Art Director, Licensing Design

About Paramount Paramount is a leading media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, Paramount's portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Skydance Animation, Skydance Sports, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, Skydance Games, and Pluto TV, among others. Paramount delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, the company provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.

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paramount.com

10,001+ employees

Entertainment Providers

New York

Public Company

759k LinkedIn followers

• collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best
• ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners
• and audiences every day.
• If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global
• media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be
• thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!
• Establish and evolve franchise visual systems and style guides, defining
• graphic language, typography, color, patterns, icons, badges, composition,
• illustration direction, and application principles.
• Lead concepts from brief through completion, remaining hands-on in graphic
• design, rapid visual exploration, occasional illustration, and polished
• proof-of-concept work.
• Develop editorial concepts, naming, headlines, phrases, and short-form brand
• language that strengthen visual ideas and franchise expression.
• Create and art direct apparel graphics and product mockups, packaging,
• hangtags, retail concepts, logos, marks, and product or franchise lockups as
• needs require.
• Direct and mentor internal and external creative contributors, including
• agencies, illustrators, photographers, and vendors. Give actionable feedback,
• incorporate partner input, and present and defend recommendations
• Graphic systems, typography, illustration direction, and reusable design
• assets
• Editorial concepts, naming, headlines, phrases, and supporting brand language
• Apparel graphics, product mockups, packaging, hangtags, and retail concepts
• Logos, marks, franchise/product lockups, and rapid visual proofs of concept
• Style guides and visual systems are distinctive, franchise-authentic,
• relevant to intended consumers, and usable across product categories.
• Creative work consistently demonstrates remarkable craft from early concept
• through final execution.
• Stakeholders and external partners understand the creative rationale and
• deliver cohesive work against a clear standard.

• 8+ years of relevant design and art direction experience, ideally spanning
• style guides, brand systems, and product-facing creative.
• Demonstrated success art directing and designing style guides, brand systems,
• or product-facing creative in entertainment, consumer products, licensing,
• branding, or agency environments.
• Exceptional portfolio showing graphic design, typography, composition, brand
• identity, and applications across apparel, packaging, retail, or related
• consumer connection points.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite; deep illustration sensibility and
• proven ability to direct illustrators, with hands-on illustration capability
• a plus.
• Proven ability to take work from concept through execution, present and
• defend creative to senior stakeholders, direct vendors and agencies, and
• provide mindful feedback and mentorship.
• Applicable experience using company-approved AI-assisted tools as a thought
• partner. Using it for creative strategy, mood boards, visual exploration,
• editorial concepts, short-form brand language, and illustration direction;
• while maintaining originality, franchise authenticity, and final craft.
• Skydance is a next-generation global media and entertainment company, comprised
• of three business segments: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV Media.
• Skydance's portfolio unites legendary brands, including Paramount, Warner Bros.,
• HBO and HBO Max, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CBS, CNN, CBS Sports, TNT Sports,
• Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Food Network, BET, HGTV, and Comedy Central.

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our
• full list of benefits here [http://www.skydance.com/careers/benefits].
• Generous paid time off.
• Complimentary subscriptions to HBO Max, Paramount+, and other Skydance
• streaming services and digital news products.
• Robust employee engagement opportunities, including access to exclusive
• screenings and events, speaker series, volunteer activities and more.
• We embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of