Advertising Art Director

About the role

Lactalis US Yogurt is hiring an Advertising Art Director based in Minnetonka, MN. We are looking for an award-winning advertising heavyweight to treat our yogurt brands as their ultimate creative playground. If you are tired of agency pitch-grinds and want to actually see your biggest, boldest ideas produced on a national stage, this is your next move. Reporting to the Creative Director, this role will work in a growing, talented, award-winning in-house creative squad to build integrated world-class brand experiences that engage and inspire.

What We're Looking For

• A Top Agency Pedigree: You've cut your teeth at top-tier shops and have the case studies to prove it.
• An Award-Winning Mindset: Your work has caught the eye of award juries (Cannes, One Show, Clios, Pencils) or has actively driven national cultural conversation.
• Big Brand Fluent: You know how to command a big budget, direct massive productions, and steer a brand that millions of people interact with daily.

Key Responsibilities

• Create concepts and design brand experiences across all channels of marketing communications, including broadcast, PR and earned, experiential, digital, and owned and paid social.
• Concept and pitch culture-defining, headline-grabbing integrated campaigns that elevate our brands' creative cache nationally.
• Ensure integration of core brand creative, campaign messaging, and sound strategic point of view into the work.
• Partner with copywriting and act as a strong command of the intersection between thoughtful communication and design.
• Lead the visual direction for major national broadcast spots, high-budget lifestyle photography, and experiential activations, collaborating with top-tier directors, production houses, and crews.
• Manage freelancers and external partners to ensure all outside work is consistent with the brand at the same quality and caliber.

Qualifications

Education

Degree from nationally recognized portfolio school or equivalent university comms program (VCU Brand Center, Miami Ad School, SCAD, Stan Richards School UT, SI Newhouse School Syracuse, etc.).

Experience

• 7+ years of experience crafting high-profile integrated advertising.
• A proven track record within world-class, creative-first advertising agencies.
• Must possess a stunning, award-winning portfolio demonstrating big-budget, national consumer brand work (Broadcast, Earned, Experiential, Digital).

Skills & Certifications

• Ability to craft unique ideas from consumer insights.
• Impeccable sense of design, attention to detail, and consummate consumer of culture.
• Practice and application of effectiveness tools and metrics (pre-post creative testing, brand lift studies, MMM's).
• Paid social experience across META, Pinterest and Reddit.
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints.
• Ability to operate in a team environment as well as independently.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options.
• Significant support on insurance costs.
• Generous contributions to retirement plans.
• Paid Time Off from day one.
• Training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement.