Midweight Art Director

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000

Job description

BRAND: Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness
Job Function: Creative
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Intermediate
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company Description

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness is a full-service creative agency operating in the health and wellness space. Our purpose is to unleash the 'Wellness Effect' in every person through meaningful personalised experiences. We believe when our people do well, our work does well, our clients do well, and our patients do well, inspiring even more wellness in the world.

Overview

We are looking for an ambitious Art Director with a proven record of creating strong conceptual ideas. We're looking for someone who spends their time dreaming, making, doing, building, creating. Someone with the intelligence to think, challenge, and push things into unexpected places. This is a role for someone who thrives on collaboration to craft campaigns that stand out and deliver results, all while maintaining high creative standards in line with Saatchi's legacy of impactful advertising.

Responsibilities

Ideas

• Work in partnership with a Copywriter to create innovative, channel-neutral ideas that answer the client's brief.
• Work with other creatives and designers to develop concepts, design and layout solutions that respond to a variety of client briefs.
• Be constantly curious - have a keen awareness of what's happening in the world around you.
• Turn knowledge, insights, and ideas into relevant, engaging, beautifully art directed solutions.

Creative Execution

• Develop concepts that execute the ideas, and present these internally and externally until a preferred route is agreed.
• Understand art direction for off and online content, ensuring that corporate guidelines are considered.
• Translate creative briefs into comprehensive multi-channel design layouts.
• Work closely with designers and copywriters to devise brand guidelines.
• Work with the production team to identify and engage with the best external suppliers.
• Brief external partners to bring ideas to life, ensuring flawless execution.
• Direct the execution of the design, supervising creative partners to understand your vision.
• Experience in using AI for the benefit of the work.

Strategic and Tactical Planning

• Understand the creative strategy to produce appropriate design solutions.

Delivery

• Collaborate with creative line manager to ensure alignment on the creative direction.
• Work with cross-functional agency teams to ensure timely production and delivery.
• Sign off work at all stages of development, alongside creative director and/or ACDs.

Business Development

• Work with agency teams to develop the creative content of proposals and pitches.
• Support the creative reputation of Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness by identifying opportunities to showcase work.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Art Director within the advertising space.
• Your portfolio will demonstrate exceptional conceptual thinking and immaculate execution.
• The ability to communicate ideas at a conceptual level through roughs and layouts.
• A broad knowledge of various media channels including press advertising, direct marketing, radio, TV, and digital.
• An appreciation of writing for digital media.
• A good understanding of the internal workings of the agency.
• Take responsibility and ownership; generate novel ideas and solutions; proactively question the status quo; and deliver work you can stand behind.

Additional Information

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness offers fantastic benefits to all employees. In addition to the classics, we also offer:

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks a year.
• YOU DAYS - flexibility to take a day off for well-being without prior notice.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline for personal and professional support.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES - 26 weeks of full pay for family milestones.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING & BANK HOLIDAY SWAP opportunities.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS with local businesses.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full-time employees being office-based three days a week.

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