Senior Art Director

Ogilvy; Montreal; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency, Ogilvy Health, seeks a Senior Art Director to lead the art department and collaborate within a multi-functional team. The role involves executing creative projects, mentoring junior team members, and ensuring brand consistency. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in design and a strong skill set in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Sketch, with a passion for creativity in health marketing.

Qualifications

• 6+ years’ experience in an agency or similar environment.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, knowledge of Figma/Sketch.
• Background in developing print and digital pieces and campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Execute layouts to deliver on project brief objectives.
• Develop and present strong concepts for creative needs.
• Collaborate with copywriters to achieve creative execution.

Skills

Creative Flair

Attention to Detail

Dynamic Thinking

Solutions-oriented

Collaboration

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Sketch

Job description

A Senior Art Director is a leader in the Art Department at Ogilvy Health who collaborates within a multi-functional team of Creatives, Client Services, Strat Planners and Project Managers. They own their brands, support others, manage their brands’ evolution, and push the envelope on design wherever and whenever they can. They also help mentor their fellow Art Directors and Junior Art Directors as they grow into their next career challenges. They are involved in a wide range of projects, including quality assurance, reviewing others’ design, mentoring, presenting to clients, coming up with tactics for brands, and doing conceptual work for both existing and prospective clients. Senior Digital Art Directors will report to a more senior Creative for mentorship and quality assurance.

What You’ll Do

• Execute layouts to deliver on objectives of project briefs
• Deliver layouts per agreed timelines and provide creative rationales for pieces
• Complete updates for ongoing projects and liaise with client services to communicate creative changes
• Develop and present strong concepts when new creative is required
• Oversee consistency across brands, compliance with regulatory bodies
• Manage evolution of your brands from creative perspective
• Attend project briefs and provide input / suggestions as needed
• Collaborate with copywriters to deliver on objectives of creative execution and find solutions to creative challenges
• Review layouts prior to release / back-up Art Directors on their brands
• Apply the Company’s ideals to all business-specific decisions
• Participate in brainstorms and ideation sessions

What You’ll Need

• 6+ years’ experience in an agency, or similar environment
• Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite, knowledge of Figma / Sketch
• Background in developing print and digital pieces, and campaigns
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Dynamic thinking with creative flair
• To be a team player who is :
• Eager to collaborate and, at times, lead
• Solutions-oriented and resourceful
• Interested in science, health, and marketing, with a desire to keep learning
• An avid listener and learner
• Meticulous – attention to detail is a must
• Accountable, independent, and mindful of others
• Willing to stay up to date on current design / advertising trends
• Self-motivated

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy Health celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.

Ogilvy Health Canada employees are encouraged to bring their ideas, experiences and perspectives, gleaned from their varied backgrounds to the workplace. We strive to create an environment in which all employees can feel comfortable to contribute to their fullest potential without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do : a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.

We believe in building powerful teamswithpurpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.

Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.