Group Art Supervisor

Title:

Group Art Supervisor

Location:

Wildtype - New York, NY

Department:
Art

• Demonstrate leadership qualities: motivate team, facilitate great thinking, keep morale high.
• Proactively seek opportunities for improvements in the department and offer executable solutions.
• Keep Creative Director(s) briefed on creative projects in a timely manner.
• Establish credibility with Clients at all levels by developing knowledge of Client’s business, both the brand itself and people involved.
• Manage outside vendor/resources effectively from both cost and creative standpoints, including photographers, illustrators, and production vendors for premiums and printing.
• Keep abreast of current advertising, design, and other visual communications.
• Continuously explore cutting‑edge, current, and unique design styles and imagery.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in various forms of media including a working knowledge of the print production process.
• Contribute to new business efforts both creatively and as a reliable steward of the work.

• Act as a brand steward maintaining the integrity and excellence of the brand in all materials developed.
• Provide comprehensive design overview and brand consistency throughout each project and for each assigned account as a whole.>
• Consistently provide fresh, unique, and strategic thinking for all brand marketing/advertising initiatives.
• Ensure that Agency work is on strategy and contributes to growing the Client’s business.
• Work as a team with copywriters to develop conceptual approaches to meet Client objectives.
• Attend photo‑shoots; provide necessary on‑the‑spot feedback to vendors to effectively accomplish agency and client goals.
• Act as gatekeeper to ensure that all final products released demonstrate only the highest quality creative and effectively communicate brand messages to targeted customers.
• Be an effective presenter and clearly communicate creative concepts and rationale for design choices to team and clients and/or new business prospects.
• Demonstrate ability to “zoom in and out” (big picture thinking as well as attention to details) as necessary.

• Demonstrate ability to collaborate with Client/Agency Creative/Account teams.
• Help create a collaborative work environment between all departments and demonstrate ability to handle conflicts in a positive, professional and productive manner.
• Work with account service from beginning of project until the end to make sure all projects meet budgetary guidelines.
• Maintain positive relationships with and utilize the internal business group departments (electronic studio, editorial, traffic, imaging and production) appropriately.

• Communicate effectively and professionally both internally and externally.
• Demonstrate good problem‑solving and interpersonal skills.
• Remain calm despite high pressure situations.
• Project a professional attitude and foster a positive team atmosphere demonstrating respect for peers and supervisors and establish credibility both internally and externally.
• Assist other members of department/team as needed when workload allows.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manager.

• Demonstrate the ability to manage time and prioritize all jobs effectively, as well as oversee junior members of the art brand team by monitoring projects, delegating assignments and approving work.
• Monitor overall workload to effect efficiency and assure that waiting or downtime is minimized.
• Help supervisor manage and resolve staff issues including performance, personal presentation and internal interactions.
• Recommend adjustments/additions to the roles and procedures of the department to achieve continuous improvement and efficiency across all accounts and/or specific accounts.
• Help interview, train and orient new team members to the agency, department, and account(s) at the direction of supervisor.
• Mentor reports by providing constructive, ongoing feedback to them as well as completing annual performance reviews.
• Provide ongoing guidance to all team members and be available to them as a resource for account/agency/departmental policies, procedures, etc.
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