Junior Designer at Someoddpilot must be prepared to take on a wide variety of challenges, working side-by-side with the design, photo, and video production teams on a huge range of projects. We value collaboration, diligence, and adaptability. You should be confident in your design skills, but also know when to speak up and ask questions in order to improve your craft (or add something to a project). You are hard-working, proactive, smart, and thoughtful. You strive for excellence but are not precious. You believe in fearless creativity and curiosity.
Who We Are
Someoddpilot Inc is a Chicago-based creative company. Our mission is to make art and culture more accessible and provocative with new formats, perspectives, voices, brands and subcultures. Our portfolio includes our creative agency, Someoddpilot, our production studio, Someoddpilot Studios, and our D2C brand, Public Works.
Responsibilities:
Design for new brands, rebrands, campaigns, websites and digital properties
Actively participate in reviews and brainstorm sessions, successfully incorporating feedback into your designs
Demonstrate critical thinking, creative flexibility, and a multidisciplinary approach to design
Manipulate, construct and edit digital imagery fluently - photographs, illustrations
Flex between a variety of tasks, from brainstorming to design to assisting production team on storyboard illustrations to file cleanup with a digital lead
Collaborate with design, strategy, copy, dev and account teams
Requirements:
Degree in graphic design, communication design, or similar professional experience
Graduate to 2 years of experience in a design related field
Proficiency in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign)
Proficiency in digital tools: Sketch or Figma is a bonus
Knowledge and appreciation for culture and trends in fashion, art, and design
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team. We have a roster of really great clients we love who value forward-thinking strategy and creative. We work our asses off for them. We also make our own work, publish books, release records, and apparel. This is a happy office with happy people who like making things together.
Full-time, staff position
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTO
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRA
Long and Short-term Disability Insurance
We offer a flexible hybrid work environment with expectation to be in our Chicago office a few days a week.
Please submit your resume, cover letter and portfolio to: [email protected]
Someoddpilot is seeking a Senior Art Director with a design background. You are a brand visionary, a concepting whiz, an excellent designer, a big picture thinker, and a skillful presenter. You should be excited about the creative process, and fluent in visual languages across all mediums. As a collaborator, you will design for and oversee a number of simultaneous projects from launch through execution. This position is for a Senior Art Director who can shoulder major branding projects, complex integrated campaigns, and dynamic digital properties. Youâll collaborate seamlessly and joyfully to create exceptional work that exceeds our clientsâ business goals through strategic directional choices.
In this role, youâll bring your background in design, art direction, integrated marketing, and user experience to the table as you direct and develop creative work. Youâll have the opportunity to mentor and lead designers while staying very hands-on in the work.
Who We Are
Someoddpilot Inc is a Chicago-based creative company. Our mission is to make art and culture more accessible and provocative with new formats, perspectives, voices, brands and subcultures. Our portfolio includes our creative agency, Someoddpilot, our production studio, Someoddpilot Studios, and our D2C brand, Public Works.
Responsibilities:
Run point for the design team on particular accounts, develop client trust, understand the business
Alongside account and strategy, define creative territories during early project phases (first rounds)
Design initial creative directions for projects, oversee team on creation of all assets
Collaborate seamlessly with the internal account team, strategists, writers, production team, dev team
Concept video treatments, storyboards, motion social and digital assets, landing pages
Creative direct studio and on-location photography and video
Design for new brands, rebrands, websites and digital properties
Sell creative through to the client with confidence and rationale
Ensure quality assets for final delivery, flight-check and polishing
Inspire and mentor junior designers, build camaraderie
Resource your projects properly, find and retain freelance assistance with the account team (build a bench)
Hit all deadlines, deliver work smoothly, exceed client and account team expectations
Stay on top of cultural and consumer trends, design trends, new technologies and channels
Requirements:
5+ years of art direction / design experience in an agency or brand-side, preferably 1+ years in a leadership role
Excellent design and art direction skills
Must have experience developing integrated marketing campaigns
Need to think narratively and strategically about creative work â storytelling for videos, campaigns, brands
Ability to absorb and refine difficult client feedback, provide clear direction for the team
Proven aptitude for quick creative thinking with acute attention to detail while meeting demanding deadline
Good written, verbal and presentation skills
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team. We have a roster of really great clients we love who value forward-thinking strategy and creative. We work our asses off for them. We also make our own work, publish books, release records, and apparel. This is a happy office with happy people who like making things together.
Full-time, staff position
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTO
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRA
Long and Short-term Disability Insurance
We offer a flexible hybrid work environment with expectation to be in our Chicago office a few days a week.
Please submit your resume, cover letter and portfolio to: [email protected]
Someoddpilot is hiring a Senior Copywriter to join our growing creative team and lead across a variety of clients and projects. In this role, you are the creator of the spoken and written word, a catalyst of big ideas, and an advisor throughout the entire creative process while working alongside strategists, designers, and our production team. You have a firm grasp on marketing strategies up and down the funnel, and a strong point-of-view on how to bring language to life across platforms, channels and touchpoints. Writing copy and overseeing creative for multiple clients at the same time, youâre able to snap into the work while staying authentic to each brandâs voice, tone, and style. You are highly adaptable, a creative yet tactful writer, a tuned-in taste-maker of culture, a solid editor, and accessible mentor.
About Someoddpilot
Someoddpilot is an independent creative agency based in Chicago, with outposts in LA, NY, and Nashville. We launched in 1999 as an indie record label, and that DIY spirit has guided us ever since. We've learned that while no one actively seeks out marketing, we do love finding value and meaning in the many cultures that surround us. So we help brands mean more by deepening their connection to people and expanding their cultural and business value.
We work on a range of projects â from branding, to integrated campaigns, to full-tilt productions (with the help of our in-house crew), to digital experiences and purpose-driven initiatives.
And our HQ in Wicker Park is more than a studio. Weâre a community hub. Public Works is our sister brand, where we stage our own art and design shows, performances, apparel launches, and parties.
Importantly, our partners are people who want to stand for something and do good. Current clients include Patagonia, Smith Optics, Chaco, FootJoy, Savers, Fjallraven, Davines, Figo, Klaviyo, FX, Interior Define, Steelcase, Half Acre Beer and Chance the Rapper.
The RoleÂ
This role requires adept writing abilities in brand-level messaging and positioning, campaigns, scripts, social, manifestos, digital, case studies, and more. Essentially, you must be willing and ready to write it all. Experience with integrated marketing campaigns is required along with a desire to present to and collaborate with clients. The ability to manage your own timelines is a priority, as this role will juggle projects and deadlines with the expectation of being highly flexible as you work with multiple teams across many disciplines.Â
Responsibilities
Be a leader for content and creative teams, from the initial brainstorm to the clientâs final sign-off.
Create and write authentic pieces of content that resonate with our clients and help them transform their brand, no matter the platform
Conceptualize and create campaigns for major brands that speak to a variety of audiences across multiple channels, while ensuring they align to marketing strategies
Establish top-level brand positioning for clients including taglines, brand purpose, voice & tone documentation, manifestos, and more
Present and communicate with clients to get on the same page and get them excited about the work
Come to the brainstorms with ideas, concepts, language, treatments, references, sketches and an intent to lead brainstorms
Collaborate with clients, other agencies, and SOP internal teams to distill many voices into one unified and cohesive message
Pivot between many projects and work in tight timelines to deliver polished copy that doesn't require multiple rewrites
Work extensively with Public Works to help bring exhibitions, live shows, apparel, and other unconventional copy to life
Write both independently and in group settings with a focus on creating the best piece of creative that means more
Switch effortlessly between tone and write from a range of voices â including sincere, comedic, technical, and everything in between
Requirements
5+ years in a creative writing role at an agency, marketing firm, or brand-sideÂ
Integrated campaign experience is a must, brand development is desiredÂ
Strong grasp of brand-level and campaign writing including social, digital, and production
Powerful conceptual and creative thinker
Ability to write for multiple brands and industries, for a variety of audiences
A natural storyteller with an ability to understand the bigger picture
Flexibilityâhappier wearing many hatsÂ
Positivityâviews challenges as opportunities for growth
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team. This is a happy company full of people who respect each other and like making things together. Someoddpilot is not a place for people who get a kick out of the politics and rigid structure of a large agency or corporate culture.
Full-time, staff positionÂ
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTOÂ
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRAÂ
Long and Short-term Disability InsuranceÂ
Please include a resume and a link to your online portfolio in your submission to: [email protected]
Someoddpilot is seeking a skilled Motion Designer to join our growing team. Combining a range of post-production, animation and motion design skill-sets, this person will collaborate with team members in the creation of brand films, short-form videos, and commercial spots for brands and artists alike. The Motion Designer has a detailed understanding of motion design techniques and the technical chops to turn static design materials into dynamic and engaging motion elements.
The ideal candidate can solve problems with ease and excitement, and is always thinking creatively. They will be ready to independently create animations and motion content, as well as assist to keep the production team organized, informed and on top of their game.
Key Tasks
Work with Editors and Designers to create motion design work from existing projects, as well as creating new work from scratch
Utilize After Effects to version out established creative into several digital and social formats
Collaborate with the larger team on campaigns decks, prototyping and mocking-up possible creative executions
Create dynamic animations from static design elements & typography
Work to maintain brand consistency, quality, and style of content.
Maintain editing systems and perform routine maintenance and upgrades.
Assist main editor and producers: Encode and export motion assets in multiple formats for delivery on multiple platforms.
Solve challenges with creativity and enthusiasm.
Requirements
3+ years experience in video motion design
Experience in deadline-driven environment
Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud suite, specifically After Effects
Confidence when working with most video codecs and formats
Strong interpersonal skills and be ability to give and receive critical feedback in a small team environment
Initiative and dedication to challenge yourself and continually strive for improvement
Experience with Element 3D, Trapcode Suite, Cinema 4D is a plus
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team. We have a roster of really great clients we love who value forward-thinking strategy and creative. We also make our own work, publish books, shoot music videos, release records, and apparel. This is a happy office with happy people who like making things together.
Full-time, staff position
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTO
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRA
Long and Short-term Disability Insurance
This role will start out remote, but will eventually be based in our Chicago office.
Please include your reel and a link to your online portfolio in your submission to: [email protected]
Someoddpilot is looking to hire a full-time Account Supervisor on one of our largest accounts. As the strong bridge between Someoddpilot and our clients, our Account team provides both strategic and tactical leadership across global client engagements, develops day-to-day relationships, and drives business through innovative solutions. They know how to represent Someoddpilotâs ideas as strongly as they can represent our clientsâ wishes, and at the end of the day, they lead internal creative teams to deliver amazing, ground-breaking work. They build outside relationships, maintain project accounting, help generate profit and deliver excellent creative products across branding, integrated marketing, and web.
Who We Areâ¨
Someoddpilot Inc is a Chicago-based creative company. Our mission is to make art and culture more accessible and provocative with new formats, perspectives, voices, brands and subcultures. Our portfolio includes our creative agency, Someoddpilot, our production studio, Someoddpilot Studios, and our D2C retail brand and media company, Public Works.
Role & Responsibilities
As a Someoddpilot Account Supervisor you have a rock-solid understanding of branding practice, the digital arena, content & campaign strategy, and production. You are inherently curious, thirsty for knowledge, and excited to explore how emerging trends, technologies and platforms can create and add value to your clientsâ business. You are the engine of Someoddpilotâs agency practice.
They have:
5+ years experience within an integrated or digital agency â a strong background in production is a plus. Experience in a client services role on projects including web, social, video, photo, brand, and strategic consulting.
Clearly, confidently, and positively communicate with the  internal team and clients (written, phone and in-person). You should be the best part of someoneâs day.
An ability to manage long term, million-dollar-plus engagements with multiple project tracks and teams. A sharp mind, a good memory, and an attention to detail are absolutely key.
An ability to efficiently translate client asks into actionable deliverables, create and manage estimates, invoices, maintain project accounting, shepherd their project teams, and keep projects on time and on budget from start to finish.
Excellent skills in negotiation and conflict management. Youâll manage multiple clients, internal teams, contractors and vendors.
Very able to represent your teamâs (and you own) ideas clearly and confidently from brainstorm to presentation to pitch.
Comfort interacting with clients of all levels and industry backgrounds, from the CEO to administrative support staff. They need to know intuitively how best to facilitate the relationship between Someoddpilot and our clients in any given situation.
Strong understanding of brand strategy, digital technologies, production workflow, and design lifecycle.
An ability to manage and set client expectations. You combine the clientâs needs and our myriad abilities to figure out the best way to produce stunning work.
Leverage client relationships for introductions and additional business. Our Supervisors maintain an understanding of client business and industry, current and future trends, and use both knowledge sets to be able to identify opportunities for new business.
Top notch presentation and motivation skills.
Requirements
5+ years at an agency, ideally a creative-first shop
Experience working on high volume integrated marketing campaigns with a focus on video/media production (Social/OTT)
Experience with consumer goods brands and retail (Sports / Performance brands a plus)
Builds great decks: tight, strategic, nicely organized Â
Ultimate team player, consummate people-person
Strong problem-solving skills â you never present a problem without a solution (or 3)
Adaptable, cool, calm and collected
Smart as a whip and a knowledge sponge
Speaks âdigitalâ and âcreativeâ
Incredibly organized, but not handcuffed by it
Ethical, honest, trustworthy
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team. We have a roster of really great clients we love who value forward-thinking strategy and creative. We work our asses off for them. We also make our own work, publish books, release records, and apparel. This is a happy office with happy people who like making things together.
Full-time, staff position
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTO
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRA
Long and Short-term Disability Insurance
This role will start out remote, but will eventually be based in our Chicago studio. Some in-studio or on-location work may be expected in the interim because of production needs.
Someoddpilot is seeking a skilled Assistant Video Editor to join our growing team. Combining a range of post-production skill-sets, this person will collaborate with team members to create brand films, short-form videos, and commercial spots for brands and artists alike. The Assistant Editor has a detailed understanding of video post-production from start to finish, and the technical chops to turn raw footage into high-quality finished products. The ideal candidate can solve problems with ease and excitement, and is always thinking creatively. They will be ready to independently create full rough edits, as well as assist with footage organization, manage media, hard drives and data backups, and help to keep the production team organized and on top of their game.
Responsibilities:Â
In this role, you will have the opportunity to present ideas and opportunities for improving the visual delivery of the video programs. Additional job responsibilities include:
Work with Editors, Producers and production team members to finish pieces based on editorial goals.
Edit video elements which could include, long-form, doc-style, branded content, raw interviews, video highlights, animatics, audio and graphics.
Own direct responsibility for logging, archiving, and organizing footage and other tasks related to production.
Prepare projects and gather elements: help sync footage, assemble b-roll selects / string outs & transcode/encode footage..
Transcode multiple HD file formats, logging and selecting footage, music and sound design implementation, web encoding/posting and finish prep.
Work to maintain brand consistency, quality, and style of content.
Maintain editing systems and perform routine maintenance and upgrades.
Assist main editor and producers: Encode and export video in multiple formats for delivery on multiple platforms.
Organize B-Roll library project files, sequences, folder structures, etc.
Solve challenges with creativity and enthusiasm.
Requirements:
2+ years experience in video post-production
Experience in deadline-driven environment
Proficient in Adobe Premiere and the Adobe Creative Cloud
Animation experience and comfort with After Effects and/or Cinema 4D is a big plus.
Comfort and confidence when working with most video codecs and formats
Strong interpersonal skills and be ability to give and receive critical feedback in a small team environment
Initiative and dedication to challenge yourself and continually strive for improvement
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team. We have a roster of really great clients we love who value forward-thinking strategy and creative. We work our asses off for them. We also make our own work, publish books, shoot music videos, release records, and apparel. This is a happy office with happy people who like making things together.Â
Full-time, staff positionÂ
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTOÂ
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRAÂ
Long and Short-term Disability InsuranceÂ
This role will start out remote, but will eventually be based in our Chicago office.Â
Please include your reel and a link to your online portfolio in your submission to: [email protected]
Someoddpilot is seeking an Senior Art Director with a design background. You are a brand visionary, a concepting whiz, an excellent designer, a big picture thinker, and a skillful presenter. You should be excited about the creative process, and fluent in visual languages across all mediums. As a collaborator, you will design for and oversee a number of simultaneous projects from launch through execution. This position is for an Senior Art Director who can shoulder major branding projects, complex integrated campaigns, and dynamic digital properties. Youâll collaborate seamlessly and joyfully to create exceptional work that exceeds our clientsâ business goals through strategic directional choices.
In this role, youâll bring your background in design, art direction, integrated marketing, and user experience to the table as you direct and develop creative work. Youâll have the opportunity to mentor and lead designers while staying very hands-on in the work.
Who We Areâ¨
Someoddpilot Inc is a Chicago-based creative company. Our mission is to make art and culture more accessible and provocative with new formats, perspectives, voices, brands and subcultures. Our portfolio includes our creative agency, Someoddpilot, our production studio, Someoddpilot Studios, and our D2C brand, Public Works.
Responsibilities:
Run point for the design team on particular accounts, develop client trust, understand the business
Alongside account and strategy, define creative territories during early project phases (first rounds)
Design initial creative directions for projects, oversee team on creation of all assets
Collaborate seamlessly with the internal account team, strategists, writers, production team, dev team
Concept video treatments, storyboards, motion social and digital assets, landing pages
Creative direct studio and on-location photography and video
Design for new brands, rebrands, websites and digital properties
Sell creative through to the client with confidence and rationale
Ensure quality assets for final delivery, flight-check and polishing
Inspire and mentor junior designers, build camaraderie
Resource your projects properly, find and retain freelance assistance with the account team (build a bench)
Hit all deadlines, deliver work smoothly, exceed client and account team expectations
Stay on top of cultural and consumer trends, design trends, new technologies and channels
Requirements:
6+ years of art direction / design experience in an agency or brand-side, preferably 2+ years in a leadership role
Excellent design and art direction skills
Must have experience developing integrated marketing campaigns
Need to think narratively and strategically about creative work â storytelling for videos, campaigns, brands
Ability to absorb and refine difficult client feedback, provide clear direction for the team
Proven aptitude for quick creative thinking with acute attention to detail while meeting demanding deadline
Good written, verbal and presentation skills
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team. We have a roster of really great clients we love who value forward-thinking strategy and creative. We work our asses off for them. We also make our own work, publish books, release records, and apparel. This is a happy office with happy people who like making things together.
Full-time, staff position
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTO
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRA
Long and Short-term Disability Insurance
This role will start out remote, but will eventually be based in our Chicago office.
Please submit your resume, cover letter and portfolio to: [email protected]
Someoddpilot is hiring a strategic and creatively-minded Account Executive to support our purpose-driven, high-caliber, and quickly-growing client base. You will work closely with our Account Supervisors on our largest accounts ââ your dedication, attention to detail, and flexible thinking will allow our projects and relationships to thrive. You find real satisfaction in creating order from chaos, youâll stop at nothing to get the information you need for successful work, and you are a master of making the trains run on time. You are empathetic and love collaboration, but you are a skilled compartmentalizer and donât get overwhelmed easily. You have aspirations of running major accounts and like the idea of evolving your career with a group of super fun, extremely talented people over time.
Who We Areâ¨
Someoddpilot Inc is a Chicago-based creative company. Our mission is to make art and culture more accessible and provocative with new formats, perspectives, voices, brands and subcultures. Our portfolio includes our creative agency, Someoddpilot, our production studio, Someoddpilot Studios, and our D2C brand, Public Works.
Roles and Responsibilities
Support our account team on their largest clients and projects right out of the gate
Grow into your own projects and client base
Run the day-to-day execution of projects ââ co-own budgets, timelines, scopes, resourcing, reviews, feedback, presentations and decks Â
Coordinate fluidly between teams: strategy, creative, dev, production, as well as any freelancers assigned to your projects
Develop great contractor and vendor relationships
Become very familiar with the client team, identify your counterpart and create a productive working relationship based on trust and mutual respect.
Clearly, confidently, and positively communicate with the  internal team and clients (written, phone and in-person). You should be the best part of someoneâs day.
Become an expert on your clientsâ businesses, products, consumers, competitors, and industries
Develop a strategic business mind, bring your learnings to the table for the group
Requirements
2+ years at an agency, ideally a creative-first shop (not fresh out of college)
Experience working on integrated marketing campaigns with a focus on digital
Experience with consumer goods brands and retail
Builds great decks: tight, strategic, nicely organized Â
Ultimate team player, consummate people-person
Strong problem-solving skills â you never present a problem without a solution (or 3)
Adaptable, cool, calm and collected
Smart as a whip and a knowledge sponge
Speaks âdigitalâ and âcreativeâ
Incredibly organized, but not handcuffed by it
Ethical, honest, trustworthy
Benefits
Full-time, staff position
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTO
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRA
Long and Short-term Disability Insurance This role will start out remote, but will eventually be based in our Chicago studio. Candidates should be prepared to talk shop, walk us through their experience, and make a case for why theyâre a great fit.
Someoddpilot is hiring a Creative Strategist to join our growing team. In this role, you are the shepherd of the creative vision. Youâll pair our clientsâ business needs with your cultural, consumer, and trend insights to set the stage for really exciting and effective brands, campaigns, content, and web properties. Partnering with our account leads, youâll lead our teams (design, dev, production) through everything from major blue-sky brainstorming, to extremely targeted concepting and asset creation. Youâre the ultimate flexible thinker, problem solver, and creative writer. Â
This role requires a multidisciplinary creative intelligence, because your influence on the work will be felt from before a brief is written until after the job is closed. Experience with integrated campaigns is a requirement. Working across teams within tight timelines while juggling several projects is a reality, but one that results in exceptional work from a team of handpicked collaborators.Â
Responsibilities
Take the initiative for highly creative problem-solving and consult business stakeholders during brief creation
Lead groups to concept and create campaigns that speak to a variety of audiences in multiple communication channels
Come to the table with your own ideas, concepts, language, treatments, sketchesÂ
Direct creative efforts during every stage of production for branding, social, digital, video and photography and demonstrate advanced knowledge within these areas
Sell creative vision and get buy-in from multiple stakeholders
Uncover new insights to drive objective-based creative solutions
Confidently facilitate ideation sessions and introduce new brainstorming methodologies
Demonstrate a professional approach to giving and receiving feedback
Develop expertise and knowledge in the assigned business areas
Partner with Account Supervisors on the development of creative briefs
Share industry trends and competitorsâ creative
Contribute significantly to brand strategy and campaign creative discussions to guide evolution
Produce, uphold and maintain brand and campaign strategy and style guidesÂ
Requirements
4+ years in a creative or strategic role at an agency, or on the brand-sideÂ
Integrated campaign experience is a must, brand and web is desiredÂ
Strong grasp on consumer trends, especially in the D2C retail spaceÂ
Powerful conceptual and creative thinker Â
A natural writer, leader, and storytellerÂ
Flexible, happier wearing many hats than being prescribed to a specific laneÂ
Positive, views challenges as opportunities for growthÂ
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team. We have a roster of really great clients we love who value forward-thinking strategy and creative. We work our asses off for them. We also make our own work, publish books, release records, and apparel. This is a happy office with happy people who like making things together.Â
Full-time, staff positionÂ
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTOÂ
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRAÂ
Long and Short-term Disability InsuranceÂ
This role will start out remote, but will eventually be based in our Chicago office.Â
Someoddpilot is looking to hire a full-time Account Supervisor. As the strong bridge between Someoddpilot and our clients, our Account team provides both strategic and tactical leadership across global client engagements, develops day-to-day relationships, and drives business through innovative solutions. They know how to represent Someoddpilotâs ideas as strongly as they can represent our clientsâ wishes, and at the end of the day, they lead internal creative teams to deliver amazing, ground-breaking work. They build outside relationships, maintain project revenue, help generate profit and deliver excellent creative products.
Who We Areâ¨
Someoddpilot Inc is a Chicago-based creative company. Our mission is to make art and culture more accessible and provocative with new formats, perspectives, voices, brands and subcultures. Our portfolio includes our creative agency, Someoddpilot, our production studio, Someoddpilot Studios, and our D2C retail brand and media company, Public Works.
The Role
A Someoddpilot Account Supervisor has a very solid understanding of branding practice, the digital arena, content & campaign strategy, and production. They are inherently curious, thirsty for knowledge, and excited to explore how emerging trends, technologies and platforms can create and add value to their clientsâ business. They are the kind of people who will know what you wantâand what you needâbefore you do. They are the leaders and the engine of the business.Â
Requirements:Â
5+ years experience within an integrated or digital agency. Experience in a client services role on projects including web, mobile, video, photo, brand, and strategic consulting.
An ability to manage long term, million-dollar-plus engagements with multiple project tracks and teams. A sharp mind, a good memory, and an attention to detail are absolutely key.
An ability to efficiently translate client asks into actionable deliverables, manage project estimates and invoices, shepherd their project teams, and keep projects on time and on budget from start to finish.
Excellent skills in negotiation and conflict management. They manage multiple clients, internal teams, contractors and vendors.Â
Very able to represent their teamâs (and their own) ideas clearly and confidently from brainstorm to presentation to pitch.Â
Comfort interacting with clients of all levels and industry backgrounds, from the CEO to administrative support staff. They need to know intuitively how best to facilitate the relationship between Someoddpilot and our clients in any given situation.
Strong understanding of brand strategy, digital technologies, production workflow, and design lifecycle. They understand the work we doâand the new things we can be doingâas well as they understand our clientsâ businesses.Â
An ability to manage and set client expectations. They combine the clientâs needs and our myriad abilities to figure out the best way to produce stunning work.
They leverage client relationships for introductions and additional business. Our Supes learn and maintain an understanding of client business and industry, current and future trends, and use both knowledge sets to be able to identify opportunities for new business.
They have the best presentation and motivation skills.Â
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team. We have a roster of really great clients we love who value forward-thinking strategy and creative. We work our asses off for them. We also make our own work, publish books, release records, and apparel. This is a happy office with happy people who like making things together.Â
Full-time, staff positionÂ
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTOÂ
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRAÂ
Long and Short-term Disability InsuranceÂ
This role will start out remote, but will eventually be based in our Chicago office. Some in-studio or on-location work may be expected in the interim because of production needs, but only under extremely strict safety protocols.
Someoddpilot is looking for a full-time Executive Producer to oversee the execution of a wide range of creative projects and productions, as well as run Someoddpilot Studios â our production house. The Executive Producerâs role is to ensure that all aspects of multiple production streams are successfully delivered to clients, on time, on budget, and with the Someoddpilot creative touch. The Executive Producer is a top-tier manager and creative mind who is responsible for communicating effectively with the team and the client. This role is fast-paced and requires superb communication, seasoned leadership and a hands-on management style. The Executive Producer will report to the Managing Director, and will be a key part of the department head cohort (account, creative strategy, design, development).Â
This role will start out remote, but will eventually be based in our Chicago office. Some in-studio and on-location work will be expected in the interim, but only under strict safety protocols.Â
Who We Areâ¨
Someoddpilot Inc is a Chicago-based creative company. Our mission is to make art and culture more accessible and provocative with new formats, perspectives, voices, brands and subcultures. Our portfolio includes our creative agency, Someoddpilot, our production studio, Someoddpilot Studios, and our D2C brand, Public Works.
Someoddpilot Studios is our in-house production team and full-service photo/video studio located in Wicker Park. We are a trans-disciplinary team of producers, art directors, videographers, editors and animators who collaborate closely with the Creative Agency and Public Works brand.
Roles & Responsibilities
Participate in the development of integrated solutions that leverage studio offerings and are mutually beneficial for the client and the agency.
Guide the development, writing and presentation of production proposals, scopes of work, schedules and staffing plans for existing clients and new business.
Build and maintain effective client relationships, ensuring that all clientâs needs are heard, understood, and addressed in a timely way.
Oversee all production workstreams, incorporating needs and requests of other teams and adjusting production strategies as needed.
Communicate production processes and best practices, while continually seeking improvements to drive efficiencies in production and budget.
Foster relationships with cross-functional teams to ensure projects are delivering against asks while creating an environment that allows for innovation.
Advise account, strategy, and creative teams during the concept stage on production costs and execution options in order to deliver the highest quality work for the most efficient timeline and budget.
Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with outside creative partners, including editors, animators, producers, directors, production companies, post production houses, production crew, etc.
Staff projects and manage resources.Â
Manage day-to-day escalations and troubleshooting of production challenges.
Own production budgets and manage the revenue/margins throughout client productions; translate costs to a sell price with appropriate detail to be communicated to the client.
Work with account and legal to develop and execute talent agreements.
Manage annual production planning process and participate in the annual budgeting process in cooperation leadership.
Line manage and develop producers and post producers around execution of all individual job details, providing ongoing constructive feedback.
Reconcile program costs against budget for all productions and work with production team to recognize revenue.
Oversee the successful development and management of production calendars, workback schedules, pre-production and wrap books.
Continue to seek out new production talent for the Someoddpilot roster including directors, crew, editors, animators, VFX artists and more.
Requirements
8-10+ years of production and post production experience which must include, but is not limited to, an agency setting.
Working knowledge of industry production contracts and the ability to negotiate terms independently and seek guidance when necessary.
Extensive experience managing teams of producers, production coordinators, crews creatives, strategists and talent.
Line producing experience is a plus.
Extensive experience overseeing multiple works-streams, and senior-level client partners.
Experience managing and creating content with production budgets from $5,000 to $500k+
Basic knowledge of Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, editing / animation / vfx software + tools Â
Travel will be required (mostly post-covid)Â
Strategic thinking and ability to solve problems independently.
Positive, self-motivated and solution-oriented.
Ability to remain calm and move quickly under deadline pressure.
Strong written and verbal communication with the ability to lead as a decision maker.
Inspired to push boundaries and be a thought leader.
Always seeking new ways to push creative boundaries.
Willingness to adapt to the needs of the team.
Desire to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Benefits
Full-time, staff positionÂ
Paid Vacation
Sick Time / PTOÂ
Paid Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Company-matching Simple IRAÂ
Long and Short-term Disability InsuranceÂ
Please submit your resume with a link to your online portfolio to: [email protected]
Candidates should be prepared to talk shop and have 2-3 samples of projects theyâve produced for review, and be able to speak to how they manage simultaneous work streams and grow teams.
You are a digitally fluent, mid-level graphic designer. You are comfortable designing websites, UI and content; following digital design systems and brand systems; retouching photos; constructing digital imagery and overflowing with photoshop and sketch knowledge, can-do and know-how. You have been doing this for a few years now, and can take a stack of work and get it done, to exacting standards and craft. You want to learn from very advanced design leads, who lead by example and rely on you to deliver amazing, complete and thorough files (attention to detail!) for hand-off to development, client and social teams. You are hard-working, smart, and thoughtful. You strive for excellence but are not precious. You are a humble collaborator and believe in fearless creativity and curiosity.
Responsibilities
Design websites, UI, imagery, branding and printed matter
Complete established design directions and iterate across multiple pages or use cases
Work under design leads to deliver projects to the finish line
Collaborate with design, copy, dev and account teams
Brainstorm and ideate initial creative directions
Make content, from concepting to final image construction
Manipulate, construct and edit digital imagery fluently - photographs, illustrations
Flex between a variety of tasks, from concepting big ideas to quickly iterating designs alongside various teams
Collaborate with UX teams and developers on digital projects
Requirements
3+ years of design experience a must, consumer and cultural brands a plus
Holistic grasp of digital design (UI design, graphic design, motion, experience design) a must
Content making, concepting, image construction, photo-editing experience a must
Solid general design background - web, UI, imagery, brands and print
Experience collaborating directly with UX, digital designers and developers
Proficient in Creative Cloud, Sketch, InVision
Highly skilled in Photoshop - fast, fluent and capable
Past experience working within established design systems
Who we are
Someoddpilot Inc is a Chicago-based creative company. Our mission is to make art and culture more accessible and provocative with new formats, perspectives, voices, brands and subcultures. Our portfolio includes our creative agency, Someoddpilot, our production studio, Someoddpilot Studios, and our D2C brand, Public Works.Â
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team.
Please submit your resume with a link to your online portfolio to: [email protected] Candidates should be prepared to talk shop and have examples of their work available for review.
Someoddpilot is looking for a Brand Manager to run and scale Public Works, our direct-to-consumer (and community) apparel brand, gallery, original content hub, and event / retail space. This is a business role in a creative field, serving the creative community. Itâs also an extremely unique opportunity that would benefit from a candidate with demonstrated success in an early stage and or rapidly growing consumer business (lifestyle, retail, tech, media).Â
A cover letter about how you see your past experience making you a fit for this role is strongly encouraged for consideration.
This position requires an exceptional, dynamic, and high energy leader who believes in the power of art and culture to deliver transformative products, content, and experiences to enrich the Chicago creative community and beyond. With strong communication, creative and analytical skills, the right candidate will leverage cultural and data-driven consumer and business insights to drive strategies for product, content, and experience development. Break-through communication moves and partnerships will deliver significant audience growth and brand awareness. Our Brand Manager will be a team player and leader who works collaboratively across functions to ensure organizational and operational alignment to deliver meaningful, timely, and authentic brand experiences for our Public Works audience in our fast-paced and growing organization.
This role works hand-in-hand with our Founder and Creative Director, and reports directly to the Managing Director.
Who We AreÂ
Someoddpilot Inc is a Chicago-based creative company. Our mission is to make art and culture more accessible and provocative with new formats, perspectives, voices, brands and subcultures. Our portfolio includes our creative agency, Someoddpilot, our production studio, Someoddpilot Studios, and our D2C brand, Public Works.Â
Responsibilities
⢠Build and oversee the development and execution of the annual business plan for Public Works in conjunction with Someoddpilotâs long-term strategic plan, including positioning, content strategy, programming and events, and apparel releases.Â
⢠Lead strategic brainstorming workshops for PW stakeholders around programming, content, and apparel concepting, translate these ideas into actionable plansÂ
⢠Establish development and production processes, manage timelines, budget, and resources
⢠Coordinate with internal agency teams (strat, copy, design, dev, production, acct, finance) to execute and launch initiativesÂ
⢠Build meaningful and equitable relationships with Chicagoâs arts, music, and indie communities; leverage these for content and programmingÂ
⢠Drive high-volume audience growthÂ
⢠Leverage owned, paid, and earned media for awareness and engagement, track and report ROIÂ
⢠Manage PR and editorial relationshipsÂ
⢠Establish and maintain key performance indicators that ensure brand health and growth targets are achieved effectively and efficiently
⢠Analyze effectiveness of initiatives; make recommendations and take measures to ensure new initiatives meet or exceed KPI requirements
⢠Co-manage brand P&L, including development of volume and spending forecasts
⢠Manage a retail manager with the possibility of an expanded team in the future, pending growthÂ
 Qualifications
⢠3+ years of progressive brand management experience in the D2C retail or tech space, or an events and content-focused media brandÂ
⢠Experience working brand strategies into consumer activationsÂ
⢠Experience in content, programming, or product developmentÂ
⢠Strong attention to detail and comfort with ambiguityÂ
⢠Ability to work cross-functionally with creative, operations, and external partnersÂ
⢠Strong commercial acumen, with some experience in budget or P&L managementÂ
⢠Ability to identify and apply critical consumer insights and cultural trends into new programming, content or product development
⢠Experience directing and collaborating with internal and external partners for development and executionÂ
⢠Demonstrated skill in leading strong cross-functional teamsÂ
⢠Demonstrated success in an early stage and or rapidly growing consumer business (lifestyle, media)Â
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Love To HavesÂ
⢠Background in arts and culture, connections across this community in Chicago and beyondÂ
⢠Previous work with an apparel or disrupter lifestyle brandÂ
⢠Background in media and content production
⢠Experience in event programming and activationsÂ
Additional Requirements
⢠Highly motivated, self-directed, innovative and able to work independently and cross-functionally with keen judgement, common sense and resourcefulness
⢠Adapts and thrives in a demanding, ambiguous, fast-paced environmentÂ
⢠Proactive and solution oriented. Can sell ideas up, down, and across
⢠Operates with a high level of charisma, integrity, and savviness; will be the face of the brand at events and the voice of the brand on socialÂ
This is a full-time role located in Chicago. Remote for now, with some light on-site work (with all safety precautions in place in our studio and retail space). When the time comes, we will be fully utilizing the studio, retail, and event space.Â
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team.
Please submit your resume with a link to your online portfolio to: [email protected]
Candidates should be prepared to talk shop and have samples of work for review.
We are seeking a stellar Producer to join our Someoddpilot Studios team. You will work lockstep with account + production to plan, organize, schedule, staff and execute the amazing work at Someoddpilot Studios. You are level-headed, organized, comfortable in front of clients, and are able to juggle a lot of competing demands. You have a keen ability to balance people, process, and overlapping projectsâwhile staying cool and collected. You are the ultimate *positive* problem solver. You will be responsible for Someoddpilot Studiosâ creative coordination, pre-production, on-set management, post-production, and asset management. This role works hand-in-hand with our Production Art Director / Manager, and reports directly to the Managing Director of Someoddpilot Inc.
Who we are
Someoddpilot Inc is a Chicago-based creative company. Our mission is to make art and culture more accessible and provocative with new formats, perspectives, voices, brands and subcultures. Our portfolio includes our creative agency, Someoddpilot, our production studio, Someoddpilot Studios, and our D2C brand, Public Works.
Someoddpilot Studios is our production house and full-service photo/video studio located in Wicker Park. We are a trans-disciplinary team of producers, art directors, videographers, editors and animators who collaborate closely with the Creative Agency team, and Public Works brand team.
Responsibilities:
Prioritize, assign and track large amounts of digital assets (lifestyle + studio photography, digital videos, and social content)
Manage production timelines to ensure that deliveries are all on-time or flagged in advance if there is a problem
Lead daily Studio To-Doâs meetings and manage resource availability and utilization to ensure that no one is over or under-utilized
Manage freelance sourcing and outreachÂ
Manage studio schedule for all projects
Assist creative and production team with setting up project files for post production
Coordinate with our Production Manager to manage all production expenses, invoicing and contracts (talent, music rights, licensing, edits, etc.)
Overseeing Studios team to manage shoot schedule, ensure production stays on time, within budget, and overages are communicated efficiently
QC all deliveries to ensure that it complies with specs, quality standards and internal & client feedback notesÂ
Assist account team with scoping Studios productionsÂ
Help create and establish workflows and identify ways for the agency to be more efficient
Report and escalate issues to leadership as needed Â
Ability to multi-task and process information quicklyÂ
Be energetic, upbeat, and a leader on set, especially when with clients or on locationÂ
Love to Haves:
Desire and vision to shape and grow our production studio (proactive dreamer)Â
Experience line-producing or field-producing
Experience in Apparel, CPG, and Food & Beverage is a plus
Interest in producing original content (music videos, art films, web series)Â
Experience working with a Digital Asset Management system or similar tool to track assets through an operational workflow
Managerial familiarity with Adobe CC Suite, Gmail & Google Suite
Experience with Project & Asset Management tools like Basecamp, JIRA, Box, Dropbox, WeTransfer, Click-Up or a similar tool.Â
Having a car for runs is a plus :) but not a dealbreakerÂ
Requirements
Must have at least 3 years experience creating in a production environment (ex: broadcast commercials, photography, digital and social video advertising) in a deadline-driven contextÂ
Background working with editors and animators on video production projects
Background working with photographers and designers on studio and lifestyle production projects
Must have experience with technical problem-solving on-setÂ
Must be comfortable with client conversations (both social and issue-driven)Â
Excellent communicator, both written and verbal
Proactive and self motivated
Works well independently but also a great collaborator
Thrives in a fast paced environment
Positive and problem-solving attitude
Eye for detail and takes the time to make sure every box is checked before something is sent through
Is a people person and knows what it takes to motivate and support your team members while also keeping an eye on the deadlines
This is a full-time role located in Chicago. Remote for now, with some light on-site production (with all safety precautions in place in our studio). When the time comes, we will be fully utilizing the studio and out on location. Â
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team.
Please submit your resume with a link to your online portfolio to: [email protected]
Candidates should be prepared to talk shop and have 2-5 samples of work theyâve produced for review.
You are a digitally-focused designer that will lead projects through the product life cycle: user flows, site architecture, wireframing, design, and client handoff. Therefore, the ideal candidate is comfortable jumping between foundational UX architecting and design phases. You must be a problem-solver with a passion for working with consumer-facing brands, designing digital experiences, and simplifying the complex. In this role, your team members will look to you as a key collaborator. Youâll have to balance the needs of users and stakeholders while serving as an advocate for your team of strategists, designers, and developers.
Who we are
Someoddpilot is a Chicago-based creative agency that works with brands who want to stand for something, not just say something. Although we didnât set out to be an agency, over the years weâve evolved to become a creative partner for some truly awesome brands, all while furthering our desire to make the world a more inspiring place.
Responsibilities:
Conceptual brainstorming leading to wireframing and initial creative directions.
Lead workshops, ideation sessions, and design reviews as needed, strategically incorporating feedback (from both the client and your colleagues) into the next steps.
Help manage client relationships through direct communication while maintaining expectations around deliverables, timelines, design concepts.
Flex between a variety of tasks, from concepting big ideas to quickly iterating the product design alongside the development team.
Simultaneously create new, cutting-edge experiences in the digital space while often embracing tried-and-true best practices.
Work alongside design leads to deliver projects to the finish line.
Requirements:
4+ years of UX/UI design experience working with digital products and responsive websites, with a focus on the e-commerce and marketing space.
Have a holistic understanding of digital design (including research, UX design, graphic design, experience design).
Understanding of the web development process and common agile methodologies.
Experience collaborating directly with UI designers and developers.
Proficient in Creative Cloud, Sketch, InVision, Agile software (e.g. JIRA), and familiar with prototyping tools.
Past experience with holistic design practices (e.g. user personas, sitemaps, user flows, visual hierarchy, wireframes, interactive prototypes, style guides, user testing plans, production-ready UI), often working within global branding standards/guides.
Experience in user testing, testing plans, and research methodologies.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team.
Please submit your resume with a link to your online portfolio to: [email protected]
Candidates should be prepared to talk shop and have live examples of their work available for review.
Someoddpilot developers are a group of kick-ass, self-motivated folks who are true masters of code. Weâre seeking a full-time full-stack developer to be an addition to the team. Our developers are responsible for planning technical projects that demand innovative solutions. Working closely with internal and external teams, we collaborate to build awe-inspiring digital work for truly massive brands.
The ideal candidate is a happy, intelligent, and engaging person who is well organized, detail-oriented, and curiousâwe highly encourage experimentation here. You must be completely professional (and completely ridiculous) whenever appropriate. You should have a great eye for design, and a minimum of 4 years of professional experience as a full-stack web developer. Great written and verbal communication skills are essential to succeeding here; thatâs how youâll create solutions to could-be problems quickly and efficiently. You should also possess the experience, confidence, and drive to lead teams to produce truly exceptional work.
Did you read this ad and think âthis is exactly the kind of accomplished place Iâve always wanted to work atâ? Are you craving increased growth and opportunity that only comes from an agency small enough to hear and appreciate your voice? Come check out our studio and the people that make it great.
Duties:
Creative problem-solving.
Utilize strong software architecture patterns.
Write clear, scalable, efficient code.
Expert understanding of the web development process, including:Â
application designÂ
quality assurance testingÂ
deployment methodologies
Solve issues found in less advanced browsers when the need arises.
Interface with clients to discover and refine project requirements, and assist with implementation.
Manage bugs, todos, and feedback processes.
Administer databases, MySQL, MariaDB, etc.
Procure and configure server and Hosting Environments, LAMP, AWS, etc.
Custom continuous integration systems and services configuration.
SSH configuration and server communications.
Server security and lockdown including data breach protocols.
Someoddpilot developers are a group of kick-ass, self-motivated folks who are true masters of code. Weâre seeking a freelance front end developer to be an addition to the team. Our developers are responsible for executing technical projects that demand innovative solutions. Working closely with internal and external teams, we collaborate to build awe-inspiring digital work for truly massive brands.
The ideal candidate is a happy, intelligent, and engaging person who is well organized, detail-oriented, and curiousâwe highly encourage experimentation here. You must be completely professional (and completely ridiculous) whenever appropriate. You should have a great eye for design, and a minimum of 4 years of professional experience as a front-end web developer. Great written and verbal communication skills are essential to succeeding here; thatâs how youâll create solutions to could-be problems quickly and efficiently. You should also possess the experience, confidence, and drive to produce truly exceptional work.
Did you read this ad and think âthis is exactly the kind of accomplished place Iâve always wanted to work atâ? Are you craving increased growth and opportunity that only comes from an agency small enough to hear and appreciate your voice? Come check out our studio and the people that make it great.
Duties:
Creative problem-solving.
Utilize strong software architecture patterns.
Write clear, scalable, efficient code.
Solve issues found in less advanced browsers when the need arises.
Manage bugs, todos, and feedback processes.
Providing accurate timing estimates on work.
Contributing to documentation (instructional and technical specification)
Contributing to the company development standards working closely with a Technology Director.
Maintaining a high awareness of industry issues and trends, particularly in regard to accessibility, usability, and emerging technologies.
Essential Knowledge:
Executing visual and interaction designs into HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Creating semantically correct, visually appealing web pages or interfaces.
Creating, editing or modifying templates for a CMS or web development framework.
Understanding of front end web frameworks like Bootstrap or Foundation.
Programming interactions with JavaScript and/or JavaScript libraries.
Testing cross-browser, cross-platform, and/or cross-device compatibility for inconsistencies.
Testing for compliance to specified standards such as accessibility standards in the client's region or domain.
Conducting observational user testing, or reviewing designs against usability heuristics.
Experience with web development languages of HTML, CSS and JavaScript/jQuery.
HTML
Familiarity of HTML syntax for multiple specifications, including HTML 5.
Knowledge of the semantic meaning of all HTML elements.
Familiarity with the semantic markup for display of lists, tabular data, forms, articles, etc.
Knowledge of markup used for layout such as dividers.
Knowledge at the level to be able to hand-code markup.
CSS
Specifying different CSS for various media, devices and displays.
Best practices in CSS file organization and structure.
Methods for including CSS inline, internal and external via linked style sheets.
How to define, combine and group CSS selectors for HTML elements, ID, classes, pseudo classes, child or sibling.
Syntax of CSS declarations, properties and attributes.
CSS box model and methods for CSS positioning, absolute, and relative.
Knowledge of properties and attributes to control the display.
Familiarity with differences in CSS 2 and CSS 3.
Proficient with a CSS Preprocessor such as SASS or LESS.
Best practices
Methods to ensure browser & device compatibility
Methods for degrading gracefully for older browsers and displays.
Methods to ensure accessibility.
File compression techniques for improving speed.
JavaScript
Knowledge of the operators, variables, datatypes, objects, properties and methods.
Familiarity with control structures such as objects, functions, conditional statements, arrays, loops and expressions.
Forms and regular expression validation and submitting data.
Knowledge of how to apply logical operators and conditional statements.
Knowledge of the DOM HTML objects and their properties.
APIâs
Integrating with 3rd party APIs.
Contributing to the creation of custom APIs.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and strongly value diversity in our team.
Full benefits, paid vacation, etc.
Please submit your resume with a link to your online portfolio to [email protected]
Candidates should be prepared to talk shop and have live examples of their work available for review.
