We're looking for a multi-disciplinary Advertising Creative to help us champion best-in-class, people-centered marketing at Skillshare.

As Associate Creative Director of Art at Skillshare you’ll be responsible for helping shape the marketing and creative execution of the Skillshare brand. As part of our in-house Brand Studio, you’ll concept and art direct integrated advertising campaigns including content, class, experiential, and product communication across a range of media including social, owned and operated channels, advertising and brand campaigns, growth initiatives, and events. You’ll help build and manage advertising that supports brand communication across channels, and produce creative marketing campaigns that communicate and strengthen our brand positioning in the world. Reporting to the Vice President of Creative, you'll work closely with other creatives and producers as well as partner agencies and production studios to ensure that our work is consistently high quality.

What you'll do:

• Concept, art direct and collaborate on a wide range of advertising work including photography, video/motion graphics, linear & OTT television and social media. 
• Manage medium to large-scale projects independently
• Create high-quality work that inspires our customers, communicates our mission and reinforces our brand
• Work with leadership to evolve our process, tools and systems to ensure we're creating great, consistent work
• Manage ambiguity effectively, and influence the direction of your projects by identifying and defining new opportunities
• Give and receive feedback to peers through design critique
• Working closely with Creative Directors and creative teams to bring conceptual ideas to life.
• Mentoring and developing junior creativesExcellent presentation skills and communication abilities 

Why we're excited about you:

• Excellent craft with an eye for conceptualization and the customer experience
• Proficiency with design tools like Adobe CC, Figma, google slides, etc.
• Experience working with and evolving brand marketingKnowledge of storyboarding, film stripping and creative treatments
• Strategic thinker, able to see an idea through from concept to execution
• Great communication and time management skills
• Comfort being on-set and managing productions
• Prior experience in a global advertising role: You understand the complexity of a global brand and know how to build for the long-term
• Passion for customer experience: You believe in going above and beyond for the customer and are passionate about delivering an exemplary experience. 
• Leadership ability: You’re passionate about making independent decisions about your own work and adept at managing stakeholders.

• Impact: You'll help define the creative marketing of a global leader in creative learning. 
• Growth: As an early hire for a new department, you’ll have the opportunity to lead creative, define the department mission, and advance your hard & soft skills.
• Our team: We have a passionate, talented team that is a lot of fun to work with.
• Our mission: We’re doing work that matters – connecting lifelong learners around the world and empowering them to pursue their creativity.
• Flexibility: We believe that doing your best work means living a full life. That means different things for everyone, so we optimize for trust, invest to support remote teams, have an unlimited vacation policy (with a required minimum!), and encourage work-life balance.
• Creativity: We value creativity! Our company’s whole mission is about the power of creativity, so as a creative person, you’re sure to feel at home in a place where your talents are cultivated, encouraged, and appreciated.

About Skillshare:

Skillshare is an online learning community for creatives. We have thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, and millions of members who come together to find inspiration and take the next step in their creative journey. We are backed by Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, Amasia, Spero Ventures, and Burda Principal Investments.

Skillshare is committed to building a diverse team that reflects a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We’re proud to be recognized as a top place to work by BuiltinNYC, Crain’s, and Forbes, in addition to being one of the five best places to work for women by Bpeace, and a top-rated workplace for dads by Fatherly. We work to ensure a consistent interview process, fair compensation, and inclusive work environment for all.