Senior Art Director (limited for 12 months)

Description

You will join the Internal Creative Agency of a global sports brand that makes footwear, apparel and accessories. The company operates in more than 120 countries and has about 22,000 employees.

This is a senior art director role on a fixed 12-month contract, working alongside the Associate Creative Director, art directors, project managers, producers, content creators, business units and channel owners.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Associate Creative Director, art directors, producers and channel teams to build high- and low-production campaigns, keeping creative quality on brand through final asset delivery.
• Run day-to-day pre-production, production and post-production for assigned campaigns, including hands-on design and file creation.
• Take creative projects from concept and design direction through to production-ready files, covering layout, typography, colour, print, digital and video, using Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Plan and run photoshoots and other productions with internal producers.
• Lead brainstorms with the internal agency, business units, external partners, outside creative agencies and cross-channel teams.
• Present creative work to internal teams and key stakeholders.
• Track creative, cultural and market trends and use those insights in your work.
• Work with PR, Social, Paid Media, eCom and Retail to keep creative consistent across touchpoints.
• Help find and brief external photographers, creatives and producers.
• Manage work within project-by-project production budgets together with production managers.
• Lead post-production asset selection and retouching, and prepare and deliver final files.
• Help write creative guidelines so global concepts can be executed regionally.
• Design layouts and build final files for sales tools such as creative proposals, mood boards and internal documents.
• Contribute strong creative ideas within the internal agency and support junior team members.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in graphic design or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience across print, film, digital, retail and brand design.
• Proven leadership experience, including guiding teams, mentoring colleagues and managing external partners and resources.
• The ability to lead complex creative projects from strategy and design direction through production and delivery.
• Advanced knowledge of creative process, typography, colour theory, digital and interactive design, video storytelling and print production.
• Advanced skill in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Strong strategy, presentation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior and cross-functional partners.
• Excellent communication, judgement and prioritisation, with the ability to work independently and handle multiple initiatives.
• Experience directing studio and location photoshoots in demanding, quick-moving settings.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%, including international trips.
• Advantage: motion and 3D experience.

Conditions

Fixed-term contract of 12 months.

Travel of up to 50%, including international travel.

The company provides equal opportunities to all applicants regardless of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age or disability.