Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

About Saylor

Saylor is an LA-based creative agency for entertainment brands and brands who seek to entertain. We are an office filled with passionate people who love to work together to develop authentic, sharable content that inspires fans across the internet. We represent a wide range of clients including Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Hulu, Paramount+, and more.

We're a close-knit team of creatives who value collaboration, quality of work, innovation, and most importantly: being social. In the office, we aim to create a supportive environment where individuals are encouraged to work together to problem-solve for our clients.

Position Overview

Saylor seeks a visionary but grounded, creative-obsessed Creative Director Art & Design to lead design creative for social and 360 brand and entertainment marketing campaigns.

In this role, you'll be responsible for designing client projects as well as overseeing the work of a team of designers and ensuring the health of the design editorial team overall. We will look to you to inspire the creativity of the designers on your team, provide a path for growth for all junior designers, and speak to creative design systems and campaign creative for internal and external stakeholders.

About You

A radical collaborator with impeccable taste and references, you know how to identify and translate the best ideas in the room into gorgeous designs. You're adept at navigating the intricacies of entertainment marketing, with a proven track record in guiding high-profile creative projects from conception to completion. You love a motion asset! A pitch deck! And you love talking with clients about their needs, offering exciting solutions that spark conversation and best-in-class creative.

The ideal candidate will champion Saylor's core values, advocating for transparency, inclusivity, and mentorship within the team and the creative process.

Location and Salary

This is a full-time, exempt role with a salary range of $130,000-$155,000, depending on experience. We offer employees the flexibility to work from home Monday through Friday. We believe that allowing you to choose the environment where you work best will enhance your productivity and impact. There will be occasions when in-office presence, at either our Echo Park HQ or a client's office, is required based on the needs of specific accounts. We will do our best to accommodate scheduling and still provide you with your "flex days."

Responsibilities:

Client-Facing Creative Leadership

• Lead graphic and motion design creative for Saylor's clients in collaboration with the Art Director/Executive Creative Director; Assist in concept development.
• Set the creative direction and standards for higher-level projects, ensuring they align with strategic objectives and push creative boundaries.
• Act as the senior creative liaison between the Creative department and key clients, articulating creative strategies to clients and ensuring their vision is met effectively, on time, and within budget
• Foster long-term client relationships through consistent delivery of exceptional design work.
• Periodically step in as a high-level maker on projects, especially during the exploratory phase of establishing overall campaign visual languages.
• Lead campaign pitch deck creation; collaborate with ECD and Strategy to execute campaign-winning pitches.
• Work with Saylor's Account and Strategy teams to help set, maintain, and execute the visual language for brands/campaigns.
• Review all creative before it reaches the internal partners and client.

Design Team Nurturing

• Build and maintain a robust network of talent to support project demands.
• Promote a culture of open communication and collaboration within the Creative department and across teams, ensuring that the creative vision is clearly understood and embraced agency-wide.
• Provide daily feedback and mentorship to designers on their respective projects, offering guidance and solutions to both problem-solve and to uplevel creative.
• Serve as a mediator and advocate for the design team, ensuring their voices are heard and respected across all departmental interactions.
• Oversee the mentorship and growth of the agency's design team, including hiring new design talent.
• Foster an environment of creativity and inspire team members to participate in internal creative endeavors. Get people psyched to make stuff.

Qualifications:

• 8-10+ years of experience in an agency setting or in-house at a studio, with experience creating and leading marketing/branded content.
• Proven expertise in graphic design, motion design, and digital media, with a portfolio that showcases strong creative and narrative skills.
• High-level understanding of 360 campaign design within entertainment marketing; social-forward design thinking is a must.
• Incredible design storytelling skills, with the ability to lead pitches and sell the creative in the room to our clients.
• A honed and well-developed creative point of view, and the ability to identify strong ideas and executions.
• Finger on the pulse of design creative culture across platforms. Have a deep bench of references from all different sources that could help inspire design creative avenues.
• Proficiency with required desktop tools, including the Adobe Creative Suite and familiarity with various Motion Design tools, such as C4D.
• Ability to seamlessly bounce between design projects of varying complexity.
• Effective time management skills and the ability to meet tight, high-volume deadlines.
• Honed ability to give and receive constructive criticism.
• Must embody Saylor's core values of Curiosity, Impact, Trust, Respect, and Inclusivity.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary, health insurance, 401k, generous vacation, and great opportunities for growth within the company.

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Saylor is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.​​ Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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