Social Mid-Weight Art Director (FTC 9 months)

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Please note this is a maternity cover role until May 2026 to work with a Copywriter in a Creative team

A BIT ABOUT US

Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network designed to unlockexponentialgrowth for clients. We use Transformative Creativity as a differentiating, driving force to bring our capabilities together to positively impact people, businesses and society. Established in June 2022, Dentsu Creative is integrated with dentsu's Media and CXM businesses in over 145 countries and regions, to offer Integrated Growth Solutions.

ROLE PURPOSE

The purpose of this role is to work with your creative partner to craft social first creative work with focus, commitment and an ever-increasing knowledge of ideas that work hard for a wide range of clients and services.

By responding to briefs, you will create and present solutions and ideas that engage. While helping to build brands that show up powerfully in culture. A knowledge of current and emerging social formats and trends is key. A passion for the platforms and deep working knowledge of all.

A credible and proven social operator, you will be able to pivot from premium to low fi, from tactical to conceptual and as natural collaborators engage with relevant teams across social, strategy and media as needed.

A strong understanding of visual storytelling, art direction, design craft and motion design is essential to this role.

Experience leading accounts or owning creative delivery across client relationships is a plus.

Once presented, you will shape the work by overseeing the final product is best-in-class by working with a range of makers across production and design as necessary.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responds to brief with social first creative concepts that engage

• Is able to elevate existing work being developed by other teams (creative/social) to ensure it is best in class

• Presents big ideas to clients using a variety of techniques

• Visualises concepts and translates them into clear art direction for designers to bring to life

• Takes ownership of creative work and oversee production

• Inspires others with creative storytelling and impactful presentation

• Ensures the brand tone and position is exemplified within the creative product

• Provides insightful, creative executions which positively impact a client's business

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and a fastidious attention to detail

• A natural instinct and unbridled love for social, and the ability to build powerful stories through visuals.

WH A T YOU BRING

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work quickly, efficiently, and accurately in a fast-paced environment

• Be highly creative and imaginative

• Work well with partner

• Technical knowledge and understanding of digital and social media platforms, metrics and tracking

• Must be self-motivated, hard working, well-organized, and resilient to ever-changing timelines, requests, and deliverables

• Ability to lead by example

WORKING WITH US

Joining Dentsu Creative, you will be part of a creative network, delivering ideas at the intersection of brand, culture, and commerce. In an age when brands are built and grown in altogether new ways we espouse humility alongside practical flexible problem solving.

On your journey you will partner with inspiring people across the world and become part of a truly inclusive culture where everyone is given the opportunity to thrive and create the best work of their careers; always learning and always listening to shape ideas, create culture and change behavior. By bringing together the capabilities, experience and relationships of our collective experts, the opportunities for personal growth and development are endless.

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY

We're proud to be different and that starts with our people. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone. We won't define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. That's what we care about. So, whether you're joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create equal opportunities for everyone.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles - we can't promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

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