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Job DetailsEmployment type: freelancePlease note: This is an ad hoc freelance opportunity with no set hours at this time.
Role Summary The Art Director is responsible for the generation and execution of creative concepts from design through finished product with their copy partner; while also assisting senior creatives on larger, more complex projects. They ensure that work adheres to client’s marketing strategies and objectives, meeting deadlines within budgets on client projects.
Role Expectations
- Understands the creative brief and the role it plays in creative development and client management
- Develops understanding of audience needs (e.g., physicians, patients, sales reps) and targets designs and creative styles to appropriately meet them
- Develops medical knowledge in therapeutic areas of primary accounts
- Contributes innovative ideas appropriate to the client’s marketing strategy that challenge the status quo
- Able to defend strengths of existing concepts while remaining open to input and further explorations
- Proactively anticipates and solves creative problems
- Maintains quality control by adhering to agency process, brand guidelines, proper layout, and conceptual execution, throughout all phases of campaign execution
- Oversees creation of concept roughs and layouts for client and able to present them to senior creative team members
- Works on multiple projects simultaneously and delivers on client expectations and meets objectives consistently
- Accurate and timely billable hour input via scheduler/daily pulse
- Understands how budgets and schedules are developed
- Communicates with team members at all times regarding deadlines, revisions, quality control and new work
- Course corrects in a way that is most beneficial to the client
- Creates moments of 'wow' that clients remember and share with others
- Keeps up to date on industry trends and shares knowledge with internal teams
- Explores and incorporates continuous learning on the Cs and Ps of the business; company, customer, competition, product, price, promotion, place, and performance) and how these impact Klick's client work
Key Requirements
- Must be able to demonstrate effective oral and written communications skills
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
- Problem-solving ability
- Ability to work well within a team setting
- Working knowledge of product challenges in relation to overall market
- Computer proficiency; working knowledge of design programs including the Adobe Suite of programs
- Proficiency working with and adopting AI tools preferred
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising/Visual Communications, Graphic Design or related discipline preferred
Experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience, ideally in a marketing agency setting
Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of colour, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities.
We’re also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at careers@klick.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.