Art Director (Chicago based team)

SPCSHP, part of independent group MSQ Partners, has spent 25 years helping brands make meaningful human connections through curiosity and belief. As a diverse community of creative specialists, we like to think of ourselves as “explorers, not settlers” — building partnerships with ambitious brands including such as Chase, Dairy Queen, BOTOX® Cosmetic, Early Warning and Dropbox. With a range of proprietary offerings and tools and a team of over 100 diverse crew members, we are constantly growing and are thrilled by the prospect of you joining our next endeavor.

We are looking for a Chicago-based Art Director (and Copywriter, if you have a partner!) who will be responsible for developing relevant, memorable and highly creative concepts for clients, and leading the visual design and execution of all campaign elements for the brand both online and off. He/she works closely with a Copywriter as a creative team to maintain brand consistency and excellence. The ideal candidate will be collaborative with various members of the creative discipline and other agency disciplines (including account, production, design, strategy, and analytics) to oversee all campaigns from start to finish.

Roles + Responsibilities:

• Come up with ideas. All. Day. Long.
• Brainstorm conceptual directions, both independently and as part of an integrated team
• Develop a variety of creative materials for brand campaigns, social media efforts, and digital activations for agency clients including shooting video and still concepts for social
• Collaborate with the Creative Director, Designers, and Copywriters to revise work and refine concepts
• Participate in client and internal creative review meetings, presenting the work, persuasively explaining design rationale, collecting and absorbing feedback and offering solutions in real-time
• Keep current on advertising campaigns, social trends, and industry technology, sharing findings with the department to facilitate new ways of thinking, working, and problem-solving
• Help to create and maintain a strong visual brand ID
• Collaborate and communicate with other disciplines to ensure information flow

• 2-4 years of experience at an advertising agency, experience at a digital/social agency is a plus
• Portfolio of work demonstrating conceptual capabilities in both digital and social mediums 
• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, interactive or design-related program preferred but not required
• QSR experience a bonus!

The salary band for this role is $75,000 - $85,000. Where a prospective new hire's base salary will fall within this band depends on several factors including their qualifications and experience, the skill level required in the role, market rates, and the salaries of existing crew members at SPCSHP within the same role to maintain equity.