Senior Art Director

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Venice, CA
Senior level
Agency
The Role
As a Senior Art Director, you will lead creative projects and develop innovative concepts across various platforms while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

At AKQA, we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful ideas, products and services. With an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach, we create and design adaptive digital campaigns, services and experiences that capture the imagination, delivering impressive returns for our clients.

 

Creatives at AKQA apply artistry and competence to strategic insights to create beautiful ideas that move the world. As skilled storytellers and conceptors, they work in a multidisciplinary environment to develop labours of love that delight customers and deliver results for clients. Senior Art Directors at AKQA play an essential role in the strategy, conception and design of beautiful ideas, products and services. They bring exceptional creative thought and they craft output, developing and delivering projects from the brief to end user.


As a Senior Art Director you will provide leadership for the brands you work on, create innovative concepts and push the idea through to the final outputs, approaching every brief with fresh eyes and avoiding familiar solutions while generating useful, usable and delightful ideas across all existing and emerging platforms.

 

Based either in our Milan or Venice offices, you will join a disciplined cross-functional team focused on delivering outstanding outcomes while having fun and learning from each other. You will work on cross-studio and cross-cultural projects globally.

 

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

  • You have a compelling portfolio of work that demonstrates high-quality art direction and concepting across a variety of projects.
  • You excel in creative conceptual thinking in all its aspects, ranging from a traditional campaign to digital experiences, to an innovative product or service.
  • You understand the importance of strategic work and creatively build on strategic platforms.
  • You love building and growing brands through any creative output.
  • You have exceptional design aesthetics and extreme attention to detail.
  • You have a hands-on approach to the work.
  • Experience in leading a team and working directly with clients is advantageous.
  • Fluency in English is essential. Knowledge of Italian is highly preferred, as is the ability to work effectively in both languages
  • You have basic knowledge of IxD fundamentals
  • You have a great knowledge of the most important software of Adobe Creative Suite.
  • Experience with Figma is a plus.
  • Familiarity with AI design tools is a plus.


QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

  • You work to break boundaries and craft the best ideas in the world.
  • You have strong organisational skills and extreme attention to detail.
  • You take responsibility for your own time management and deliverables.
  • You relentlessly push to improve yourself in every work.
  • You are in your element when you team up with internal cross-functional groups and with clients.
  • You enjoy working in a proactive and collaborative way within multidisciplinary teams to develop labours of love that delight customers and deliver results for clients.
  • You proactively research and pursue ideas for professional development.
  • You are able to inspire and provide mentorship, embracing the challenges and new ways of thinking.

 

Explore our extensive range of benefits here.

 

AKQA is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe that diversity is vital to AKQA’s ability to provide our clients with the best recommendations and are committed to fostering a varied and
inclusive work environment. Your race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

We believe great work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach including required in-office days. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

AKQA is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

Top Skills

Adobe Creative Suite
Ai Design Tools
Figma
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The Company
Atlanta, GA
2,068 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2001

What We Do

The imaginative application of art and science.
AKQA is a design and communications company that employs 2,200 professionals in 29 studios across five continents. Awarded two Cannes Lion Grand Prix’s in 2019, and recently named by Gartner and Forrester as one of the world’s leading experience design and innovation agencies.

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