Job Order: 5343
Staff Representative: Tim Jadwin
Position: Art Director
Location: Illinois
Company Summary:
Healthcare communications agency specializing in developing strategic healthcare communications through various sales promotions and educational solutions for healthcare clients.
Description:
Job Description
The Art Director is capable of producing creative work independently and in partnership with a writer that is judged as high quality by agency management and our clients. The position requires the creative talent, problem-solving ability, and commitment to produce creative work that meets the highest standards in healthcare advertising and communications, as judged by our clients, independent award shows and agency management.
Responsibilities:
- Creativity (50%)
- Developing innovative concepts that are on strategy.
- Establishing a track record of producing work that is well received by our clients.
- Creating final work that is considered above average (7+) by agency management.
- Meeting internal and external deadlines for creative reviews and client reviews.
- Presenting work both internally and to clients in a clear, confident and strategic way.
- Understanding and contributing to the strategic thinking that drives the creative work.
- Ensure that creative presentations to the client meet the highest professional standards.
- Work with account and creative management to grow our business at existing clients
- Productivity (30%)
- Maintain an average number of billable hours that are at least in the top half of the creative group.
- Help ensure that deadlines and budgets are met.
- Providing production direction to electronic production, production management and printers to ensure the successful production of the creative work.
- Checking proofs to ensure that the highest production standards are met.
- Attending press checks as needed to ensure high production quality.
- Selecting appropriate photographers/illustrators and providing direction to help them successfully carry out their assignments.
- Follow jobs through to completion to ensure that the creative vision for the work is realized.
- Leadership (20%)
- Demonstrate creative leadership in the agency through the quality of your work, your commitment to excellent work, your creative and production knowledge, your client-relationship skills and your presentation skills.
- The position requires demonstrated creative ability, the ability to work collaboratively with account management, good presentation skills, and the ability to work extra hours as needed to ensure client satisfaction.
