Group Art Supervisor

Agency:
Omnicom Health

Job Function:
Creative

Job Subfunction:
Art Direction

Job Description:
Wildtype runs like no other. As the most Agile full-service agency in healthcare, we aren't beholden to ritual. Powered by diverse ideas, knowledge, and people, our unique creative process is a force of nature, removing obstacles between brand and growth in wild new ways.


Title: Group Art Supervisor


Location: Wildtype - New York, NY


Department/Discipline: Art


The Group Art Supervisor is responsible for managing the development, design and execution of all Agency offerings for both themselves and their direct reports. The Group Art Supervisor must manage their time and work with the account services team to prioritize all jobs effectively, as well as oversee and junior members of the art team by monitoring projects, delegating assignments and approving work. The Group Art Supervisor mentors those in which they supervise by meeting with them consistently to better understand their career goals and helping to champion their causes when appropriate. The Group Art Supervisor also ensures that all of the team's work is on strategy and maintains the highest level of brand consistency and excellence.


Primary Job Responsibilities


General Responsibilities


Demonstrate leadership qualities as evident by ability to motivate team, facilitate great thinking, and keep the 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 (i.e. internal client structure, individual responsibilities, and interaction between groups/individuals with respect to their impact on client jobs)


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


Brand Champion


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 communicates 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


Collaboration


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


Additional Responsibilities


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


Management Responsibilities


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


Mentors 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


Keep supervisor or department head appraised of any workload challenges/concerns on assigned team accounts that may necessitate hiring freelancers or moving creative's around to better utilize their time


Oversee team's time off schedules, time reporting, etc. to ensure appropriate coverage at all times for accounts. Maintain accurate time sheets for self and team. Monitor, review and approve direct report's time sheets in terms of hours worked on specific jobs


Qualifications


College degree


6-8 years of art design/direction experience, preferably in advertising


1-2 years of supervisory experience


Proficiency with Apple hardware and the following programs - Quark Express, Adobe Photo Shop CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Entourage


Advertising or design portfolio


Excellent oral communication and presentation skills


Excellent written communication and presentation skill$118,500 - $153,000

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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