Art Director Job at AKQA, United States

  • AKQA
  • United States

Job Description

AKQA Creative Brand And Vision Leader

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

Creatives at AKQA apply artistry and craftsmanship to strategic insight to create and bring to life 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.

A maker at heart, you thrive on shaping ideas into striking realities. From sketchbook to AI, pitch to production, you bring imagination into form. You believe beauty matters whether in a single social post or a cinematic brand film because beauty moves people.

Building on AKQA's strategic partnership with a premier Danish global enterprise, you will lead the creative brand and vision on our new retainer to elevate a local powerhouse into global brand awareness.

Role Requirements

  • Possess not just exceptional art direction skills, but the ability to implement strategic and conceptual thinking as well.
  • Create and manage original, persuasive and conceptually compelling work for campaigns, content and experiences, across a variety of clients.
  • Leads by example to inspire colleagues to originate pioneering ideas that deliver successful solutions.
  • Listen to and respond to briefs, and question where there are gaps.
  • Collaborate with the client and with various teams within AKQA.
  • Embrace challenges and inspire new ways of thinking.
  • Responsible for driving projects with some supervision, along with mentoring junior members of the team.
  • Be accountable for the project design deliverables and manage the quality of all design deliverables to ensure they meet AKQA standards for creative excellence.

Qualities and Characteristics

  • You have a compelling portfolio of work that demonstrates high-quality art direction and concepting across a variety of projects.
  • Proven creative success working in collaborative, multi-functional teams.
  • Strong information presentation skills, visual and written.
  • You have a breadth of cultural reference points.
  • You have a drive to break boundaries and craft the best ideas of their kind in the world.
  • You are passionate, driven and obsessed about your craft and stay on top of best practice in your field.
  • Experience in leading a team and working directly with clients is advantageous.
  • A degree in Design, Interaction Design, Visual Studies or other design-related field preferred.
  • Extensive experience using the most common software.
  • Experience of nurturing client relationships.
  • Fluent in Danish and English (written and spoken)

Job Tags

Local area, Remote work

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