Senior Art Director (P3)

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world's hardest-to-reach places - over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you're creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

As the Senior Creative Director, you'll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will concept, ideate, and design campaigns, ads, films, and other creative work rooted in cultural and human insights that reinforce the Save the Children brand. You will address evolving challenges through creative thinking and design, always keeping the target audience at the center. By applying best practices in how creative integrates across functions, you will help define what differentiates the organization in the NGO space and serve as the subjectmatter expert on visual communication and brand consistency. You will also partner with the Creative Director, Marketing and Growth leaders, department heads, external agencies, and other partners to advance the brand and create meaningful impact for children in the U.S. and around the world.

Location

Hybrid - Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

What You'll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Art Direction 60%

• Guide art direction
• Participate handson in concepting and design across multiple projects, maintaining high quality and attention to detail

Collaboration 15%

• Work with internal teams-including corporate partners, advocacy, and fundraising-to develop creative that is more relevant and impactful for diverse audiences and objectives.

Project Management 10%

• Partner with the Creative Director, creative teammates, vendors, and the Traffic Manager to maintain project timelines
• Flag emerging challenges
• Recommend practical solutions.

Innovation 10%

• Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies and proactively share ideas with the Creative Director that support established marketing objectives.
• Collaborate with internal teams, external creators, and vendors to bring these ideas to life.
• Seek out opportunities to grow your skillset and continue developing new capabilities.

Inspiration & Support 5%

• Motivate and inspire junior creatives and crossfunctional teams to develop integrated, highimpact campaigns, encouraging them to aim higher and move beyond safe or easy solutions.

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience with in-house or agency teams.
• Demonstrated understanding of how strategy works with and inspires great creativity.
• Proven experience working with various social channels, trends, and media to understand audience behaviors.
• Experience collaborating with and the ability to provide clear direction to creators like photographers, video production teams, and illustrators.
• Demonstrated high-level proficiency in design tools from Adobe, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Express. We expect the hire to come in day one with a well-developed skillset.
• Proficiency in office and communication applications from Google and Microsoft.
• Professional proficiency and experience with print projects, and the ability to create press-ready files for production.
• Professional proficiency and experience with digital projects.
• High-level understanding of Color formats and file types as they pertain to providing the appropriate assets for a particular use case
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

Preferred qualifications for the role

• Skills in Canva and Figma
• A passion for storytelling through images, videos, and words
• Understanding of UX design concepts
• High-level conceptual thinker who can articulate their vision
• High-level presentation skills
• Video editing and animation skills
• Understanding of international organizations and charities

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $91,800 - $102,600 base salary

• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $83,725 - $93,575 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $74,800 - $83,600 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here).

About Us

We are looking to build an inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal:

• Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays, and hybrid working opportunities
• Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
• Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
• Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
• Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
• Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
• Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in you.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

If you require disability assistance with the application or recruitment process, please submit a request to applicantsupport@savechildren.org.