Senior Digital Conceptual Art Director

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

A large, collaborative international agency is looking for a highly conceptual Art Director with beauty experience to join their growing team.

For the ''right'' candidate, permanent placement can be discussed

Responsibilities

As Art Director, you will work on a variety of different projects from brief to production ranging from campaign design, digital and social advertising, brand development, key visual mock-ups and a range of responsive web projects. You are a design problem solver, able to suggest alternative approaches where needed. You will come up with innovative solutions, push platform boundaries and break stereotypes while collaborating with a brilliant team of beauty experts, copywriters, social media managers and cultural strategists.

• Work collaboratively under a Creative Director and or Head of Design and with a team of art directors and copywriters to solve design and marketing content problems
• Occasionally oversee the work of designers or other art directors
• Lead conceptual projects where you work with a team on strategic and visual territories
• Be a passionate and inspiring creative for the team and clients, sharing inspiration
• Deep affinity with layout, typography, idea-generation and product beautification
• Take ownership of projects from concept through to completion
• Develop a deep understanding of target audiences and the client’s marketing strategy to deliver high-quality results that have an instant, positive impact on the consumer, promoting products and brands. Pitch creative solutions in response to marketing strategies
• Practice strong conceptual design thinking for digital and social design projects
• Define the look and feel for a variety of design projects, implementing existing brand guidelines when required
• A close working relationship with clients has been developed and you must be comfortable with presenting and taking client feedback directly

Requirements

• Traditional and digital experience (great social and digital knowledge essential)
• Luxury, premium, beauty or fashion experience (can also include premium alcohol or luxury auto experience)
• A portfolio demonstrating your ideas through concept to execution including social media campaigns that were effective, beautiful and entertaining
• A passion for digital trends and interaction design
• High proficiency in Adobe CC suite applications including Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch and associated prototyping drawing ability is required
• Film/video editing experience of short content for social assets, GIFs and motion
• Experience as a photographer would be a very welcome nice-to-have
• Team player with a client-centric focus and the ability to build strong and effective working relationships                                              
• To provide leadership and expertise to the onsite creative team
• Work with Creative Services Manager to help decide on the best resource for a brief
• Brand guardianship on key accounts
• Presenting your work internally and to clients and managing workloads within agreed time constraints
• Proactive and solutions-focused – this is a must!
• A passionate and inspiring creative
• Experience art directing projects and shoots within the Beauty and Personal care category and/or luxury brands
• Deep affinity with layout, typography and idea-generation
• Ability to take ownership of projects from concept through to completion
• Ability to develop a deep understanding of target audiences and the client’s marketing strategy, to deliver high-quality results that have an instant, positive impact on the consumer, promoting products and brands
• Ability to pitch creative solutions in response to marketing strategies
• Excellent experience working closely with clients during kick-off
• Strong conceptual design thinking for digital and social design projects
• Proven track record defining the look and feel for a variety of design projects, implementing existing brand guidelines when required
• Ability to work under the direction of the Senior Creative Director and using your own initiative

OTHER ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
As the position is remote, it is essential that the ideal candidate have the following in place to ensure there are no delays on delivering work timeously:

• Back-up power supply, if necessary
• Stable internet connectivity – fibre connection preferable (options can be discussed) in order to connect to remote servers as well as conduct virtual meetings daily