Senior Art Director

About the role

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML's specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world's largest and most awarded health agencies. VML's global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney. About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company - powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com .

Responsibilities

• Creates and leads original designs from concepts, able to direct those efforts in others through completion
• Leads and sets standards with multiple approaches in multivariate/optimization efforts and generates original visual directions for non-page based media
• Master of layout, typography, illustration, photography, and sets standards for new creative arenas as they emerge demonstrated expertise with design programs such as Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
• Understands the strategic business intent of specific projects and audience/customer goals.
• Work with Associate Creative Director(s) and Creative Director(s) to ensure maximum effectiveness of various concepts.
• Team player willing to do whatever it takes to make the work better
• Able to support pitches and sales efforts

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years' experience as professional Senior Art Director in multimedia agency, advertising agency, or design studio, with extremely strong design portfolio.
• Thorough knowledge of design software such as PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign
• Ability to not only direct creative teams but physically generate amazing work.
• Proven ability to communicate creative solutions with confidence, ease and clarity.
• Strong understanding of information design and the topology of information for the web.
• Full understanding of browser/platform constraints as they affect online design and professional understanding of typography in both print and screen media
• WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to 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.
• VML is a WPP agency (NYSE: WPP). For more information, please visit www.vml.com , and follow along on Instagram , LinkedIn , and X .

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