1084- Art Director

We need an English-fluent Art Director, based in Brazil, available to work remotely.

We are looking for someone with exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, who embraces changes while maintaining strong attention to detail. An interested and proactive person, who's constantly learning and improving their skills.

Are you the one we are looking for?

Responsibilities:

• Lead the creation of shopper marketing programs from concept development to design and execution.
• Serve as a leader, creative mind, and project manager in one.
• Drive creative process from conceptual thinking through to execution to develop experience-driven, connected shopper marketing solutions.
• Ensure the team delivers creative excellence through structured guidance, mentorship, and inspiration; take lead role in infusing team with digital and shopper knowledge through ongoing training.
• Proactively drive the process to generate and brief creative, actionable, and unique projects rooted in a clear idea and insight, demonstrating in-depth knowledge of client’s business and the audience.
• Develop creative briefs for ideation sessions and lead creative brainstorm sessions for client opportunities.
• Accurately deliver design against the required brief and revert.
• Work collaboratively with the strategy and client service teams to identify key insights to help drive creative programming and ensure all concepts are on brief. 
• Work with the client service team to identify growth opportunities with current and prospective clients.
• Craft the design associated with the client’s brand/project.
• Provide a strong design point of view regarding messaging hierarchy, typography, layout, and color.
• Create strategically sound designs and concepts for in-store communication.
• Develop and implement processes and structures to achieve creative vision.
• Generate exploratory mood boards by gathering literature and internet references.
• Be an effective leader with strong communication and interpersonal skills in order to cultivate beneficial relationships both internally and externally.
• Work quickly, independently, and with a can-do attitude.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of agency and/or design experience, brand, trade or shopper marketing is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in product design, graphic design, or related field.
• Portfolio of prior professional work.
• Shopper experience preferred.
• Solid understanding of CPG shopper marketing.
• Team leadership experience preferred.
• Creative strategy and copywriting experience strongly preferred.
• Elevated understanding of the retail trade environment, including omnichannel and physical/digital retail integrations.
• Experience presenting and successfully selling creative concepts.
• Proven experience in creating standout creative work.
• Ability to lead and drive client solutions through ambiguity.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.