Art Director

Arc is the lead shopper and retail agency within Publicis Groupe. In an era of unprecedented disruption, where the customers you seek actively resist brands like never before, everything we do is in service of making your brand irresistible.

We call it Irresistible Commerce. And it starts by employing insights and data to uncover what’s standing in the way of growth.

Then we deploy irresistible creative solutions to build connected shopping experiences that are personal, valuable and delightful for your customers.

The results simultaneously drive brand sales and love. Helping us become WARC’s #1 Specialty Retail Agency with groundbreaking work recognized by Adweek, ANA Reggie Awards and Effies.

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Job Description

The expectation for this mid-level position is to demonstrate the ability to creative problem-solving and designing marketing communication materials for business assignments.

An Art Director develops and executes creative marketing ideas and materials to solve client business challenges. Shows competency in developing ideas and executions for creative product.

Has a good sense for design fundamentals and visual aesthetics. Collaborates with a copywriter and other agency disciplines to generate ideas and create concepts that are on strategy, on brand and achieve client objectives.

An Art Director should be curious, ambitious, open-minded, collaborative and showcase their creativity with both ideas and executions.

They should be able to demonstrate basic knowledge of creative solutions for business problems while collaborating with others to learn and develop quality work that meets the needs of a project brief.

An Art Director is also continuing to build their brand reputation within the agency.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities : Deliver on Creative Assignments

Creative Development

• Partners with a copywriter, or other team members, to create solutions for assignments.
• Composes rough layouts and design options quickly.
• Develops well-crafted design solutions for specific media that are on brand and on strategy.
• Consistently presents great design principles to deliver clear and compelling communication.
• Is resourceful and innovative with business creative processes such as usage rights for stock photography and fonts.
• Has an understanding of company development processes.
• Consistently demonstrates open-mindedness and resilience to feedback and direction.
• Interprets feedback and provides solutions that fit and exceed the expectation.

Concepting & Ideation

• Participates in creative brainstorms.
• Leans into knowledge on current trends, pop culture, and current and past design themes.
• Brings original ideas, builds on others and facilitates collaborative thinking with others.
• Shows an understanding of business problems, opportunities and challenges and how to address them.
• Understands business and thinks outside of the box for solutions.
• Is understanding what ideas are effective or not and why.

Communication Skills

• Effectively shares knowledge and experience in communications.
• Brings maturity and focus when conveying information.
• Tailors the communication to the audience (e.g., level of detail and formality).
• Recognizes that being better informed leads to better results.
• Spends extra effort to make sure communications are productive with a positive and solutions-oriented approach.

Creativity

• Constructively questions current practices and processes.
• Thinks about problems from a variety of perspectives; expands on the thinking or solutions proposed by others.
• Demonstrates personal curiosity, digging for information below the surface.
• Tries new ways to get things done, while taking steps to reduce the risks.

Leadership

• Acts with courage and as a role model.
• Makes and keeps meaningful promises and commitments.
• Encourages and values team members' input.
• Teaches and develops direct reports, as applicable.
• Acts without fear or favor and follows through on commitments.

Positive Perseverance

• Encourages others to stay positive and respectful.
• Views disruptions as challenges rather than threats.
• Adjusts personal coping mechanisms to deal with disruptions.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Proposes and implements workable solutions.
• Understands the big picture; anticipates potential roadblocks and plans for contingencies.
• Analyzes successes and failures to improve future solutions and decisions.
• Explores viable options based on information from a variety of sources.
• Doesn’t immediately jump to execution when knowledge of the bigger picture is required.

Relationship Building

• Shares thoughts, feelings and rationale so that others understand personal positions.
• Gives and receives constructive feedback well.

Striving for Excellence

• Evaluates personal progress and adjusts actions to meet and exceed expectations.
• Takes on new challenges and responsibilities willingly and seizes more opportunities than others.
• Makes things happen for self in culturally sensitive way; doesn’t wait for others to open doors.
• Searches out and takes opportunities to learn from a variety of places and people, regardless of level.
• Analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement.

Work Management

• Takes personal responsibility for a complete, multi-stage project.
• Identifies resources needed.
• Recognizes what is and is not acceptable / possible at certain times given the organizational culture and climate.

Qualifications

Knowledge & Skills

• 2-5 years of experience as a Jr Art Director or is currently an Art Director.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite applications.
• Skillful application of typography, layout and design principles.
• Able to communicate clearly, thoroughly and succinctly both verbally and in writing; can clearly articulate an idea.
• Shows ability to present work internally, rationalizing creative decisions to problem solving.
• Able to accept constructive feedback and apply in work.

Additional Information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include :

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more.
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility.
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption.
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health / Wellness / Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work / life balance.
• Tuition Assistance.
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more.
• Matching Gifts programs.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility).
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances.

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Arc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range : $68,000 - $79,000 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting.

Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 2 / 29 / 2024.

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