Associate Creative Director, Art Direction

Associate Creative Director, Art Director

Location: New York, NY

Hybrid: 3 days in-office per week

PurposeYou will be responsible for conceptualizing, creating, and producing compelling creativeideas that resonate with target audiences and align with our clients' brand identities.Responsibilities● Able to function as a leader in the conception, design, and creation of content fortelevision, print, websites, and multimedia creative on projects assigned by theGroup Creative Director.● Ability to ensure the quality, craft, and implementation of all work done on givenprojects.● Create exceptional advertising concepts and take responsibility for the artdirection● Demonstrates the ability to share a compelling POV and sell work to internalstakeholders and external clients.● Understands the Client’s business, brand, products, and their customers.● Must be a player/coach, still creating much of their own work while delegatingand mentoring those around them to produce attention-getting content.● Is responsible for presenting to clients when needed and structuring sellingarguments for work.● Strategize with the brand team to anticipate problems, analyze solutions, identifyalternatives, and suggest recommendations.● Partners with Group Creative Directors and Strategy to inform creative strategiesthat will lead to great work.● Collaborates with other departments, account management, strategy and clientsto ensure extraordinary work.● Remains current with and ahead of creative trends in the industry & culture.

CompetenciesCreative Stewardship. A high standard of creative work that is award-winning isapplauded by the industry and appreciated by existing clients and new businessprospects.Relationship Management. A professional role model with a positive influence whomotivates colleagues. Ability to collaborate with all key stakeholders across all offices.Cultural Leader. Help activate and foster the McKinney culture and serve as aMcKinney Brand Ambassador to the advertising industry.

Professional Skills and Knowledge● Demonstrates excellent communication, selling, and presentation skills andstrong relationship and customer service skills.● Strong multidisciplinary creative portfolio demonstrating proficiency in contentcreation, photography, graphic design, motion graphics, and illustration● Strong understanding of various social media platforms, their unique audiences,and content requirements.● Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Adobe Premiere Pro, AfterEffects, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.● Background in art directionExperienceThe ideal candidate has 6-10 years of experience in advertising; exceptions are madebased on the level of work pertaining to creative product and creative managementabilities. Presentation of a strong personal creative portfolio.

TrainingIn art, design, photography, journalism, videography or related fields is a plus.

About IrisParticipate or perish. It’s not just our rallying cry – it’s a creative imperative. Iris is the global creative micro-network built for brands that refuse to blend in. With 650 people across 11 offices, we help clients like Samsung, adidas, Bentley, California Pizza Kitchen, Beiersdorf and Samsonite show up in culture with work that stands apart. Powered by Participation, and brought to life across paid, earned and owned media, our agency model is big enough to be dangerous, small enough to stay agile. Founded outside the ad establishment in 1999, Iris has always been defined by its outsider mindset – one that still drives our mission today.