J. Walter Thompson Inc (JWT)
Associate Creative Director (Marketing)
At J. Walter Thompson we create pioneering solutions that build enduring brands and business. We have been connecting brands with consumers and creating engaging stories that shift behavior for over 150 years. We currently have over 200 offices in 90 countries that contain 10,000 of the brightest minds in the business. We owe our growing success to the adoption of a set of simple principles we refer to as the 4 C's: curiosity, collaboration, capability and courage. It is the embodiment of these traits that makes J. Walter Thompson unique. It is also what we look for in potential new hires.
J. Walter Thompson Atlanta is seeking an Associate Creative Director/Art Director.
Responsibilities
• Responsible for the development and production of advertising assigned to that group
• Conceives and executes advertising consistent with the agreed strategy
• Insures that creative is executed within agreed strategy, deadlines and budgets
• Attends for client meetings for presenting creative concepts
• Manages creative work in Studio (and/or outside vendor) i.e., comps, mechanicals,
retouching, disc release, including the management of time and budget
• Works closely with Production to come up with the best possible creative solutions for that job
• Assists in the review of group personnel
• Participates in and contributes to the new business activities of the agency
• Manages the day to day workflow
• Manages junior members of the team
• Enforces adherence to quality standards for the team as set forth by the department head
• Fosters innovative solutions
• Identifies short term and long term opportunities
• Manages training and development for all junior team members
• Works closely with upper management to identify and suggest solutions on how to improve departmental and team morale
• Keeps abreast of current trends and the latest technological advances
• Aggressively pursues new ways to contribute to overall agency and client profitability
• Works with department head to set junior team members' goals
• Helps to elevate department's role in the whole advertising process
Tasks
• Develops concepts and/or storyboards, collaborating with Production as needed
• Meets with Account and Project Management who review work in progress and select desired concepts
• Presents concepts to other corridors if necessary and revises concepts/storyboards according to comments
• Presents recommendations as appropriate (e.g. creative concepts, research, lists, scripts, etc.) to client
• Revises recommendations based on any client comments and shares approved recommendations with all departments
• Generates a Concept Estimate for client presentation
• Gives input to Project Management to generate a more accurate Key-Date Schedule after concepts are selecte
• Discusses paper with Production prior to Production's ordering of samples
• Develops a Spec Sheet in Pre-production meeting with Production, Studio and Strategic Services
• Holds photo shoots
• Discusses retouching with Art Director and/or Production Manager and client to obtain approval
• Gives input when image scanned for high resolution and retouching
• Reviews and presents match print from Production and Studio to client for approval
• Loads final art into mechanical for final release
• Works with copywriter to develop copy deck
• Seeks internal approval of Copy Deck by Creative, Account and other corridors
• Reviews copy deck internally for legal considerations
• Presents copy deck to client and revises copy based on client comments
• Seeks approval from all involved on layout and/or mechanical
• Works with Art director and studio to generate mechanicals
• Provides Producer with approved storyboards, job number and air date
• Gives schedule updates to Project Management
• Gives input to Project Management to prepare Formal Estimate
• Debriefs and presents project team with key findings
• Helps to facilitate hiring, managing, developing, and promoting junior team members
• Participates in weekly departmental staff meetings
• Attends interdepartmental briefings
• Keeps supervisor apprised of the status of work
Qualifications
• Experience, talent, judgment and imagination for the creation of an
advertisement
• Skilled in critique and criticism and be able to manage and supervise both art and copy
• Art/Copy education in advertising design and conceptual thinking
• Must have strong interpersonal skills to foster optimal department relationships
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Computer literate
• Team builder
• Strong problem solving skills and detail oriented
• Minimum of a Bachelors degree or equivalent business experience preferred
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.