Art Director

Job Description

Art Director (CW Network)

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We're home to the world's best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

The Job

The CW Network is seeking an Art Director for the Print Creative team in the Marketing Department based in Burbank. The Art Director collaborates with the Senior Vice President, Marketing, Vice President/Creative Director, and Writer to conceptualize, develop, and execute advertising campaigns for CW shows, events, apps, online, and other products. This role creates advertising concepts, designs, and promotional print campaigns for marketing materials as well as creates or directs ancillary materials such as packaging, promotional items, press kits, etc., for the CW Television Network and its affiliates.

The Daily
• Conceptualizes and develops key art for The CW's advertising campaigns for shows, and events, which include outdoor, online, apps, events, etc.
• Designs or directs the design of all necessary advertising materials and their constituent parts.
• Supervises the creation or acquisition of all materials necessary for the conceptualization, development, and execution of key art.
• Creates or directs all necessary Corporate Communications/identity materials for The CW Television Network and its affiliates; creates or directs Publicity e-cards.
• Coordinates with Vice President/Creative Director to ensure proper art direction/design supervision of presentation and final materials.
• Ensure timely and accurate project estimating and financial accountability.
• Provides art direction at press checks as requested by Vice President/Creative Director and Production Manager.
• Creates or directs assets for multi-platform audiences, including all digital online components, for the CW Television Network and its affiliates as well as Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery.
• Compiles and creates look books for photoshoots for key art campaigns
• Works with photographers and SVP Print Creative to map a clear creative direction for photoshoots; enlists illustrators and sketch artists to create a clear direction for ideas photographed at shoots.
• Creates or directs all necessary logo IDs for new titles.
• Creates or directs special key art or assets for Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery.
• Creates or directs promo assets (i.e., ''Swag''), custom trade and consumer ads, internal and external presentations (PPT or Keynote), and all necessary elements for The CW Television Network events.
• Involved in overseeing The CW Television Network brand for all off-air components.

The Essentials
• BA or equivalent certification in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Communications is preferred.
• Extensive photo compositing experience required.
• Must be highly proficient in Adobe Design Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator.
• Previous entertainment marketing experience and graphic design required.
• Must possess advanced typography skills that are transferable across all media platforms.
• Team player with the ability to communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of staff.
• Must be highly detail-oriented and organized while working under time constraints on multiple projects, simultaneously.
• Experience supervising staff, providing creative guidance, and handling multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule which could include, late or early hours, attending shoots and events, travel, and working on a deadline.

This position is required to work in person at one of our locations in the United States. The CW Network, LLC requires anyone working in our workplaces in the US to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Exemptions to this vaccine requirement are available to those entitled to reasonable accommodations for religious or medical reasons.

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

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