The Rescue Agency seeks ILLUSTRATOR
The Company
Rescue is a full-service marketing agency with a mission to make healthy behaviors easier and more appealing. Since our founding in 2001, Rescue has been exclusively focused on researching, developing, and implementing positive social change campaigns in public health. We provide research, strategy, creative, production, web, traditional media, social media, policy change, youth engagement and experiential marketing services to government, non-profit and healthcare clients in over 25 states and provinces, as well as to federal government agencies.
Rescue’s health behavior change marketing campaigns focus on topics such as tobacco, obesity, substance and alcohol prevention; the promotion of exercise, eating healthy foods, early childhood development, and after school programs; and other topics that promote healthy living. Rescue’s behavior change campaigns focus on diverse populations within teen (13 – 17), young adult (18 – 26), and adult (18+) populations in both rural and urban areas, resulting in a wide variety of campaign styles and strategies.
We believe that marketing can do more than sell goods, it can create good, and we are looking for team members that are ready to work hard to create a healthier world.
The Job
We are looking for a talented Illustrator/Graphic Artist, who will focus on creating conceptual and illustrated key art for use in storyboards, commercials, and digital content, to join our creative team. The ideal candidate is skilled in both traditional sketching/drawing as well as vector/digital art with experience in creating illustrations to be used in an animation/video workflow. The Illustrator is also skilled at translating scripts to compelling visuals to tell a story. The ideal candidate has a passion for behavior change and is capable of working collaboratively.
Day-To-Day Activities:
Collaborate with creative leads to translate concepts/scripts into compelling storyboards;
Sketch and conceptualize creative concepts;
Prepare illustrations for animation;
Illustrate visual elements such key art, icons, logos, and GIF animations;
Required Qualifications:
High School Diploma;
Strong traditional drawing/sketching and vector illustration skills;
Strong experience preparing storyboards and vector illustrations for animation in Adobe Effects and Premier;
Strong experience with storyboard and conceptual illustration;
Strong experience with iconography and logo illustration;
Solid understanding of typography and layout;
Expert level knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator;
Must have strong eye for design and attention to detail
Ability to take direction and critique;
Comfortable in fast paced work environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere or relevant animation software
Experience with Procreate, Autodesk Sketchbook or relevant digital art software
Experience with 3D modeling software such a Cinema 4D
Location: Remote
Status: Full-time
Benefits: Learn more about the benefits of working at Rescue here: http://rescueagency.com/careers/
Travel: No travel requirements
If you’re ready to join our team of mission-driven talent challenging the status quo, we’d love to meet you! Check out our Careers page at rescueagency.com/careers for more information about what it’s like to work at Rescue and the benefits that we offer to our team members.
The Fine Print
Environment:
All business-related environments are tobacco-free. Must have valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and computer and Internet access. Must be available to work non-traditional hours such as late nights and weekends.
Physical Requirements:
Able to remain in a sitting position for prolonged periods of time and stoop, bend, reach, climb stairs, and move freely throughout the building for the performance of duties. Able to read from a computer or laptop monitor for several hours at a time including fonts of various sizes from a variety of sources. Able to travel nationwide as needed to meet with clients, coworkers, or attend meetings and seminars. Must be able to move boxed work documents (surveys & materials), up to 40 pounds, in and out of office for travel by car and by air.
The Application
All applications must be submitted through Rescue’s online careers system (unless you qualify to request a reasonable accommodation, as detailed at RescueAgency.com/careers). We do not accept applications via email, mail, fax or in-person delivery. Please send questions to careers@rescueagency.com. All applicants must include links to an online portfolio or to direct examples of past work, where applicable. Applications without portfolio links will not be reviewed.
PLEASE NOTE: All email correspondence that you receive from Rescue Agency will be sent through an ‘@rescueagency.com’ email address. We recommend that you disregard any emails posing as authentic Rescue Agency accounts (e.g. @rescueaggency.com or rescueagency.jobs@gmail.com). If you receive a message from a Rescue employee, you can verify the legitimacy of the message by contacting us at careers@rescueagency.com.
