Associate Creative Director, Art

Responsibilities

Specifically, the ACD, ART has the following responsibilities:

Creative/Hands-on Work (40%)

Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration
Work with ACD, Copy to produce standout and strategically focused concepts and campaigns
Take on appropriate projects and own them, start to finish
Manage and work independently, under tight deadlines, while juggling multiple projects
Estimate art hours
Participate in client meetings
Lead concept presentations
Attend market research as appropriate
Share responsibility with planning to shape strategic branding

Management (30%)

Assign creative teams best suited for each project based on ability and workload
Manage workloads to maximize productivity of the art team, ensuring that everyone is busy and billable
Work closely with art, editorial and project management departments to ensure that deadlines and budgets are met
Provide written and face-to-face feedback for annual performance reviews, as well as ongoing feedback throughout the year (written when requested)
Identify and Interview prospective creative candidates

Leadership (30%)

Become the creative voice for your accounts
Develop good relationships with your clients
Work with account management to grow our business at existing clients
Work with creative management to address performance, workflow, and quality issues and develop long-range plans for the creative group
Lead the creative teams in development of concepts and execution of all projects
Assure that all designers and creatives are trained and, where needed, mentored to maintain the standards and expectations of the agency and the client, and to meet their own career goals
Demonstrate to clients that you understand their products and marketing challenges and are responsive to the strategic and creative needs
Represent the agency at client meetings and social events as appropriate

Qualifications

7+ years’ agency experience
DTC experience is required
BA degree (Advertising, Communications, Fine Arts or related field preferred)
A proven track record of creative ability and judgment, successful client contact experience, the ability to work collaboratively with account management, excellent presentation skills, successful experience in managing creative teams and multiple accounts, and the commitment to go the extra mile in time and effort to produce the very best work