Sr. Art Director, Brand Innovation Lab, Brand Innovation Lab MENA

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Brand Innovation Lab is seeking a talented Conceptual Creative (Art Director) to craft one-of-a-kind campaigns for brands across the MENA region and for MENA brands marketing in the UK and US. You will lead projects and own client relationships from brief to execution, blending concept and execution to deliver customer-focused experiences across on- and off-Amazon touchpoints.

The ideal candidate will have strong design skills, a deep understanding of UX, and hands-on experience with

Qualifications

• Eight years of driving creative strategy and execution in an agency or in-house team.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Proficiency with InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote, and familiarity with PowerPoint.
• Experience leading creative development from concept to delivery.
• Experience presenting concepts to senior executives.
• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Concept design (art) and execute innovative ad campaigns and experiences for global brands.
• Partner with copywriters designers program managers developers strategists and producers to create customer-focused solutions that deliver on advertiser objectives.
• Independently lead campaigns from brief to execution and collaborate with internal teams clients and external agency partners.
• Obsessed with understanding customers and delivering both innovation and results.
• Present ideas and concepts to clients agencies and internally.
• Proven ability to ideate for film, print, digital out-of-home experiential and social.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once within budget and deadlines.
• Be proactive in developing new products and ideas on behalf of the customer.

Skills

Conceptual art direction

UX design understanding

Presentation storytelling

Time management

Brand campaigns

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Keynote

PowerPoint

Figma

Job description

Amazons Brand Innovation Lab is looking for a talented and passionate Conceptual Creative (Art Director) to create one-of-a-kind campaigns for a wide range of brands across our MENA region and for MENA based brands marketing in the UK and US. Youll partner with art directors copywriters designers solutions managers and producers to create first-class customer experiences both on and offline by innovating with the Amazon canvas (Prime Video Alexa Twitch etc). Youll lead projects and own client relationships focusing on creating work that benefits the end customer while pushing the creative envelope from brief to execution. This is a perm role.

From ideation through launch you will be responsible for delivering ambitious insightful and data-driven concepts that translate needs and constraints into customer-focused brand campaign ideas and solutions. You will be equally strong at concept and execution articulating end-to-end experiences and turning that vision into high-quality experiences. This could include video content user interface designs for voice and screen interaction models prototypes and interactive advertising campaigns.

This role will use data and insights to create campaign strategy and concepts develop designs and the look and feel for experiences as well as templates for never-before-done brand campaigns and experiences that will solve customer problems on and off Amazon platforms. Candidates should be able to deliver high-quality designs and stellar art direction for campaigns across different Amazon touch points. Candidates should have in-depth understanding of Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Powerpoint and Figma (or an interest to learn Figma). For this role were looking for a conceptual art director who also has strong design skills and an understanding of UX design.

The Conceptual Creative (Art Director) candidates portfolio should feature highly creative award wining campaigns and ideas that solve costumers and advertisers problems through a variety of different media channels including but not limited to video social digital activations radio and outdoor. You have strong conceptual presentation storytelling and time management skills as well as digital media experience insight-driven and strategical thinking and of course an acute attention to detail.

Key job responsibilities

• Concept design (art) and execute innovative ad campaigns and experiences for global brands.
• Partner with copywriters designers program managers developers strategists and producers to create customer-focused solutions that deliver on advertiser objectives.
• Independently lead campaigns from brief to execution and collaborate with internal teams clients and external agency partners.
• Obsessed with understanding customers and making work that delivers both innovation and results.
• Present ideas and concepts to clients agencies and internally.
• Proven ability to ideate for film print digital out-of-home experiential and social.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once within budget and deadlines.
• Be proactive in developing new products and ideas on behalf of the customer.

A day in the life

• Partnering with a variety of brands media and creative agencies to work on innovative campaigns for Automotive finance energy and telecommunication.
• From designing brand experience from documentary films in Prime Video to Alexa branded experiences you will always strive to create a never been done before ideas.
• Presenting a campaign to brand clients and their partners in creative and media agencies.
• Reviewing edits and work in progress with your partners collect and respond to feedback in order to meet the highest creative standards.
• Work with your team on proactive projects and initiatives and bring them to life.

About the team

• The Brand Innovation Lab team is the internal group within Amazon that creates one-of-a-kind campaigns and activations for global advertisers like Cocacola Visa BMW Microsoft Adidas Samsung and Unilever. Using all of the different platforms within the Amazon canvas (AR/VR Alexa Twitch Prime Video Custom landing pages on etc.) we create campaigns that reach millions of Amazon customers across our digital channels and out in the real-world.

• 8 years of driving compelling creative strategy and execution at an agency or in-house creative team experience
• Bachelors degree
• Knowledge of InDesign Photoshop Illustrator Keynote
• Experience leading creative development of innovative creative from concept to delivery
• Experience presenting creative concepts effectively to senior executives
• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines

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