Senior Art Director

 

Job Summary:

§  Develops and designs great concepts and presentation approaches

§  Ensures, the quality, craft and implementation of all work done on assigned projects

§  Implements strategy and direction and provides art direction expertise

§  Demonstrates excellent project management skills and ability to meet tight deadlines and ever-changing priorities.

§  Manages press checks

§  Ensures Group Creative Director sees all comps before sending or presenting to client.

§  Is able to manage multiple projects

§  Is self-confident, conscientious and driven

§  Possesses strong communication skills, both written and oral

§  Supervises photography, typesetting, illustration, and production

§  Always leads by example

§  Remains current on industry trends and technology

 

Job Qualifications:

Must be an expert in MAC software and Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, working knowledge of Illustrator with familiarity of .pdf and .jpeg file conversions, and interactive application of all of the above.  Knowledge of Flash would be a plus.  5 to 10 years of advertising agency is a must, along with an online portfolio and updated resume.

 ABOUT MCKINNEY

Under the current team’s management the agency has doubled in revenue since 2001, growing 50% in 2005 alone, while becoming recognized as a truly national agency.  AOR for such clients as Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Mobile, Travelocity, NASDAQ, and Qwest Communications.

McKinney’s roots lie in being a strategically smart, creatively focused advertising agency, accustomed to working with relatively complex clients whose brands have many points of consumer contact.  McKinney made a strong push into interactive starting in 2003, and online work now accounts for roughly 30% of the agency’s business.  Unlike most agencies, McKinney integrated interactive into the agency’s core departments, rather than setting it up as a separate profit center.

The agency’s mission is “to make extraordinary things happen for our clients, their customers and our people.â€�  Creativity named McKinney’s fully-integrated, web-based Audi A3 launch Campaign of the Year for 2005 (it also took Best of Show at the MIXX Awards, was named one of the 50 Best Uses of the Web by BusinessWeek and won the Yahoo! Big Idea Chair award).  The CyberWon Report ranks us #7 among top U.S. agencies.  In 2006, we had 10 finalists in the One Show, won two pencils and a Lion.  McKinney is one of a handful of agencies dominating the Effie Awards (ranking fourth in the nation for Gold Effies since 2002).