Associate Creative Director, Art

Liquid Sunshine is the full-service, in-house creative marketing agency for Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) and its 125 leading beverage brands, including Dr Pepper, Snapple, Keurig, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, 7UP, Bai, A&W, Core, Canada Dry, Mott’s, and Schweppes. Our mission is to help grow KDP’s iconic and refreshing brands with equally iconic and refreshing creative communications and experiences.

We are seeking an ACD/Art Director with a head for big, culture-driving ideas and the hands to bring them to life through exceptional craft as Liquid Sunshine enters an exciting new phase of growth in capabilities, brand assignments, and creative excellence. You’ll expand your skills and raise your creative game as you collaborate with a diverse team of award-winning writers, art directors, designers, and producers to concept and produce work across virtually every channel.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

•Create culture-driving, business-building big brand work in every medium, from mass broadcast film and web video, to targeted social and influencer campaigns, to attention-getting activation and sponsorship programs

•Apply your tasty, smart, and conceptual visual skills to a variety of other brand and corporate needs, including video and photo shoots of our products, people, and places; and content to support our Diversity & Inclusion, Health & Wellness, and Sustainability efforts

•Concept and produce content at the forefront of new media and technology, including e-Com, mobile gaming, DCO, DTC and everything else that’s new and next

•See your ideas through from concept to execution, working with producers, project managers and other internal and external partners to execute with brilliance

•Collaborate with the Brand Design group to bring to life ideas in print, OOH, digital, retail, and social as needed

•Proactively identify opportunities to tap into or incorporate the latest trends in pop culture, creativity, executional approaches & techniques, and broader inspirations, innovations and interruptions

•Champion and contribute to a culture of diversity, inclusion, personal growth, winning, and fun

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TABLE:

•A minimum of 8 years of experience as an Art Director (Sr, ACD or CD) or Designer at an agency, brand, publisher, or social media platform

•A killer portfolio of smart, entertaining, culture-driving work that demonstrates a talent for coming up with simple, original ideas and innovative approaches across channels, especially in digital and social

•A strong ability to concept multiple ideas quickly

•The visual skills and attention to detail to execute superbly in a variety of mediums

•The flexibility to work as part of a team one day, independently the next. You adapt to new ideas, processes and business problems with ease and enthusiasm

•Determination, ingenuity, and a great attitude in the face of obstacles, deadlines, and ambiguity

•The optimism to think bigger, the curiosity to dig deeper, and the passion to do better

•Proficiency with the appropriate Mac-based tools of your trade (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Sketch, Keynote, et al)

•Strong comping skills required

•Editing and gif/animation/motion skills are a big plus

•A love for, and experience in, the beverages category

•In-house experience a bonus

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Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) is a modern beverage company with a bold vision built to deliver growth and opportunity.  We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it! 

Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that’s proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us? 

We strive to be anemployer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~28,000 employees to grow and develop.  We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work. 

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and affirmatively seeks diversity in its workforce. Keurig Dr Pepper recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.