The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media-buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers — and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency.

So if you’re talented, driven, creative, and hungry to bring something entirely new and wildly ambitious into the world (and have some fun doing it), then we want to talk.

The Edge Academy is The Trade Desk’s education resource for marketers, buyers and academia to be inspired by the future of digital marketing and current industry topics. We develop video and written content for our target audiences.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

The Trade Desk Edge is looking for an Art Director to lead the development of the pre- and post- production design and art direction of Edge’s educational video content. The ideal candidate will have experience working on content end-to-end including developing sets and formats, creating mood boards, shot lists and prop suggestions, producing comprehensive storyboards, and providing art direction on on-set. Additionally, the art director will work closely with the Edge’s editor/motion graphics animator to bring his/her design and storyboard to life.

The candidate should possess exceptional design skills and have deep a passion for creating work with impact.

In this role, you will:

• Concept and execute work for Edge Academy, specifically video content
• Possess a strong attention to detail
• Demonstrate ability to make complex concepts simple, working closely with experts to understand the concept deeply
• Have an audience-centric focus, developing ideas that are intended to help people learn, stay engaged and return for additional content consumption
• Demonstrate ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, prioritize workflow, and meet time-sensitive deadlines
• Work closely with the editor to bring supporting visuals to life
• Be curious, love learning new techniques and testing new hypotheses
• Be able to present and articulate ideas and concept proposals to leadership
• Work across every step of content production with the aim of developing high-impact content that engages the audience. This will include pre-production (conceptualization, storyboarding, casting), on set (art direction) and post-production (editing, shaping narrative)
• Keep track of awesome creative executions and continuously present new ideas to team
• Be involved in recruiting and hiring additional Edge creative team members as needed

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• 6-8 years of experience as an Art Director at an agency, or in-house marketing team for well-established brands
• BA/BFA degree in Graphic Design (or similar)
• A diverse portfolio that exhibits excellent use of typography, color, and graphic elements (and a clean visual design sense); especially developing complex infographics and data visuals
• Experienced in creative execution, graphic design, art direction, in both physical and digital mediums
• Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop,)
• Experience in developing PowerPoint presentations and following templates
• Ability to communicate and collaborate on cross-function teams
• Hunger for keeping up-to-date on current technology, trends and web design principals
• Strength in building relationships across internal team and external vendors
• Intellectual curiosity to learn all things programmatic and the nuances of the advertising technology industry
• Have a “let's roll up our sleeves and get it done” attitude
• Must provide a link to your portfolio in your application (will not be considered without portfolio website)

Nice to have’s:

• Experience in the advertising technology space
• Experience in B2B marketing

WHO YOU ARE:

A client services pro, you’re comfortable managing and growing lots of agency accounts, and able to prioritize between a hundred different things at once. You love learning new technology and teaching it to others. You’re as comfortable diving into Excel to improve a campaign as you are with taking an agency out for dinner. You’re a self-starter and can set your own priorities.

• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year university
• 2-5 years of online advertising experience required; 1+ years of client-facing experience
• Expertise in working with RTB, DSPs, ad exchanges, aggregators, ad servers, and other optimization platforms is a plus
• Experience managing CPA, CPC, and CPM marketing campaigns
• Solid experience in Excel and MS Office, including pivot tables, chart-making, and manipulation of large data sets
• Outstanding troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities, along with an ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a fast-paced start-up environment
• Proven track record of growing accounts by forging a strong relationship with clients, understanding their objectives and recommending best strategies
• Effective time management skills – ability to prioritize and meet deadlines

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The Trade Desk will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Ordinance No. 184652

The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.