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.

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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.