NinjaTrader - Art Director, Video
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Requirements
• 5+ years of experience in motion graphics, video editing, or art direction roles • Strong portfolio demonstrating motion design, video editing, and brand storytelling across multiple platforms • Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop • Experience developing and maintaining visual systems across multiple content channels • Strong understanding of pacing, storytelling, and audience engagement in both long-form and short-form video and how delivery varies across channels • Proven ability to produce high-quality video, static, and motion creative across multiple formats, markets, and languages at speed • Ability to shape creative vision while remaining hands-on in execution • Experience managing or directly overseeing at least one designer or creative contributor • Familiarity with working in fast-paced environments with tight turnaround times, ideally in live or near-live production settings • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in content-driven environments • Strong communication skills and ownership with the ability to align stakeholders around a shared creative vision • Strong design fundamentals: typography, composition, hierarchy, color • High attention to detail with strong organizational and project management skills • Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines • Experience working with fast-paced live broadcast or streaming content • Familiarity with trading, financial markets, or fintech products • Experience partnering closely with designers across disciplines (static and motion) • Knowledge of social media performance and content optimization strategies • Deep hands-on experience with AI creative tools like Veo 3, Runway, Pika, Midjourney, Sora, ElevenLabs, Synthesia • Compensation:The salary range for this role will be $90,000.00 - $140,000.00 USD. In addition, this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 10%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).
Responsibilities
• Own the visual direction for NinjaTrader Live and all NT Live-adjacent creative — establishing a cohesive look and feel across broadcast, social, email, and experiential touchpoints • Define and develop video and motion graphics systems (intros, outros, stingers, lower-thirds, sizzle reels, social clips) that elevate and unify the brand's dynamic identity • Leverage AI creative tools as a core part of your workflow, not a novelty • Direct and contribute to video editing across formats — livestream recaps, social cutdowns, ads, highlight reels, and promotional content • Define creative standards for short-form video, ensuring strong hooks, pacing, and visual treatments optimized for engagement and retention • Direct the Senior Graphic Designer, ensuring static and motion systems evolve cohesively and the creative bar stays high across every deliverable • Provide clear, actionable feedback that supports the growth and output of your direct report while maintaining quality and consistency across all work • Collaborate cross-functionally with producers, media, and social teams to translate business goals into compelling visual storytelling • Own the creative process from concept through execution — balancing hands-on design work with strategic oversight • Stay ahead on motion design, video, live streaming assets, and AI creative advancements • Build the systems that make scale possible: own templates, style guides, and asset organization workflows that enable the team to produce more, faster, without losing consistency • Own and delegate the creative schedule — managing multiple live and in-progress projects with competing deadlines and same-day turnarounds
Benefits
• Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package offered by NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader offers a 401K plan through ADP under which the company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions. Annual paid time off allowance accrues at a rate of 23 days per year (some positions may qualify for more) plus seven paid holidays. • 7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Conditional Holidays Annually • 1 Service Day Annually • 401k with 3.5% Company Match • Paid Parental Bonding Leave • Health, Vision, Dental Coverage • Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader • We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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