Art Director, Design_BES

Job Description

Job Title: Art DirectorLocation: Mumbai, IndiaReporting Manager: Manager / Sr. Manager
• The Art Director is responsible for leading the art vision, approach, organization and process to ensure the delivery of superior marketing and brand communications solutions. These are to exceed our clients expectations, meet their budget requirements, and fulfil our client s business goals.
• The Art Director has overall responsibility for the strategic direction and overall management of the art team. The Art Director is responsible for art s contribution to new business development efforts in terms of concept and pitch development, packaging and communication. The Art Director has overall responsibility for the output, on billable project delivery as well as business development and internal projects.
• The Art Director will also be responsible for producing outputs and assisting the team by taking on production jobs to assist in creativity and outflow of work.
• The Art Director is responsible for presenting coherently and in a compelling manner the direction and business value of our capabilities to any client at any level up to the Board.
• The Art Director must motivate and manage art staff in order to facilitate the delivery of internal and external project work.
• The Art Director is responsible for the profitable utilization of the team, from the perspective of revenue earned as well as in terms of business and capability development.
• Work closely with all members of the art team, ensuring all communication, training and motivational needs of the team are met at all times by coaching and mentoring to engender a high caliber art, productive and strong team environment. Actively seek feedback from clients to quickly identify any training needs and concerns, acting promptly to rectify.
• The Art Director is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the client s brand. This means reviewing any and all materials worked on through the Design Studio, as well as guaranteeing projects follow the best strategic direction for our clients.
• Provide excellent design management of multiple projects and reprioritize as needed, as well as ensuring accurate schedules and timelines, whilst providing continual monitoring of the project especially around budget, deadline and adherence to the brand guidelines
Key Responsibilities
• Managing onsite art team and developing studio strategy
  • Responsible for the recruitment of skilled staff for the design team
  • Actively seek feedback from team heads and key clients to quickly identify any training needs within the team, so that there are no weak areas
  • Motivate the team
  • Coach and mentor all members of the art team
  • Communicate widely, so that all team members feel part of any decisions and changes that may be required and to ensure a consistent service-wide goal is being achieved
  • Establish and constantly review processes and procedures for the team to ensure work is always produced to impeccable standards and work comes in on budget
  • Experience of handling budgets and managing people in a pressured, time-bound and delivery-centric environment is essential
  • Strong influencing and negotiation skills will be required to discuss and agree Design Studio goals with senior management and to resolve any situations with clients that may arise
  • Experience in managing and resolving personnel issues of all kinds, ensuring you act in accordance with our company HR policies
  • Excellent team and personal time management skills
  • A team player, willing to ask for, and provide, help to any member of the team where necessary
• Client management
  • Promote the studio across the global business, identifying business opportunities and areas where the Design Studio could add value to our clients
  • Ensure high levels of client service and the efficient running of the studio through adherence to all best practice processes and recommending improvements
  • Meet with clients on a regular basis to provide a progress health-check throughout the life of high-level projects. Identify and pro-actively plan for future projects that are known to the client
  • Ability to build relationships with clients at all levels
• Project leadership
  • Take complex high-level design briefs, and communicate this information clearly to relevant members of the team/client in both written and verbal form
  • Handle the project management of the larger high-level tasks, to ensure the art and professional solutions are in line with the campaigns strategic goals, the clients preferred style and brand guidelines
  • Experience of managing a team of highly art designers, helping them to deliver compelling and professional solutions within strict corporate guidelines to tight deadlines and on budget
  • Exemplary project and people management skills are essential to ensure the smooth running of the diverse and art team
  • The Art Director will also be responsible for producing outputs and assisting the team by taking on production jobs to assist in creativity and outflow of work.
• Lead the art process, both pre and post-sale
  • Foster a culture and environment that is conducive to art inspiration, thinking and expertise
  • Manage team environment that motivates art development where all participants are heard and respected, leading teams to inspiring work, and making the process fun
  • Understand, utilize, teach and champion processes and tools that facilitate productive art sessions
  • Work in collaboration with the Senior Manager to develop realistic client proposals given the constraints of time and budget, to focus on the high impact areas of opportunity, and to create and deliver outstanding presentations
  • Oversee and participate in production after the sale to insure art integrity, be a art resource to the team as client needs or budget changes, and further develop the relationship with the client
• Collaborate with Senior Account Manager and Senior Manager to generate business
  • Participate in key capabilities presentations
  • Clearly articulate our brand promise and provide anecdotal examples of how that promise can provide value to our clients. Preparing and presenting new business proposals and pitches to clients
  • Identifying and planning campaigns targeting new and existing clients with a view to selling our art capabilities
  • Promoting art capabilities within our company and to clients
  • Design and facilitation of Art Propositions and work processes within the company
• Be the Audience Advocate
  • Understand the clients business objectives and how those objectives relate to the target audience
  • Know your target audience, their culture, language, likes and dislikes developing art solutions that speak to them and follow their client principles.
• Develop and manage relationships with a broad range of art resources
  • Continually seek out new art talent, and actively manage existing talent base
• Be aware of the world where our audiences live
  • Stay tuned in to business issues, particularly in key account industries
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