Job Description

Overview of the role:
We are looking for art director/senior designer who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and loves the challenge of discovering what makes consumers xe2x80x9cclickxe2x80x9d. You will cooperate with a design-savy team to devise an overall concept.
The goal is to translate marketing and branding strategies into innovative and impressive campaigns that stimulate targeted audiences.

Main responsibilities:
Introducing and applying expert art direction and design to the visual elements of creative projects.
Ensuring a high standard of visual execution across all media and client campaigns.
Inspiring and motivating the agencyxe2x80x99s clients to be creatively progressive, through the application of fresh and inventive visual work.
Reviewing the work of junior designers and providing direction and feedback.
Taking ownership of the visual elements of creative work for new business pitches.
Uncovering new ways to incorporate emerging and new media formats into campaigns.
Generate clear ideas and concepts in tandem with the Creative copywriter, and compile presentations to present to client service and relevant clients.
Produce sketches, storyboards, roughs to visualise ideas.
Understand marketing initiatives, strategic positioning and target audience.
Take work from concept to final execution within set deadlines.
Manage and delegate responsibilities to other designers and provide direction.
Present completed ideas to clients/team members.
Stay on top of all trends and maintain best practices.
Assist with creative concepts across all advertising and marketing platforms within the teams for our current clients/campaigns and new potential clients/pitch work.
Confer with client service team and clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.
Assist in training and directing junior staff members who develop design concepts into art layouts or who prepare layouts for all advertising and marketing platforms in the agency.
Assist head of design in reviewing illustrative material to determine if it conforms to standards and specifications.
Project management
Liaising with client services teams regarding the progress of work.
Receiving briefs from the client services teams through the traffic manager submitted through CHASE.
Creative input for new concepts and proposals.
Meeting Client Services teams to discuss their needs.
Be able to work to strict deadlines and under time pressure. You will need to be able to manage stress and follow instructions given at times.
You will need to be able to work to tight deadlines and work on more than one brief/project at a time.

Qualifications, skills, experience:
Bachelorxe2x80x99s degree in graphics design, visual arts or relevant field.
3-5 years Mid to senior level design experience in an advertising agency environment.
A complete design portfolio will be mandatory.
Strong creative, organizational, problem solving and time-management skills.
Expert knowledge in graphic production process.
Work well with tight deadlines in a team environment
Able to take projects from start to finish with minimal supervision.
Adaptable and quick learner. Must be able to apply style guides creatively while upholding brand identity for a portfolio of clients.
Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite. Experience with HTML, WordPress, and motion
graphics a plus.
Possess strong conceptual skills, high level sense of design, layout and typography, a broad
thinker who is able to offer a variety of design solutions.
The confidence to explain and support your thinking, both internally and externally.
A flexible approach and willingness to adapt your ideas to the needs of clients.
Need to be comfortable at presenting your concepts and work in an inspiring way. This is particularly important when a project is a new business pitch or campaign launch

Personal skills and attributes:
Excellent teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills.
Logic, creativity and imagination.
Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Strong organisational skills.
Self-motivation, flexibility, stamina and the ability to adapt.
Confidence, enthusiasm and determination.
Accuracy and attention to detail.
The resilience to accept criticism of your work.
Commercial awareness with the ability to understand the target audience.
An interest in popular culture, new trends and styles.
Good research skills.