Art Director

ABOUT US
tms unites technology, marketing, and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world's leading brands. With 1,200+ employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions - from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery.
Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy, a sourcing business, and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for our clients, including McDonald's, T-Mobile, O2, Starbucks, and adidas.
Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best.
WHAT MATTERS THE MOST
Breakthrough, business-driving ideas come from extraordinary people with the freedom to be their most authentic selves at work. Authenticity and diversity are critical elements of our business. They can only be realized when we create access and equity for all. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving.
tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! Visit us at tmsw.com.
WHY WE THINK YOU WILL LOVE THIS ROLE
Love coming up with big, wow-worthy ideas that drive engagement, spark imagination and get people to think differently about a product or challenge? Do you have a knack for making beautiful things and designing experiences that break through the clutter? And do you love taking on new challenges, defying convention and coming up with big ideas that have never been done before?
Then you've landed at the right place.
Today, we're looking to grow our creative roster with a conceptual Art Director to deliver incredible ideas and experiences across our group. As Art Director, you'll play a crucial role within our creative team - delivering creative ideas that aren't only clever but are also visually stunning.
Digging a little deeper...
We're looking for a passionate, creative problem solver and visual artist. To us, the Art Director should have a knack for understanding consumer behaviors, cultural trends, and technology (people use every day) and how to best reach them where they are.
When briefed, the Art Director should have a partner mentality, working and collaborating closely with a Copywriter or Designer in delivering compelling creative solutions.
We're looking for a "What-if" thinker. The Art Director shouldn't be held back by convention or norm but can push and think beyond the expected. The Art Director should be eager to win awards as well as industry recognition for our team.
And lastly, we're looking for an Art Director with a proven ability to confidently share and articulate their ideas and designs to the team while providing insights and human truths to back them up.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ORGANIZATION

• Be part of creative kick-offs - concept and contribute with a wide-range of ideas alongside the Copywriter and the broader creative team
• Interpret and interrogate briefs - creating work that wows and is strategically driven and compelling, not just "cool."
• Follow direction from senior creatives while providing a strong rationale behind their work.
• Create compelling designs, mood boards, storyboards and visual executions for a diverse range of work and clients including promotions, sweepstakes, weekly offers, banners, social content, video, etc.
• Brings fresh design thinking as well as inspires others around them with new trends in design, motion, type and art direction
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of our client's business, their visual brand ID as well as familiarity on how to design for their products and/or brands
• Manage weekly design tasks alongside the Design Operation team.
• Work collaboratively with the Copywriter and the broader design team
• Attend weekly meetings, scrums and daily stand-ups
• Help with designing dynamic presentation materials that showcase our work in compelling ways for client work and creative share-outs
• Contributes to the culture of our team by supporting internal programs, initiatives and creative huddles

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE

• 2-4 years as an Art Director in an agency or brand space.
• Background in large scale brand activations, promotions, marketing campaigns, social and loyalty programs
• Strong conceptual abilities - able to quickly generate thought-provoking ideas and the ability to put them down visually.
• Great collaboration and team skills
• Killer portfolio with examples of projects that back up your creative thinking.
• Exceptional design skills (ability to generate multiple design iterations, mood boards and visual treatments to help sell the look and feel of an idea)
• Knowledge and experience in creating a variety of creative executions (from social content to, promotional experiences, PR events, video and experiential takeovers)
• Program proficiencies: Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop), Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams
• Some working knowledge of web design programs like Figma, XD or Sketch a plus

Starting salary between $70,000.00 - $80,000.00
TOTAL REWARDS
Our total rewards philosophy integrates programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, corporate culture, corporate citizenship and work-life balance. While individual program components may differ by country, some things remain constant:

• Our commitment to rewarding results
• Opportunities to work with talented and driven individuals at every level of our company who respect each other, treat each other fairly and hold one another accountable for our customers'-and our company's-success

There's more ...
Generous medical, dental, vision and other great benefits
Paid parental and medical leave programs
401(k) with a company match component and profit sharing
15 days of paid time off plus company holidays
Hybrid work model
Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance
Inclusive employee resource groups
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
RECRUITING AGENCIES
tms does not accept agency resumes submitted by third-party vendors unless a valid agreement has been signed and the tms Talent Acquisition Team has granted authorization for submissions for a specified position. Please do not submit or forward resumes to our site, tms employees, or any other company location. tms is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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