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At American Express, you'll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact-every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company's success. Together, we'll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world's best customer experience every day. And we'll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

The Global Advertising and Brand Management (GABM) organization has a mission to create marketplace demand and drive commerce for American Express through differentiated and innovative Ideas, products, partnerships, marketing, and customer experiences.

OnBrand is American Express' In-House Creative agency, our agency is on journey for an exciting expansion. Our ambition is "Become creative partner-of-choice to build seamless customer experiences for our Business Units, essential for driving results and unlocking value through deeper knowledge of our business powered by industry-defining creative excellence". We are focused on developing forward thinking ideas and work across channels, end-to-end experiences in digital and beyond.

As an ACD Art Director, your work will be held to the highest standards. You're an important member of a high-performance team and we're counting on your best effort on every assignment, every day building a culture of delivering transformative work. The Associate Creative Director will report to the Creative Director.

Day to day responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Provide leadership/motivation and convey the vision and values of the agency
Mentor creative team members, providing clear direction and constructive feedback
ACDs on this team must have strong conceptual skills and a highly developed ability to bring those concepts to life through ideas that can be executed across a wide variety of continuously evolving communications channels.
The work must always be executed to the highest of standards and craft.
ACDs should have the ability to comprehend sophisticated strategic briefs and develop work that's on strategy and is consistent with the brand character.
Must be able to execute across a wide array of channels including online video, websites, banners, social platforms, and print.
ACDs should possess strong communications skills and be able to present work intelligently and concisely in internal reviews and in client meetings.
Must be pro-active in bringing ideas that will help solve challenges and grow business.
Develop holistic and robust memorable/famous creative campaigns from start to finish
Actively identifies new opportunities and future trends
Find creative opportunities where possible even if they haven't been assigned

Minimum Qualification:

5+ years of art direction experience within a creative environment
Ability to concept new campaigns and ideas in a variety of mediums
Ability to understand marketing insights and strategies to translate into compelling advertising campaigns that are digital-first
Ability to combine conceptual creative thinking with high-quality content delivery
Captivating presentation skills
Passionate about social media platforms, trends, technology and best practices
Excellent organizational and communication skills •
A "maker" mentality, be curious and not afraid to try new methods
Strong conceptual skills
Managing/supervising Creative talent
Industry awarded work preferred

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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