Senior Art Director

Agency:

Biolumina

Job Function:

Creative

Job Subfunction:

Art Direction

Job Description:

Title: Sr. Art Director - Pharmaceutical Advertising Experience

Company/Location: Biolumina / New York, NY

Department/Discipline: Art

Description

The Senior Art Director is responsible for independently managing his/her assigned jobs and/or projects on the brand. He/she will work closely with copywriter(s) and other art directors to execute printed and digital tactics while maintaining brand consistency and excellence on all jobs. The Senior Art Director will also ensure that all work is on strategy and contributes to growing the Client's business. Pharmaceutical advertising experience is a huge plus.

General Responsibilities

Execute high-quality creative in any media

Independently manage assigned jobs and/or projects on the brand from concept/design stage through final production.

Establish credibility with all levels by developing knowledge of Client's business, 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)

Drive innovation and integration across all business

Keep abreast of current interactive, mobile, advertising, design, and visual communications. Continuously stay current to marketing trends and unique design styles, imagery, technology and technological advances and introduce these to future team projects where appropriate

Interact with project managers on all projects in a timely fashion and regularly review all design work with them to ensure budgets, timelines and proper execution are achieved. Own a full understanding of the interactive development process

Demonstrate the ability to work in various forms of media including a working knowledge of the print and digital production processes.

Demonstrate ability to design and advocate from the user's perspective

Demonstrate a solid understanding of production techniques, options, budget and timing ramifications.

Keep supervisor briefed on creative projects in a timely manner

In person client travel required

Collaboration

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.

Work as a team with copywriters to develop conceptual approaches to meet Client objectives

Collaborate with colleagues to seek opportunities/solutions for improvements in the department and agency.

Advocate the use of technologies that meet the budget of interactive projects

Work with account service from beginning of project until the end to make sure all projects meet budgetary guidelines.

Utilize best practices for print and digital projects to guide your team members

Maintain positive relationships with and utilize the internal business group departments (electronic studio, editorial, traffic, imaging and production) appropriately.

Evangelize interactive best practices and guide your team members on interactive projects.

Additional Responsibilities

Communicate effectively and professionally both internally and externally

Demonstrate good problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

Remain calm despite high pressure situations

Project a professional attitude and foster a positive team atmosphere demonstrating respect for peers and supervisors and establish credibility both internally and externally.

Execute examples of interactive design and provide guidance in understanding these materials when appropriate.

Assist other members of department/team as needed when workload allows.

Perform other duties as assigned by manager.

Uphold the Company Values in all decisions and interactions

Qualifications

College degree in visual communications or equivalent experience.

2-5 years of digital and print design/advertising experience.

Advertising and/or print and digital design portfolio or website equivalent.

Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Proficiency in Adobe CS 5, Microsoft Office.

Basic knowledge of HTML 5, CSS, and Video Production.

Biolumina's Values

Open Mind

Always ask why-of your teammates, your clients, and yourself. And don't stop there-keep asking questions

Be respectful of others' ideas, opinions, and diverse backgrounds

Be flexible and adaptive to new ways of doing things

Brave Heart

Speak your mind…and your heart

Courageously step forward to try something new and help others to do the same

Be brave enough to defend your opinions-and brave enough to change them

Ready Hands

Be proactive and push things forward

Reach out to offer help and raise your hand to ask for help

Go out of your way to show gratitude

$75,000 - $116,500

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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