What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Art Director position at The Bloc?
Senior Art Director
About us:
We’re a health native agency with a singular mission: Be Great To Do Good. Powered by our proprietary BE-COMMS operating system, we create great work that cements real-life behavior change for lasting impact. That’s good for our clients, good for health, good for us all.
Role:
The Senior Art Director, with a heavy digital technology background, will work across two innovative future-focused health accounts. The Senior Art Director will brainstorm ideas, pitch concepts, and work collaboratively with all departments at the agency with a focused collaboration with Copy, Motion, UX, Dev, Account, and Project Management as well as collaborating with other Art Directors in the group.
Salary:
$75,000 to $105,000
Responsibilities:
- Develop concepts and supporting materials for 360º healthcare advertising
- Work closely with copy and account services as a team player to ensure that the creative needs of your brand(s) are met
- Be a brand steward: manage design, typography, overall visual identity and strategy
- Assist in the selection of photographers/illustrators and work with the team to create campaigns and other supporting brand artwork
- Keep creative management aware of pertinent account activity
- Stay Creatively Fresh: actively seek and share digital inspiration (creative, technology, general digital trends) with their teams, art department, and agency
- Must be able to present ideas in an organized, professional, and effective manner
- Responsible for managing workload and timelines
- Maintain awareness of brand budgets
- Participate in new business pitches
- Have confidence and be able to establish rapport with client
Requirements:
- Comfortable speaking with clients and presenting ideas that are on strategy
- 4 years of digital design experience
- Experience collaborating with Visual Designers, Digital Strategists and Technologists
- Experience being part of, and leading, agile projects of significant size and scope
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- Previous agency experience
- Strong portfolio showcasing a range of visual communication and conceptual skills
- Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), PowerPoint and Keynote.
- Knowledge of web standards and CSS based layout parameters.
- Familiarity with Figma
- Ability to manage multiple projects, adapt to constantly changing environments/situations and collaborate with team members
- Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Strong time-management skills, independent drive and the ability to work on multiple projects under deadline
- Ability to respond professionally and positively to critical feedback but also to raise hand openly for support and help when needed
- Desire to be an engaged contributor to a growing, collaborative, no-ego team whose primary focus is designing the best experiences for clients
- Previous experience as a visual designer, front-end developer, interaction designer, art director or similar
- Business development and proposal experience
- Data visualization design experience
- Experience using Generative AI platforms such as Midjourney or Firefly is a plus
The Bloc provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.
Salary : $75,000 - $105,000
