Junior Manager, Digital Designer

Job Description

Job Title: Junior Manager, Digital Designer

A little bit about our team:

The Creative Department at Atlantic Records is a full-service, agency-like creative team, dedicated to building artist careers through the intersection of Art, Video, branding, music, digital and technology, unlike any other at a record label. The full department works hand in hand for all artists acting as artist partners across all visual elements that are used to brand, identify and market the artists for music, video, touring, merch, sales and all other aspects of the artist career. Our creative teams partner with our artists, managers and marketing teams to narrate and bring to life the artists vision and world via all creative deliverables and assets.
Our Art Directors are responsible for the overall artist brand and vision and partnering with our video team to tell the story of the artists through all visuals. In line with branding, they are responsible for artwork for single, album cover, logos, all album packaging configurations, along with advertisements, promotional materials and special edition packaging for their roster.
Our Video team takes the lead when driving the moving visuals forward for official music videos, visualizers, in-venue content, on the streets, BTS and editorial storytelling along with any social campaigns. They are supported by an in-house production team who work side-by-side the Video Producers for production, shooting and editing needs.
Our digital team has specialized digital designers and video animators who focus on bringing all video and art branding to life on the digital stage. They work closely with the Digital Marketing team, collaborating on the overall digital strategy, experiences for websites, webstores and email marketing. They also create promotional assets which include static, animation, lenses and social content to support all aspects of the artist roll out across Marketing, Digital Marketing, Commerce, Touring and Sales.

The Creative department is led by Catherine Ciapas. Rob Gold, Derec Dunn and Mildred Delamota are collective partners who run the Video, Art and Digital creative teams.

Your role:
If you are looking to bring your creativity and passion for music together, this could be a phenomenal opportunity for you! We are looking for a digital designer who understands principles of great design, strategy, user experience on web and social and can work with our artists across all genres of music.
Our digital designers have an artist roster that they are responsible for, from all things digital from banners, social skins, landing pages, email templates, web-store designs, full artist websites, apps, lenses, interactive games and experiences. We have a broad roster of music from black music, pop, rock, and dance, so you will have to excel in understanding different styles and apply designs to all creative assets.

Along with the roster, you will work within our larger creative team of art directors, developers, animators, video producers while collaborating with our marketing teams, artists and managers.

Here you'll get to:
• Work on creative assets provided by our art directors and video producers, and apply them to all things digital.
• Collaborate with the creative team daily to ensure the best execution of ideas for the artist.
• Come up with design solutions for artists and across web platforms for websites, webstore and email.
• Work with the team on testing, creative reviews and proof of concepts for new creative ideas for websites or experiences.
• Keep creativity, strategy + innovation at the forefront of your design.
• Have a roster, but also work with the team and collaborate on projects.
• Participate in team meetings, weekly project updates, creative brainstorms, artist meetings and department meetings.
• Use our project management tools and asset management systems to keep all work collaborative and communicated daily.

About you:
• You have a comprehensive portfolio with a wide range of examples
• You have fundamental and/or expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite. You must also bring other skill(s) to the table (i.e., Illustrator, typographer, photographer, 3D, editor, animator, etc.
• You are someone who understands current design trends, tech trends and social platforms
• You LOVE the internet, technology, social and music
• You are well-versed in Black Music and the community
• You have a deep understanding and passion for black music and culture, including knowledge of influential artists, trends, and historical significance within these genres
• You have a solid understanding of UX and web best practices with an understanding of some HTML and CSS
• You are a teammate and will share creative input and feedback with other designers
• You can communicate your ideas verbally and/or in emails
• You can multitask, prioritize and manage multiple deadlines and urgent tasks
• You understand no job is too big or too small
• You are excellent at listening, interpreting, self-starting, and presenting

We'd love it if you also had:
• Other creative skill sets that can be used to create assets for our artists. We are always looking to grow our team's skills!
• Openness to learning new skills, as technology and the internet is always changing

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Salary Range
$65,000 to $70,000 Annually

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

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Right To Work - English.pdf

Right to Work - Spanish.pdf

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gk0z00-52-14-240-178-42 in your application.