Responsibilities

• Demonstrate leadership qualities as evident by ability to motivate team, facilitate great thinking, and keep the morale high
• Proactively seek opportunities for improvements in the department and offer executable solutions
• Keep Creative Director(s) briefed on creative projects in a timely manner
• Establish credibility with Clients at all levels by developing knowledge of Client's business, both the brand itself and people involved (i.e. internal client structure, individual responsibilities, and interaction between groups/individuals with respect to their impact on client jobs
• Manage outside vendor/resources effectively from both cost and creative standpoints, including photographers, illustrators, and production vendors for premiums and printing
• Keep abreast of current advertising, design, and other visual communications
• Continuously explore cutting-edge, current, and unique design styles and imagery
• Demonstrate the ability to work in various forms of media including a working knowledge of the print production process
• Contribute to new business efforts creatively, as a reliable steward of the work, and presenting the work in the new business effort
• In person client travel is required
• Act as a brand steward maintaining the integrity and excellence of the brand in all materials developed
• Consistently provide fresh, unique, and strategic thinking for all brand marketing/advertising initiatives
• Ensure that Agency work is on strategy and contributes to growing the Client's business
• Work as a team with copywriters to develop conceptual approaches to meet Client objectives
• Attend photo-shoots; provide necessary on-the-spot feedback to vendors to effectively accomplish agency and client goals
• Acts as gatekeeper to ensure that all final products released demonstrate only the highest quality creative and effectively communicates brand messages to targeted customers
• Be an effective presenter and clearly communicate creative concepts and rationale for design choices to team and clients and/or new business prospects
• Demonstrate ability to "zoom in and out" (big picture thinking as well as attention to details) as necessary
• Demonstrate ability to collaborate with Client/Agency Creative/Account teams
• Help create a collaborative work environment between all departments and demonstrate ability to handle conflicts in a positive, professional and productive manner

Requirements

• College degree
• 5+ years of art design/direction experience, preferably in advertising
• 3-4 years of supervisory experience
• Advertising or design portfolio
• Excellent oral communication and presentation skills