent upon a satisfactory background check.

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