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Wildtype Health · 20 hours ago

Art Supervisor

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$95K/yr - $132K/yr

5+ years exp

Wildtype is an Agile full-service agency in healthcare, seeking an Art Supervisor to manage brand work and oversee junior members of the art team. The role involves collaborating with various departments to maintain brand consistency and excellence while ensuring all work aligns with client strategies and budgets.

AdvertisingHealth CareMarketingOncology

Responsibilities

Execute and direct creative that encompasses all media across print, video, 3D, interactive and social

Demonstrate leadership qualities as evident by ability to motivate team, facilitate great thinking, and keep the morale high

Bring interactive trends to your team’s attention and find ways to employ technology to meet your Client’s business needs

Keep abreast of current interactive, mobile, advertising, design, and visual communications. Continuously stay current to marketing trends and unique design styles, imagery, technology and technological advances and introduce these to future team projects where appropriate

Establish credibility with Clients at all levels by developing knowledge of Client’s business, brand and competitive marketplace(s) and technological advances

Manage outside vendor/resources effectively from both cost and creative standpoints, including photographers, illustrators, and production vendors for premiums, printing, digital media, mobile vendors and 3rd party developers

Demonstrate ability to design and advocate from the user’s perspective

Demonstrate the ability to work in various forms of media including a working knowledge of the print and digital production processes

Keep supervisor(s) briefed on creative projects in a timely manner

In person client travel required

Elevate the integrity and excellence of the brand in all materials developed both online and off

Provide comprehensive design overview and brand consistency

Provide fresh, unique, and strategic thinking for all brand marketing/advertising initiatives

Act as gatekeeper to ensure that all final products released demonstrate only the highest quality creative and effectively communicates brand messages to targeted customers

Clearly communicate creative concepts and rationale for design choices to team and clients and/or new business prospects

Present rational for functional decisions within interactive work

Act as a brand steward maintaining the integrity and excellence of the brand in all materials developed both online and off

Manage and oversee the daily work for all brand projects and jobs

Provide comprehensive design overview and brand consistency throughout each project and for each assigned account as a whole

Consistently provide fresh and unique thinking for all brand marketing/advertising initiatives

Work as a team with copywriters to develop conceptual approaches to meet Client objectives for all designated projects

Collaborate with other Art Director(s) to establish a visual consistency throughout the brand, both online and off

Capable of translating brand to online, mobile and video applications with full integrity

Ensure that all final products released demonstrate only the highest quality creative and effectively communicates brand messages to targeted customers

Be an effective presenter and clearly communicate creative concepts and rationale for design choices to team and clients and/or new business prospects

Demonstrate ability to “zoom in and out” (big picture thinking as well as attention to details) as necessary

Demonstrate ability to collaborate with Client/Agency Creative/Account teams

Help create a collaborative work environment between all departments and demonstrate ability to handle conflicts in a positive, professional and productive manner

Work as a team with copywriters to develop conceptual approaches to meet Client objectives

Collaborate with colleagues to seek opportunities/solutions for improvements in the department and agency

Advocate the use of technologies that meet the budget of interactive projects

Work with account service from beginning of project until the end to make sure all projects meet budgetary guidelines

Maintain positive relationships with and utilize the internal business group departments (electronic studio, editorial, traffic, imaging and production) appropriately

Demonstrate, through action, the best practices for interactive production and prepare files for handoff to development

Interact and communicate regularly with project management and development staff to ensure deliverables are on-time and on budget

Communicate effectively and professionally both internally and externally

Demonstrate good problem-solving and interpersonal skills

Remain calm despite high pressure situations

Execute and direct interactive art for online campaigns and provide guidance in understanding these materials when appropriate

Demonstrate the ability to manage time and prioritize all jobs effectively, as well as oversee junior members of the art brand team by monitoring projects, delegating assignments and approving work

Monitor overall workload to effect efficiency and assure that waiting or downtime is minimized

Help supervisor manage and resolve staff issues including performance, personal presentation and internal interactions

Mentor interactive development of reports and serve as brand’s interactive evangelist

Recommend adjustments/additions to the roles and procedures of the department to achieve continuous improvement and efficiency across all accounts

Help digest and apply appropriate heuristics indicated in wireframes and sitemaps as well as results of usability studies to existing and developing interactive materials

Help interview, train and orient new team members to the agency, department, and account(s) at the direction of supervisor

Provide constructive, ongoing feedback to direct reports as well as completing annual performance reviews

Provide ongoing guidance to all team members and be available to them as a resource for account/agency/departmental policies, procedures, etc

Keep supervisor or department head appraised of any workload challenges/concerns on assigned team accounts that may necessitate hiring freelancers or moving creatives around to better utilize their time

Oversee team’s time off schedules, time reporting, etc. to ensure appropriate coverage at all times for accounts

Maintain accurate time sheets for self and team

Monitor, review and approve direct report’s time sheets in terms of hours worked on specific jobs

Qualification

Adobe XDInDesignIllustratorPhotoshopDigital design experiencePrint design experienceUX understandingPharmaceutical AdvertisingCommunication skillsPresentation skillsLeadership qualitiesProblem-solving skillsInterpersonal skills