Senior Art Director

• Works with the CD / ACD to address performance, workflow, and quality issues and develop long-range plans for the team.

• Helps develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight(s) and creative inspiration

• Promote a culture of creative quality and accountability and ensure creative deliverables meet both our clients’ expectations and our own standards of excellence

• Develops and reviews creative briefs that provide strategic insight(s) and creative inspiration

• Demonstrates to clients that an understanding of their marketing challenges and is responsive to their strategic needs in proposing creative solutions.

• Trains new employees on responsibilities and agency procedures, and works with current creative staff to help them achieve professional and personal goals.

• Works with the upper management team to plan and pursue continuing strategic growth of agency billings and participate in new business pitch opportunities.

• Develops and evaluates creative concepts, copy and art, at pre-determined points and providing direction prior to review by account management.

• Sets high creative standards that lead to a body of work that creates enthusiastic customers and clients, and is consistently recognized by agency management as on strategy and unique.

• Leads the creative efforts on new business assignments, as needed.

• Ensures that creative presentations to the client meet the highest professional standards.

• Manages the workload for assigned book of business to maximize the productivity and quality of work from the creative staff.

• Imparts outdoor industry expertise and experience to the team.

• Conceives and create experience design solutions that meet client objectives

• Effectively communicate creative concepts and strategies to both clients and our internal team.

• Designing comps, storyboards, initial graphic concepts, and final deliverables

• Brainstorms and developing campaigns while working with clients on multiple projects at once

• Assists the Creative Director to improve the Creative group’s technical and creative performance.

• Help ensure that deadlines and budgets are met.

• Ideates, writes and executes original and iconic creative concepts in response to client briefs, objectives or goals.

• Extends client relationships and explore new ways to deliver value.

• Presents, shares and reviews creative work with Executive Creative Director/s, Account Management and Planning Leads as well as members of the Management Team

• Manages multiple projects from concept through to completion, working with both in-house resources and third-party vendors

• Collaborates effectively with Account Management, Planning and the broader creative team to develop disruptive and iconic work

• Provides leadership and professional development to department staff

• Mentors and trains team members, write performance reviews, and allocate work

• Set goals and KPIs for each team member, and works with them to achieve these.

• 5+ years of agency experience with primarily an Art background

• Knowledge of existent and future craft trends according to industry standards

• A proven track record of conceptual creative ability and judgment

• Successful client contact experience and ability to grow business organically

• The ability to work collaboratively with account management

• Excellent presentation skills

• Successful experience in managing creatives

• The availability and commitment to work extra hours as needed to ensure client satisfaction

• Demonstrated experience in events (client/brand)

• Understanding of consumer behaviours and industry trends

• Core Skills: Ideas, Brand, Awards and strong skillsets on all existent Craft tools

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