Junior Art Director / Designer

Job title : Jr Art Director / Designer

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

The Jr Art Director must excel in conceptual thinking and display an appetite for strategic thinking. The person should have good presentation skills and refined interpersonal and relationship skills. Should be the kind of person that is pro-active and eager to learn and progress in her/his career. This individual will be working with traditional and non-traditional advertising, social media & digital, shopper marketing and commerce. Besides this, the candidate should be someone synced with the latest trends in digital, gaming, fashion, design, movies and arts. To summarise, someone who aims to become a rockstar creative.

EXPECTATIONS

Understanding of design trends, industry best practices and innovation opportunities

Understanding of mobile platforms, devices and trends

Experience or understanding of User Experience and best practices in web design

Develop best in class and award-winning work

3D skills is a big plus

RESPONSIBILITIES

Work hand in hand with the Sr Art Directors, copywriters and designers, providing all the support for the development of projects

Organise and prioritise the creative process so the approval process will not be delayed

Attend and contribute to tactical planning / brainstorming planning meetings

Handle and prioritise multiple projects across multiple brands

Shepherds concepts from pencil sketches or storyboards to finished content.

Hands-on execution of concepts design within a full range of mediums, including video, editing, photography, static social assets, infographics, video, gifs, stickers, animations, and presentations.

Ensure that creative meets brand guidelines and production standards, providing production support for internal/external partners, content creators, agencies, etc. to ensure consistency across all consumer touch-points

Manage asset library and oversee asset selection for digital and social channels.

Supervise editing of creative / social assets for optimisation across channels, ensuring consistent look and feel across assets (e.g. making gifs from preexisting video)

Develop a variety of concepts for each assignment that display diversity between themattacking the creative problem from different points of view while producing concepts consistent with the brand strategy.

Consult on marketing briefs to ensure all content deliverables will be aligned to creative direction for the brand

Lead the development of the holistic content strategy for assigned brands and work with Brand Marketing, Creative & Content team, and agency partners on content development and distribution.

Be able to work on and deliver top-class high-end presentations

Video editing skills and content creation

KPIs

At least 3 digital and/or commerce cases studies on a profile-building/credentials level, developed during the next 6 months

At least 1 award-winning case on regional level

At least one case in digital/commerce for next year's Cannes Submission

PERSONAL SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES & VALUES

Leadership

• Partner to Agency Management on developing and implementing Agency vision and culture
• Able to lead Accounts on creating environments where strong, relevant, award and business winning ideas can arise
• Able to take balanced and mature decisions taking into account agency and client interests
• A key driver of development of multi-channel communication
• Teamwork & Collaborative
• Trusted by all agency teams as a reliable reference point for direction
• Deals with internal issues with the team, the department, the agency and brings closure if there is conflict
• Meets regularly with all team members to ensure that they are developing their organisational skills

Communicative

• High level of professional selling and presentations skills
• Strong communicator - is able to provide high level of motivation & listening skills
• Able to relate to all levels of both the client and agency organisations

Imaginative/Curious

• Inquisitive: eager to find out more and have a thirst for knowledge
• Respective: open to new ideas or arguments
• Bold: dare to push the boundaries of conventional thought
• Confident: self-assured and believe in what he/she does

Influential

• Honest: says what needs to be said in the search for truth with integrity and consideration
• Straightforward: forthright but fair
• Responsive: explores the position of others through questioning & active listening
• Respectful: appreciates the view and opinion of others and courteous when communicating

Effective

• Precise: accurate and exact when it comes to delivery
• Resourceful: can adapt and always finds a way to deliver even under pressure
• Resilient: mentally tough and bounce back when thing go against him/her
• Ingenious: looks for innovative and appropriate solutions when it comes to solving problems