Planet Interactive

Art Director

Location: Hybrid, 2 days onsite – Boston, MA

Pay Rate: $90-$100k

Position Overview:

The Art Director will lead all aspects of marketing visual content creation, including graphic design, web design, audio content, and video production/editing. The ideal candidate will be a creative powerhouse with exceptional creative vision, exceptional design skills, and a keen eye for detail. They will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful execution of projects that align with the company’s brand identity and objectives. They will have a passion for creativity, innovation, and continuous learning, with a strong commitment to delivering exceptional results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead marketing designer, responsible for conceptualizing and creating industry-leading innovative design solutions that effectively communicate key messages and engage target persona audiences.
• Provide leadership to the organization on embracing industry design trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in graphic design, web design, and video production/editing and incorporating them into our creative processes. Challenge the marketing team and organization to embrace more compelling designs.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and content teams to understand project requirements, goals, and timelines and ensure that deliverables meet or exceed expectations.
• Create visually stunning video and audio content from concept to completion, including storyboarding, filming, editing, and post-production.
• Optimize video for use on social media platforms, digital property, YouTube and in support of demand gen
• Review and approve designs, layouts, and videos to ensure they meet project objectives, brand guidelines, and technical specifications.
• Evaluate design performance, productivity, and efficiency and implement strategies for continuous improvement and optimization
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks and resources and managing other team members, as needed, to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality results within time constraints.
• Manage external vendors, agencies, freelancers, and other partners as needed to supplement internal resources and capabilities.
• Ensure all designs are optimized for various platforms and devices, maintaining consistency and quality across different channels.

Key Skills

• 8+ years’ experience as a Senior Designer or similar role
• Understanding of web design principles, UI/UX best practices, and front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Portfolio of completed design projects
• Hands-on experience with image editing software (Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator), experience with Vimeo & SiteFinity CMS preferred
• Proficient in design software (InDesign and Figma)
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, Multimedia Arts, or related field.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively present and articulate design concepts and ideas.

Planet Interactive

Planet Interactive’s Cybersecurity Technology Client is hiring for a Direct-Hire Sr. Art Director (Video) 8+ years’ experience overseeing design strategy and execution for an in-house marketing team located in Boston starting in May 2024!

Location: Hybrid (2-3x week in Boston office)

Salary: $90,000 – $100,000 Annually with a 10% bonus opportunity

The Sr. Art Director (Video) will lead all aspects of marketing visual content creation, including graphic design, web design, audio content, and video production/editing. The ideal candidate will be a creative powerhouse with exceptional creative vision, exceptional design skills, and a keen eye for detail.

Responsibilities:

• Lead marketing designer, responsible for conceptualizing and creating industry-leading innovative design solutions that effectively communicate key messages and engage target persona audiences.
• Embracing industry design trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in graphic design, web design, and video production/editing and incorporating them into our creative processes.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and content teams to understand project requirements, goals, and timelines and ensure that deliverables meet or exceed expectations.
• Create visually stunning video and audio content from concept to completion, including storyboarding, filming, editing, and post-production.
• Optimize video for use on social media platforms (YouTube)
• Review and approve designs, layouts, and videos to ensure they meet project objectives, brand guidelines, and technical specifications.
• Evaluate design performance, productivity, and efficiency and implement strategies for continuous improvement and optimization
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks and resources and managing other team members, as needed, to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality results within time constraints.
• Manage external vendors, agencies, freelancers, and other partners as needed to supplement internal resources and capabilities.
• Ensure all designs are optimized for various platforms and devices, maintaining consistency and quality across different channels.

Qualifications:

• Understanding of web design principles, UI/UX best practices, and front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Hands-on experience with image editing software (Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator), experience with Vimeo & SiteFinity CMS preferred
• Proficient in design software (InDesign and Figma)
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Web Design, Multimedia Arts, or related field.

Planet Interactive

Senior Creative Producer (Content)

Location: Culver City, CA

Schedule: Onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Pay: Up to $97.50 per hour DOE

Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision and more

Duration: ~ 1 Year with potential to extend for the right fit

Planet Interactive is looking for a Senior Creative Producer to join our well known Fortune 50 client on a 12 month contract. This role is a hybrid schedule with onsite requirements Tuesday-Thursday.

The Senior Creative Producer will be a part of our client’s video services team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that is advancing the experience of discovering and consuming the best content in the world on their Video Platform.

Senior Creative Producer Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end content creation and production processes across the assigned initiatives.
• Lead and handle communications and workflows, ensuring effective exchange of information and asset deliverables with internal teams.
• Handle and clearly communicate overall campaign timelines, project deliverables, and resourcing needs.
• Lead clear briefs to align all business partners
• Navigate multiple timelines and deadlines at the same time.
• Prioritize resources appropriately, and mitigate associated challenges.
• Lead all aspects of projects to eliminate time-sensitive bottlenecks and produce high-quality creative expediently.
• Run day-to-day escalations and troubleshoot production challenges.
• Build relationships with cross-functional teams to deliver the best end product.
• Plan, handle, and communicate efficient internal and external workflows, and work on its improvements
• Craft and inform SOWs with the ability to accurately assess resources and anticipate the burn.
• Independently own budgets and agency relationships for the projects that are being led.
• Work collaboratively with Marketing and Product counterparts to ensure that the developed creative is thoughtful of all channel partner needs.

Senior Creative Producer Requirements:

• BA or BS degree
• 8-10 years of experience as a lead producer in a creative advertising agency or internal creative team.
• Expertise in content creation and production processes; ideally within a subscription services business model.
• Experience with broadcast graphics production; ideally in sports broadcasting.
• Ability to zoom out to the larger picture and zoom back in to the granular details.
• Detail obsessed.
• Experience handling multiple projects at once and the demands associated with prioritizing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to external and internal audiences and customers.
• Experience with software such as Keynote, Excel, and other tools.

Planet Interactive