Art Director - Beauty

HOGARTH WORLDWIDE SDN. BHD.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency in Kuala Lumpur seeks an experienced Art Director to curate and design content that showcases top creative talent. The role demands a collaborative spirit, strong storytelling abilities, and a deep understanding of creative processes across various mediums. Ideal candidates should have at least 4 years in a design role, exceptional presentation skills, and the ability to navigate cultural nuances effectively. This position plays a vital part in ensuring brand integrity and driving creative excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years working in a Design role, ideally in advertising or design agencies.
• Strong craft and problem-solving skills.
• Great presentation skills and ability to communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain creative standards and brand voice for clients.
• Lead a small creative studio and manage outputs.
• Effectively collaborate and negotiate priorities with the team.

Skills

Creative storytelling

Interpersonal relationships

Art direction

Presentation skills

Collaboration

Job description

Role Summary

As an Art Director, you will help curate and design content to showcase some of the world’s best creative talent in a digital arena with a natural curiosity for all things pop culture and enjoys immersing themselves in global trends. You should have a strong understanding of digital and social space, the design and production requirements. You’ll need to be an active collaborator with internal partners, client creatives, writers, freelancers and influencers. You’ll regularly review work with Creative Directors on the client side to get feedback on direction, and to make sure the work is on brief and appropriate for the brand. You’ll also help present your work to executive staff members within the company.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Brand guardianship, ownership of the client’s identity and brand voice
• Maintain creative standards with awareness of country and regional nuances
• Hands‑on design / art direction, follow through to the production of the deliverables, with a deep understanding of the working processes
• Ability to effectively lead and motivate a small creative studio, managing outputs and negotiating priorities for the team
• Effective communicator, value interpersonal relationships, and also have exceptional client service skills

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years working within Design role, ideally within advertising, design agencies or in‑house creative team
• An ability to communicate with consumers via compelling, creative story telling
• Broad background in design and creative that spans across all mediums
• Experience with localisation and transcreation of master assets
• Strong craft and problem solving skills
• Understanding of platform‑first creative requirements
• Great presentation skills. The ability to clearly explain and defend your work in meetings and reviews
• You should be an enthusiastic collaborator, and be open to other people’s ideas. But at the same time, you need to show initiative and have accountability for the stories you’re telling
• Have a keen understanding of local market creative and cultural nuances
• An ability to work with global teams, across time zones, date lines and traditional
• Strong communicator with excellent English skills