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Art Director, Video
Location
Illinois
Posted
36 days ago
Salary
$90K - $140K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Art Director, Video
NinjaTrader
• Own the visual direction for NinjaTrader Live and all NT Live-adjacent creative — establishing a cohesive look and feel across broadcast, social, email, and experiential touchpoints • Define and develop video and motion graphics systems (intros, outros, stingers, lower-thirds, sizzle reels, social clips) that elevate and unify the brand's dynamic identity • Leverage AI creative tools as a core part of your workflow, not a novelty • Direct and contribute to video editing across formats — livestream recaps, social cutdowns, ads, highlight reels, and promotional content • Define creative standards for short-form video, ensuring strong hooks, pacing, and visual treatments optimized for engagement and retention • Direct the Senior Graphic Designer, ensuring static and motion systems evolve cohesively and the creative bar stays high across every deliverable • Provide clear, actionable feedback that supports the growth and output of your direct report while maintaining quality and consistency across all work • Collaborate cross-functionally with producers, media, and social teams to translate business goals into compelling visual storytelling • Own the creative process from concept through execution — balancing hands-on design work with strategic oversight • Stay ahead on motion design, video, live streaming assets, and AI creative advancements • Build the systems that make scale possible: own templates, style guides, and asset organization workflows that enable the team to produce more, faster, without losing consistency • Own and delegate the creative schedule — managing multiple live and in-progress projects with competing deadlines and same-day turnarounds
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in motion graphics, video editing, or art direction roles
- Strong portfolio demonstrating motion design, video editing, and brand storytelling across multiple platforms
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop
- Experience developing and maintaining visual systems across multiple content channels
- Strong understanding of pacing, storytelling, and audience engagement in both long-form and short-form video and how delivery varies across channels
- Proven ability to produce high-quality video, static, and motion creative across multiple formats, markets, and languages at speed
- Ability to shape creative vision while remaining hands-on in execution
- Experience managing or directly overseeing at least one designer or creative contributor
- Familiarity with working in fast-paced environments with tight turnaround times, ideally in live or near-live production settings
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in content-driven environments
- Strong communication skills and ownership with the ability to align stakeholders around a shared creative vision
- Strong design fundamentals: typography, composition, hierarchy, color
- High attention to detail with strong organizational and project management skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines
Benefits
- Generous PTO
- 7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Conditional Holidays Annually
- 1 Service Day Annually
- 401k with 3.5% Company Match
- Paid Parental Bonding Leave
- Health, Vision, Dental Coverage
- Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader
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