Senior Art Director, New York

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

FleishmanHillard, a global integrated communications agency delivering transformational outcomes for some of the world's biggest brands, has an immediate opening for an enthusiastic, energetic and self-starting Senior Art Director to join our dynamic, collaborative and award-winning healthcare creative team. Join us as we deliver fully integrated marketing & public relations programs for some of the biggest and most relevant health brands in the world. This role will be integral to the agency's creative offering that services our health and life sciences clients to execute earned-first multi-channel campaigns. So, if you're passionate about how the intersections of how science/health x creativity x health equity can reshape the world to be a healthier place for all, then we want to hear from you! As a senior art director, you have the opportunity to be a leader in the creative industry, demonstrating your exceptional talent through your portfolio of produced work. You have the power to craft inspiring and unexpected ideas that solve complex client issues and have the ability to deliver them through multiple mediums with impeccable detail and clarity. Possessing both high-level conceptual skills and dynamic presentation skills, you are able to express and articulate your creative point of view with confidence and poise. You are constantly striving to hone and expand your craft through visual solutions and leveraging the use of industry-standard software tools. You have the passion and understanding of brand tone and are eager to use your creativity to solve problems. You are always on the lookout for what's breaking in culture and are willing to bring new and innovative ideas to the table, knowing that not all opportunities lie within the brief. In short: You are here to grow into work that you never thought possible.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate leadership qualities as evident by the ability to collaborate with leadership partners, motivate team, inspire/facilitate original thinking and keep morale high
• Contribute innovative ideas and tactics appropriate to client marketing strategy
• Develop and deliver breakthrough creative concepts and ideas founded in insights across all platforms for briefs and new business pitches
• Proactively seek opportunities for improvements within assigned business group and department and offer executable solutions
• Work closely with other creative director(s), art/copy to ensure that all final products demonstrate the highest-quality creative and effectively communicate brand messages to target audiences
• Be involved in the work, helping to execute ideas as needed
• Exhibit advanced content knowledge across all forms of art execution, including photography, GFX, motion, music, and sound and be able to make recommendations
• Keep abreast of award-winning creative and the current promotional environment for assigned categories and help teams identify and prepare work for award submissions
• Stay abreast of creative trends and collaborate with other teams to recommend new technologies/social media approaches to grow business
• Mentor and guide junior talent, helping them develop their skills and advance in their careers
• Act as a brand steward, maintaining the integrity and excellence of each brand in all materials developed
• Consistently provide fresh, unique and creative strategic thinking for all brand marketing/advertising initiatives
• Ensure that agency work is on strategy and contributes to growing the client's business
• Understand the value of strategic insights, experiences and storytelling to create and sell your ideas
• Act as gatekeeper to ensure that all final products released demonstrate only the highest-quality creative and effectively communicate brand messages to targeted customers
• Be an effective presenter and clearly communicate creative concepts and rationale for creative and design choices to team, clients and/or new business prospects
• Collaborate effectively with client/agency creative, account, customer experience teams and CRMs
• Work as a team with copywriters, designers, video, strategy, planner, producer and PM/operations to develop original concepts and executions with the intention of sparking conversation and engagement
• Work collaboratively with the other teams/creative hubs to avoid a silo-effect working environment
• Collaborate effectively and help create a collaborative work environment among all departments; demonstrate the ability to handle conflicts in a positive, professional and productive manner
• Work with account service from beginning to end of projects, ensuring that each one meets creative, strategic and budgetary goals
• Establish and maintain productive partnerships inside and outside of agency
• Maintain positive relationships with and utilize internal departments appropriately
• Ensure senior creative is informed of team/department information when it could have effects on the business
• 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 an atmosphere of respect, support and cooperation
• Monitor overall workload to effect efficiency and ensure that waiting or downtime is minimized

Requirements

• Exemplary creative portfolio
• Conceptual creative and strategic thinker
• College degree
• 5-7 years of creative agency experience; relevant experience in creative development, execution and management for multiplatform brands
• 1+ years of supervisory experience
• Advanced understanding of creative fundamentals in all media areas (art, copy, production, video production and editing, motion, design, digital and social platforms)
• Have solid knowledge of brand development and multichannel marketing models
• Have solid experience of the production process
• Proficiency in industry-standard software
• Excellent interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working on several projects simultaneously

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off