At a glance
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Paris
About the role
- The Senior Art Director at AKQA plays an essential role in the strategy, conception, and design of creative ideas, products, and services. This role involves leading brands, creating innovative concepts, and ensuring high-quality design output from brief to final delivery.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership for brands and create innovative concepts.
- Conceive and art direct social-first concepts and campaigns.
- Create and manage original, persuasive, and conceptually compelling work for campaigns, content, and experiences.
- Lead by example to inspire colleagues to originate pioneering ideas.
- Listen to and respond to briefs, questioning gaps where necessary.
- Collaborate with clients and various internal teams.
- Drive projects with some supervision.
- Mentor junior members of the team.
- Manage the quality of all design deliverables to ensure they meet AKQA standards.
- Use or divert AI tools in the creative process.
Requirements
- Compelling portfolio demonstrating high-quality art direction and concepting.
- Portfolio including campaigns built for social media.
- Proven creative success working in collaborative, multi-functional teams.
- Strong visual and written information presentation skills.
- Breadth of cultural reference points.
- Expertise with AI tools.
- Extensive experience using common design software.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in leading a team
- Experience working directly with clients
- Experience of nurturing client relationships
Benefits
- Extensive range of benefits
Workplace
- Hybrid approach including required in-office days.
Skills
- Art Direction
- Conceptual Thinking
