Agency :
On-siteHavas JapanJob Description Summary :
We are loking for a hands on Art Director who is as skilled in artistic craftsmanship as they are in design and storytelling.The candidate will apply artistry and craftsmanship to strategic insight, to create and bring to life beautiful ideas that move the world. As skilled storytellers and conceptors, they work in a multidisciplinary environment to develop labours of love that delight customers and deliver results for clients.
Art directors play essential roles in the strategy, conception and design of beautiful ideas, products and services. They bring exceptional creative thought and they craft output, developing and delivering projects from the brief to end user.
As an Art Director, you will provide leadership for the brands you work on, create innovative concepts and push the idea through to the final outputs.
Job Description :
REQUIREMENTS
- Possess not just exceptional art direction skills, but the ability to implement strategic and conceptual thinking as well.
- Create and manage original, persuasive and conceptually compelling work for campaigns, content and experiences, across a variety of clients.
- Leads by example to inspire colleagues to originate pioneering ideas that deliver successful solutions.
- Listen to and respond to briefs, and question where there are gaps.
- Collaborate with the client and with various teams within HAVAS.
- Embrace challenges and inspire new ways of thinking.
- Responsible for driving projects with some supervision, along with and mentoring junior members of the team.
- Be accountable for the project design deliverables and manage the quality of all design deliverables to ensure they meet HAVAS standards for creative excellence.
QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS
- You have a compelling portfolio of work that demonstrates high-quality art direction and concepting across a variety of projects.
- Proven creative success working in collaborative, multi-functional teams.
- Strong information presentation skills, visual and written.
- You have a breadth of cultural reference points.
- You have a drive to break boundaries and craft the best ideas of their kind in the world.
- You are passionate, driven and obsessed about your craft and stay on top of best practice in your field.
- Experience in leading a team and working directly with clients is advantageous.
- A degree in Design, Interaction Design, Visual Studies or other design-related field preferred.
- Extensive experience using the most common software.
- Experience of nurturing client relationships
Skills :
Contract Type :
PermanentHere at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.
Due to high volume of applications, only eligible or matching candidates will be contacted by us.
Skills Required
- Exceptional art direction skills and strategic conceptual thinking
- Portfolio demonstrating high-quality art direction and concepting across projects
- Proven creative success working in collaborative, multi-functional teams
- Ability to listen to and respond to briefs and question gaps
- Create and manage persuasive, conceptually compelling work for campaigns, content and experiences
- Leadership: drive projects, mentor junior team members, and manage quality of design deliverables
- Strong visual and written information presentation skills
- Experience of nurturing client relationships and collaborating directly with clients
- Experience in leading a team and working directly with clients (advantageous)
- A degree in Design, Interaction Design, Visual Studies or related field
- Extensive experience using common design software
What We Do
Fearless. Fast. Smart. Focused. We are on a relentless quest to be Chicago's most creative company by reinvigorating iconic American brands through cultural relevance. We are passionate makers, digital disruptors, artists who don't color inside the lines. We work smarter. Push harder. Break things. Make things. And we're always looking forward.
Why Work With Us
Our agency gets out of bed in the morning to undertake what we call 'meaningful disruption' in an industry that is in need of serious transformation. We are not looking for the same, boring solutions that are chock-full of brand and marketing rhetoric but seek people that want to change the advertising game.
