Midweight Art Director

Publicis Groupe UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency in London seeks a talented Midweight Art Director to create impactful ideas in the health and wellness sector. The role emphasizes collaboration with Copywriters and demands exceptional conceptual skills. Successful candidates will have a strong portfolio showcasing both traditional and digital media expertise. This position offers a hybrid work environment and an array of unique benefits tailored for employee well-being.

Benefits

Flexible working

Health and wellness benefits

Family-friendly policies

Local discounts and rewards

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Art Director within an advertising agency.
• Exceptional conceptual thinking demonstrated in portfolio.
• Ability to communicate ideas through roughs and layouts.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a Copywriter to create innovative ideas.
• Develop concepts that execute creative briefs.
• Supervise work of creative partners like illustrators.

Skills

Conceptual thinking

Creative collaboration

Attention to detail

Art direction

Tools

Design software

Digital marketing tools

Job description

BRAND: Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness
Job Function: Creative
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Intermediate
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company description

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness is a full-service creative agency operating in the health and wellness space. Our purpose is to unleash the 'Wellness Effect' in every person through meaningful personalised experiences, because we achieve greater outcomes when we are fully engaged in our wellness. We believe when our people do well, our work does well, our clients do well, and our patients do well, inspiring even more wellness in the world. We sum it up in two small words... Do Well.

That's the what, but the how is guided by four defining principles - curious, creative, discerning, brave. These are the values we look for and nurture in others and ourselves, underpinning as they do a culture of collaborative entrepreneurialism that drives high-performance.

Overview

We are looking for a bold and ambitious Midweight Art Director with a proven record of creating strong conceptual ideas. We're looking for someone who's looking for something. Someone who spends their time dreaming, making, doing, building, creating. Someone with the intelligence to think, challenge, and push things into unexpected places. We're looking for someone who can produce work that looks and feels like it's been crafted by a craftsperson. Someone who is passionate about stepping into the health and wellness space and energised by the opportunity to make a meaningful impact through their work.

As a Midweight Art Director working for Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, you will join our growing and vibrant Creative department, a team with extremely high standards and ambition, where every job is seen as an opportunity to excel. Partnering with a Copywriter, you will form a creative team that produces outstanding through-the-line communication ideas that change how people see the world. This is a role for someone who thrives on collaboration to craft campaigns that stand out and deliver results, all while maintaining high creative standards in line with Saatchi's legacy of impactful advertising.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with a Copywriter to create innovative, channel-neutral ideas that answer the client's brief
• Collaborate closely with other creatives and designers to develop concepts, design and layout solutions that respond to a variety of client briefs
• Take your knowledge, insights, ideas and turn them into relevant, engaging, beautifully art directed solutions
• Develop concepts that execute the ideas, and present these both internally and externally until a preferred route is agreed between agency and client
• Understand art direction for off and online content, ensuring that any corporate guidelines have been carefully considered and reflected in your recommendations
• Translate creative briefs into comprehensive multi-channel design layouts
• Work closely with designers and copywriters to devise brand guidelines
• Work with the production team to identify and engage with the best external suppliers to execute the work in line with the agreed budget and timeline
• Brief external partners to bring your ideas to life, ensuring that the work is flawlessly executed with the highest levels of craft skills, regardless of channel
• Direct the execution of the design, supervising the work of creative partners such as illustrators or model makers to understand your creative vision
• Understand the creative strategy in order to produce appropriate design solutions
• Manage and work independently under tight deadlines and while juggling multiple projects
• Articulate a clear direction in the studio and with any suppliers or vendors as well as taking ownership of projects
• Maintain archives and storage of files / documentation
• Maintain suitable quality control levels within the team and wider agency
• Work with cross-functional agency teams to ensure that work is produced on time and that all delivery deadlines are met
• Sign off work at all stages of development, alongside creative director and/or ACDs
• Work with cross-functional agency teams to develop the creative content of proposals and pitches, ensuring the creative content is aligned with the main directions

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as an Art Director within an advertising agency (creative teams welcome)
• Your portfolio will demonstrate exceptional conceptual thinking and immaculate execution, with multiple examples of ideas that communicate effectively in both the digital and traditional spaces
• The ability to communicate ideas at a conceptual level through roughs and layouts
• A broad knowledge of the various media channels available including but not limited to press advertising, direct marketing, radio, TV and digital
• An appreciation of writing for digital media (SEO; delivering a story effectively through digital media, etc.)
• A good understanding of the internal workings of the agency and the processes of implementation

Whoever you are and wherever you come from, you will take responsibility and ownership; generate novel ideas and solutions; proactively question the status quo; pay great attention to detail; balance speed and accuracy in delivery of tasks; get involved early; and deliver work that you can stand behind not only because you believe in it, but because you know why others will, too.

Additional information

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer;

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• "YOU" DAYS - flexibility to take a day off for your well-being and self-care without prior notice and additional paid leave for volunteering and charity work of your choice.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING & BANK HOLIDAY SWAP You can switch a religious Bank Holiday (either Good Friday or Easter Monday) for another day to celebrate a religious, spiritual, faith or belief-based day of your choosing.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

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