Social Art Director

BLITZ is a full-service digital agency that believes being a Favorite brand is more valuable than just being a Famous one.

The Social Art Director will work with the content, social, and creative teams, and will be involved in all aspects of creating engaging video, photo and other multimedia content that inspires and delights audiences. The ideal candidate is passionate about storytelling in all forms, has a keen awareness of social media, and enjoys the emerging opportunities across the breadth of social platforms. The Social Art Director will concept, assist in shooting, editing and publishing various forms of digital content.

- Work as part of an integrated team to develop engaging and compelling creative ideas, concepts, and copy/content to achieve client goals across multiple social platforms. - Manage agency aspects of putting together a video or photo shoot. Includes: concepting, coordinating production partners, and managing day-to-day production activities. - Ensure content is optimized for social, search, blog and web -- for all channels and devices. - Be able to tell brand stories through social channels. It’s more than just relaying information, it’s storytelling. - Stay current on new platforms, social media behaviors, technology, and strategies to relay findings to the broader team and apply best practices to future content creation. - Collaborating and partnering with copywriters and other creatives to form a team that ensures that all the creative is in perfect synch so that the concepts are as powerful, vivid and compelling as possible.

- Passionately interested in content marketing, social media, BLITZ’s mission, our clients’ businesses and the evolving digital world around you. - Not afraid of change; you embrace it. Learning and exploring come naturally. - Lives to make the work, and the environment in which the work is created, better. You have a quality focus and you never stop trying to improve the outcome. - You define the word proactive, always thinking (and doing) three steps ahead of everyone around you. - Solution is your middle name. You’re creative and resourceful - there’s no problem you won’t find a solution to. - You embody teamwork, respect, and collaboration. - You’re not happy until your ‘mates are. - You have a keen sense of accountability. You deliver on your promises and take responsibility for your actions. **Qualifications** - Mastery of all design platforms such as Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. - Early education category experience or experience with the "mom" target audience. - Photography experience and familiarity with standard video capture and production apps, such as Keynote, Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro - Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team - Proven project management skills - Communicate effectively, efficiently, and enthusiastically verbally and in writing - Experience in working on multiple projects simultaneously - Bachelor’s degree preferred in multimedia related discipline - film, art, photography, design, etc. - 3+ years of professional experience