Senior Art Director at WIN responsible for shaping brand designs and leading creative initiatives in the fields of Food, Beverage, Beauty & Lifestyle. Collaborating with different teams to drive strategic branding efforts.
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Hybrid Associate Design Director
Posted 3 months ago
About the role
- Associate Design Director crafting bold experiences for leading global brands. Setting creative vision and guiding teams to deliver world class creative solutions.
Responsibilities
- As an Associate Design Director you set creative vision, build narratives and direct creative concepts.
- Reporting into our Associate Creative Director, you’ll be joining a design team of 18.
- Directing design and leading our creative teams you bring an expert and experienced vision to motivate, guide and nurture designers to deliver the world class creative that Studio XAG are known for.
Requirements
- A highly creative and skilled vision setter with a strong eye for detail, exceptional problem-solving skills, and the ability to craft compelling brand stories across retail and experiential touchpoints.
- Experienced design leader with 10+ years in luxury brand, retail or agency environments, with proven people management and team development skills.
- Excellent communicator and trusted advisor, confident presenting to senior stakeholders and managing client relationships.
- Organised, collaborative, and driven, with a thorough understanding of spatial design, retail production processes, and the tools to deliver outstanding creative work.
- Deep industry knowledge across luxury, beauty, and lifestyle sectors, using insight to shape strategy and deliver relevant, inspiring work to a broad spectrum of clients.
- Strong technical skills across SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, and rendering software (V-Ray preferred). Knowledge of other industry relevant softwares is desirable - Rhino, C4D, Enscape, AI and wider digital tools.
Benefits
- Gross profit-related annual bonus scheme
- Workplace pension
- 22 days holiday + 3 days off for Xmas Closure + a day off for your birthday + Bank Holidays
- 0.5 paid days off per month to get inspired
- International research budgets and trips
- All-you-can-eat YCN creative professional learning membership
- Spill mental health support
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to fitness discounts
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