Art Director, Supervising Associate
As an art director, you are an experienced creative champion who leads and influences innovative thinking and strategic visions that help our clients solve their most complex business challenges with unique solutions. You’ll look at every creative task as an experience, always pushing for a unique, memorable and innovative outcome. You’ll advance the work by drawing on vast experience and knowledge, settling for nothing less than the best.
You’ll be part of an expansive and talented team working independently and collaboratively. You’ll be empowered to learn and grow together with other creative minds. Your contributions and ideas will be valued and heard, and you’ll have opportunities to innovate and take part in efforts that advance our creative team.
Your key responsibilities
You can expect to engage in a diverse portfolio of client projects across a wide range of services and campaigns while showcasing offerings and promoting innovation. You’ll work alongside internal clients and teams to drive creative and conceptual storytelling methods and influence the development of creative briefs, storyboards and layouts that effectively communicate design ideas and advance business objectives. You’ll initiate and lead creative ideation sessions and be hands-on empowering teams in developing award-winning creative. You’ll lead, mentor, rally, create, inspire and sell compelling creative through clear communication.
Skills and attributes for success
- Ability to proactively foster exceptional client relationships to build trust that leads to the co-development of new opportunities
- Sound business acumen to fully comprehend stakeholders’ strategic vision and influence the development of the creative brief, which drives the story
- Ability to initiate and successfully lead creative ideation sessions inspiring new design perspectives
- Ability to lead and drive innovation and creativity from diverse project teams and colleagues
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead by example
To qualify for the role, you must have
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related discipline or equivalent work experience as an Art Director
- Eight-plus years of related art direction and design experience
- Creative digital portfolio demonstrating outstanding conceptual thinking and design skills with examples of social and paid media campaigns that have launched within the last 5 years
- Advanced creative conceptual design skills and the ability to critique colleagues’ concepts
- Ability to drive development of creative briefs, storyboards and to sell clients on your design and persuade them to follow your design direction
- Innovative mindset with current knowledge of digital design trends
- Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite; proficiency in prototyping, Microsoft Office and Teams
- Experience in successfully leading creative project teams and individuals in implementing project vision, concept and design of deliverables in various platforms and media; reviewing work, troubleshooting and providing feedback
- Experience in successfully mentoring and coaching creatives in developing conceptual skills, including critiquing design projects and providing constructive feedback in a virtual environment
- Experience working and mentoring in a fast paced, matrixed agency or in-house team environment to develop a range of creative initiatives
- Experience working in a virtual environment with flexibility for a hybrid work arrangement - remotely and at local EY office as required by business needs
Ideally, you’ll also have
- Superb communication skills, active listening and diplomacy when working with internal team members and business partners
- Advanced problem-solving skills to identify, resolve and overcome challenges
- Experience designing for physical events with examples of experiential design in your digital portfolio
What we offer you
At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn .
- We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $73,300 to $137,100. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $88,000 to $155,800. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
- Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
- Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
