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John McNeil Studio

<div>The role

John McNeil Studio is looking for an Art Director who can contribute across the full spectrum of creative work&mdash;from brand identity to integrated campaigns to motion-first storytelling. This person thinks conceptually, thrives in fast-moving environments, and elevates every idea with strong taste, craft, and clarity. 
In addition to broader brand and campaign work, you&rsquo;ll guide the creative execution of our social newsroom program. You&rsquo;ll drive ideation, ensure visual consistency, and give designers, animators, and editors the direction they need to move fast without sacrificing quality. As the creative anchor of the newsroom, you&rsquo;ll set the visual tone for each cycle, assign work, and ensure content flows smoothly from concept to delivery. You&rsquo;ll also partner with strategists, writers, directors, and designers to contribute to brand worlds and campaign concepts, helping bring ideas to life across channels. 
What you&rsquo;ll do
<ul>
<li>Newsroom Leadership
<ul><li>Guide the day-to-day creative workflow of the newsroom&mdash;assigning work, setting visual direction, and ensuring consistent output.</li>
<li>Partner with the newsroom strategist and designers to shape each asset cycle with ideas that are on-brand, reactive, and culturally aware.</li>
<li>Guide designers, animators, and editors on layout, motion, video, image selection, and final asset polish.</li>
<li>Maintain a consistent visual identity across a large volume of content while continuously evolving and optimizing it.</li>
<li>Keep the team sharp by bringing POVs on trends, formats, platform behaviors, and what&rsquo;s working in the broader social landscape.</li>
</ul></li><li>Art Direction + Concept Development
<ul><li>Translate complex ideas into clear, compelling visual concepts for brand, product, and integrated campaigns.</li>
<li>Work closely with creative leadership to bring concepts to life from early exploration through execution.</li>
<li>Explore new visual approaches and formats that elevate the work and keep it modern.</li>
<li>Collaborate with strategy to connect insights to creative ideas that are smart, scalable, and grounded in audience behavior.</li>
</ul></li><li>Design Craft + Creative Production
<ul><li>Create (and oversee the creation of) graphics, visuals, video layouts, storyboards, and other content across digital, social, web, and campaign environments.</li>
<li>Ensure a high bar for layout, typography, photography, color, and motion design.</li>
<li>Work with production teams, illustrators, photographers, and editors to execute work that&rsquo;s fast, clean, and on-brand.</li>
<li>Support shoots, selects, and asset management as needed to keep the newsroom and campaigns operating smoothly.</li></ul></li></ul> 
 
What you bring 
<ul>
<li>4&ndash;7 years of agency experience.</li>
<li>A passion for innovation and technology with a solid understanding of digital tools and trends.</li>
<li>The ability to effectively communicate ideas, detailed design, and design rationale.</li>
<li>Extensive digital design capabilities.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of digital design principles, including layout and typography.</li>
<li>Strong aesthetic sensibility.</li>
<li>Ability to art direct and guide designers.</li>
<li>Pixel perfect attention to detail and the ability to translate that feedback into action for designers.</li>
<li>Must have experience, skill and efficiency in the latest versions of applicable programs: Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign.</li>
<li>A self-starter with a strong work ethic: willing to work hard, collaborate with colleagues and look for ways to solve challenges.</li>
<li>Experience with light animation and AI generative tools (e.g., Sora, Veo3) is a strong bonus.</li></ul> 


This is a full time position with a generous benefits package including healthcare benefits, FSA, PTO and 401k. Location is onsite full time at our Studio in Berkeley, California.

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