About the Role
Carmichael Lynch is seeking an Art Director to join our creative team, servicing multiple clients with a partnered copywriter. The role involves conceptualizing and executing creative campaigns across various visual mediums, ensuring strategic creative translation and expert design.
Responsibilities
- Play a central and energetic role on the creative side of assigned accounts, taking responsibility for major campaigns and brand communications including video, digital, social, experiential, and brand design in collaboration with writers.
- Prioritize craft and execution that is in-line with client brand, visual identity, campaign objectives, and big-picture business goals.
- Develop a strong understanding of assigned client businesses with guidance from creative directors, account managers, planners, and project managers.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with integrated teams.
- Actively ideate and pitch integrated campaign ideas for designated client(s) to Creative Directors.
- Contribute to internal agency projects in support of company events and the internship program.
- Actively participate in the Minneapolis advertising community by attending seminars, volunteering for CL-sponsored events, and referring creative peers.
- Actively participate in and contribute to Carmichael Lynch’s culture by attending company-wide events, celebrating colleagues, and maintaining a positive, inclusive attitude.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in advertising, visual art, or a closely-related field.
- A minimum of 4+ years experience and a portfolio that makes creatives do a double-take.
- Mid-level client contact experience is required.
- Strong leadership abilities are a must.
- An affinity for disruptive social is welcomed.
- Production experience is celebrated.
- Association with highly awarded creative output is prioritized.
Skills
- Concepting and execution of creative campaigns across various visual mediums including online video, social, influencer, digital media, and experiential.
- Working with writers, creative directors, project managers, producers, and account managers.
- Hands-on experience executing creative concepting and execution across all platforms.
- Expert composition, tie-in to strategy, and beautiful design.
- Driven, detail-oriented, collaborative, and constantly pushing personal and professional skillsets.
- Great design taste.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Ease of communication.
Location
- Minneapolis
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Mid-level
- 4+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000 - $80,000
About the Company
- Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent.
- We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do.
- We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together.
- At Omnicom Group, careers are designed for growth.
- We’ve purposefully crafted a transformative talent experience built with accountability in action — focused on community, impact, and opportunity.
Equal Opportunity
- It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.
- EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.
