Associate Creative Director-Art

HGG IPG Health, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 135,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Area23 is seeking an experienced Art Director to lead creative concepts and craft for multiple brands. You will collaborate with account teams, strategy partners, and clients to shape brand personality and campaigns, while guiding junior creatives and ensuring work meets brand guidelines.

The role emphasizes leadership, conceptual development, and high-end execution across print, digital, and film assets in a fast-paced agency environment.

Qualifications

• Resume and portfolio required.
• Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite applications (Photoshop/Indesign/Illustrator).
• Strong presentation skills and leadership experience.
• Experience leading art teams and managing budgets is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Creative ideation with Account, Senior Creative Management, and Clients across brands.
• Guide and develop the creative team to maintain high-level craft.
• Oversee executional craft from concept to final output, on time and on budget.
• Hire, mentor, and manage art directors and senior designers; foster inclusive culture.
• Collaborate across departments to align creative vision and deadlines.
• Manage client relationships and communicate effectively with vendors.

Skills

Visual Communications

Graphic Design

Art Direction

Leadership

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Advertising/Visual Communications/Graphic Design/Art and Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Agency: Area23 Job Function: Creative Job Subfunction: Art Direction Job Description: Creative Ideation Works collaboratively with creative and strategy partners to develop smart, single-minded ideas that are unique and deliver on strategy. Executional Craft Skillful visual translation of creative ideas and concepts. Intellectual/technical ability to bring creative ideas to life with high level of attention to detail and the overall aesthetic of a project, ensuring that the final output is compelling, unique, visually stunning and award worthy. The AD is required to perform the executional craft function, as well as developing the creative team to push for a high level of craft in all creative opportunities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate and communicate with team members in a productive manner to ensure that goals are met and creative vision attained

Client Management

Develop and maintain strong client relationships through demonstrated creative leadership, ability, and successful output.

Strategic Thinking

Maintain high-level understanding of client's products, marketing objectives, and promotional activities of competitive products to contribute innovative ideas and tactics.

Team Management & Development

Directly supervises Art teams on brand(s), providing mentorship/guidance to creative team. Demonstrated ability to hire and retain highly capable people while fostering inclusive and positive culture.

Business Management

Maintains timely & detail oriented approach to administrative duties, ensuring creative team is billable and fully utilized to increase productivity and efficiency.

New Business

Grow existing brands and participate in new business to generate additional revenue.

JOB DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

*For Specialty functions, see additional information (if applicable) in the box below.

• Creative Ideation - Partners with Account, Senior Creative Management, & Clients in development/presentation of brand personality, positioning, and creative briefs across multiple brands.
• - Takes abstract concepts and empowers project teams to create cutting-edge concepts or designs that are user-friendly, representative of the client's goals, and within brand guidelines.
• - Sets priorities, approves visual materials, and manages workloads within Art/Copy team so that assignments are completed within agreed-upon time frames.
• - Participates in client reviews, presenting & defending creative direction in collaborative manner, while responding and incorporating feedback.
• Executional Craft - Collaborates with production, ensuring quality work that is completed as designed, on time, without error and on budget.
• - Manages and carries out photo shoots, Computer-generated Imagery, illustrators, video and film production, with assistance from reports.
• - Clearly communicates with vendors/artists to make sure the art is produced at a high standard.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration - Maintains positive and solutions-oriented approach with various agency departments including Editorial, Account, Strategy, and Project Management.
• - Communicates effectively across various departments to align in creative vision, deadlines, revisions, and quality control.
• - Partners closely with Copy team to contribute and execute creative approaches to communicate brand personality and messages for both the overall campaign and individual materials - Suggests and implements new ideas/operational efficiencies to improve cross-team ways of working.
• Client Management - Maintains strong relationship with client partners through demonstrated creative ability and active communication.
• - Partners with clients to understand brand, messaging, & creative vision.
• - Professionally and tactfully manages client expectations, timelines, and requests.
• Strategic Thinking - Possesses an in-depth understanding of assigned brand(s), treatment category and competitive landscape.
• - Work with account and creative senior management to develop and advocate for overall marketing strategies.
• - Participate & co-lead strategic and tactical meetings.
• - Ability to communicate ideas thoughtfully & succinctly.
• Talent Management & Development - Directly supervises art directors, senior art directors, and art supervisors on brand(s), and mentors/guides copy team as needed.
• - Responsible for hiring, staffing, career development, and full life-cycle talent management for direct team (e.g. delivering feedback, annual reviews, general and performance management).
• - Demonstrates leadership, empathy and professionalism in communications.
• Business & Resource Management - Ensure Art/Copy team members are billable & fully utilized to increase productivity and efficiency.
• - Partner with Creative Resourcing to determine scopes, billability, and acquire freelance support as needed.
• New Business - Participates in creative pitch concepting & executional efforts to successfully grow new business.
• - Evaluates opportunities and participates in the growth efforts of existing brands.

EDUCATION

DEGREE/DIPLOMA AREA OF STUDY REQUIRED/PREFERRED Bachelor’s degree Marketing, Advertising, Visual Communications, Graphic Design, Art and Design or related field Preferred

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

N/A

EXPERIENCE

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AREA OF EXPERTISE REQUIRED/PREFERRED 7+ years Visual Communications, Graphic Design, Art Direction and Design or related field Required 0+ years Pharmaceutical/Healthcare advertising Preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• In addition to resume, comprehensive digital portfolio demonstrating creative ability required.
• Software: o Fluent in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PPT, Teams) or equivalent o Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
• Superior art direction aptitude (concepting, creative tools/systems, execution).
• Strong presentation ability
• Strong leadership & people management ability.
• Strong ability to implement strategic thinking & problem solving.
• Strong Knowledge of art and design principles across channels and media.
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Strong financial management and resourcing acumen

COMPETENCIES

• Leadership – Demonstrates a stabilizing and authoritative presence that engenders team confidence, inspires & motivates, and moves everyone toward common goal.
• Creativity – Encourages bold, award-worthy ideas; is not afraid to take risks
• Collaboration – Ability to work effectively in a team environment to build and foster collaborative environment.
• Communication – Expresses ideas with confidence and passion
• Organization – Manages time, creates clear goals, identifies and finds the resources (e.g. time, people, materials) needed to achieve them, and schedules tasks so that work is completed on time.
• Problem Solving – Delivers decisive solutions and takes the necessary action to implement them.
• Business Management – Creates clear goals, identifies proper resources (e.g. time, people, materials), and delegates responsibilities to foster a collaborative environment.
• Interpersonal Skills – Works effectively in a team environment and builds relationships with others.
• People Management – Coaches team members to develop capabilities beyond their job duties
• Professionalism – Maintains professional and a non-political stance at all times, putting what’s best for company and clients first.

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