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It’s a team of creatives, producers, data analysts and social experts working together to deliver remarkable ideas that live in a variety of mediums, from everything from social to TV. This team moves at the speed of culture. It is built to respond to trends and events as they happen, coming up with the ideas that transcend social media to capture the spirit of the moment, earn media impressions, and get the country talking. \nAre you ready to join an award-ambitious team that's making waves in the advertising industry? Our incredible team has been recognized internationally by industry giants like Cannes, One Show and was named Campaign's Global ‘In-House Agency of The Year’, further solidifying our position as a leader in the industry. Join us and be a part of something truly special - a team that's dedicated to creating ground-breaking work and pushing limits.\nAt The Kitchen, we're not just looking for individuals who want to be a part of the advertising industry - we're looking for trailblazers who are ready to lead the way to the next big thing! We want individuals who are passionate about producing award-winning work and have an innate drive to their craft and are eager to generate innovative ideas both within and outside of the brief.\nOVERVIEW \nThe Kitchen is looking for an award-winning and innovative Art Director and Copywriter Team. You will be joining a team changing the way Kraft Heinz creates breakthrough creative and experiences.\nThis Creative team is made up of two dedicated partners whose out-of-the-box ideas and delivery are on the same wavelength and in constant sync. This pair will create a wide range of ideas and creative concepts that stand out and earn attention. The work will range from brand acts that create conversations, to advertising across a range of mediums, to compelling visual stories that stand out on social platforms. This duo will be a key part of a creative process that makes ideas, acts, and experiences that get shared and talked about on social and in the press. Together, you and the team are building a design culture that moves food marketing forward. \nAs the Copywriter, you will understand how to craft a headline-inspiring brand act, how to write attention-grabbing copy, and how to tell stories across a diverse range of mediums enabling you to tackle a variety of interesting and exciting challenges. Your experience in a variety of mediums, from traditional to social means that you have a wide lens for solving problems, breaking down norms, and delivering ideas that are interesting and disruptive. You know how to translate insights into copy that make people pay attention. \nAs the Art Director, you’ll use your strong concepting and ideation skills to produce great creative ideas and use your strength as a visual storyteller to bring them to life. You’ll translate your ideas (and the team’s concepts) into visuals for social media, digital advertising, and traditional content. You’ll partner with producers to make sure that a wide variety of content is captured and edited in a way that fits the iconic brands you represent. You’ll need a strong understanding of the best-practice design principles for Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, but you’ll also need to be comfortable breaking them with innovation that captures attention in new ways. Your experience in traditional mediums will help you raise the quality of work for social but also work at a pace that fits the dynamic needs of the digital environment. You’ll use your unique skillset and trained eye to inspire the design team around you. \nAs a team, your work will make a meaningful impact with a multi-talented team in North America (Toronto & Chicago) that blurs the lines of what advertising can be in today’s always-on, socially connected industry. \nCORE RESPONSIBILITIES \nCREATIVE IDEATION: Supports the team by creating idea-driven, world-class creative that dares to be better, and encourages the entire team to think bigger, faster, and more innovatively. Develops big ideas with a focus on storytelling, working with your team to push ideas forward and fuel the team’s creative output. \nINNOVATION: Invents and creates cutting-edge ideas. Helps drive social innovation and digital ideas from the team around them with proven fluency in social-first content creation. \nCOLLABORATION: Acts with optimism and a love for the next big challenge, works with a creative partner, creative lead, and a team of designers, producers, social media managers and strategists to ensure that The Kitchen is a collaborative place for producing great ideas as one integrated team. \nBRAND STEWARDSHIP: Cares for the tone and spirit of the brands The Kitchen represents, working to ensure the creative tone and social presence of brands are both distinctive and ownable to the brand. 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