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About the Role

As Art Director, you will function as both a conceptual thinker and a hands-on creator. You will collaborate with copywriters and strategists on concepts, then execute the vision through photography and bring the work to life. Working within a dynamic social newsroom, you will respond to current cultural moments, define brand voice across various platforms, and expand ideas from social to digital, traditional, and experiential formats. You will clearly present your concepts to Creative Directors and brand teams, manage projects from inception to completion, and maintain a high standard of craft and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Concept culture-forward ideas, campaigns, and activations built for social-first audiences, extending across digital, traditional, and experiential.
• Operate in a social newsroom environment, identifying and responding to real-time cultural moments on behalf of clients brand portfolio.
• Plan, shoot, and edit photo and video content, applying a strong eye for craft, composition, storytelling, and brand voice.
• Partner with Social Strategists to shape creative content strategies across organic and paid channels.
• Present and articulate ideas clearly to Creative Directors and brand teams.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously from brief through final delivery, maintaining quality and consistency across all assets.

Requirements

• A portfolio with a clear social and digital emphasis, demonstrating both conceptual thinking and hands-on production craft.
• Hands-on production skills: shooting, editing, retouching, and layout.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign) and/or Final Cut Pro.
• The ability to translate strategy into a visual idea, and a visual idea into polished, finished content.
• A genuine understanding of culture — entertainment, sports, gaming, and emerging platforms — and how brands participate meaningfully within them.
• Experience working in a social-first or newsroom-style creative environment.
• Proficiency with Gen AI tools relevant to art direction and visual production, used to enhance output quality and efficiency.
• Experience developing personal workflows to support ideation, concepting, and production.
• Ability to critically evaluate AI outputs and apply considered human judgement.
• Agentic approach to creative problem-solving: breaking complex briefs into clear, actionable paths forward.

Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign)
• Final Cut Pro
• Gen AI tools
• Photography
• Videography
• Editing
• Retouching
• Layout
• Conceptual thinking
• Production craft
• Social media strategy
• Digital content creation
• Traditional content creation
• Experiential content creation
• Brand voice development
• Project management

Location

• Chicago, Illinois

Work Type

• Hybrid

Salary/Compensations

• $68,000—$76,000 USD

About the Company

• Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands.
• We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting.
• Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.
• As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work.
• Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.
• OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets.
• Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.

Equal Opportunity

• OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.
• All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.