ABOUT THE ROLE
We're looking for an Art Director who can transform ideas into compelling visual experiences. Beyond creating beautiful designs, you are expected to think strategically, lead visual direction, inspire the creative team, and ensure every piece of work delivers against both the brand and business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
1. Creative Concept & Art Direction
- Collaborate closely with Creative, Strategy, Account and Production teams from briefing through execution to define project objectives, creative opportunities, and visual direction.
- Develop strong visual concepts that effectively translate marketing objectives and the campaign's big idea into impactful creative work.
- Lead the art direction across integrated campaigns, branding, social media, digital content, presentations, events, and other marketing materials.
- Ensure all creative deliverables consistently meet the highest standards of craft while maintaining alignment with the approved concept and brand identity.
- Present creative thinking and visual rationale to internal teams and clients.
2. Production Development
- Lead visual development for video productions including TVCs, Digital Videos and other branded visual-based content.
- Develop visual treatments, storyboards, style frames, key visual references, and look & feel documents for productions.
- Supervise production and post-production processes, ensuring consistency.
- Balance creative ambition with production feasibility, timelines, and budgets.
3. Design & Visual Execution
- Produce high-quality design work including Key Visuals, campaign assets, pitch presentations, branding systems, event materials, etc.
- Prepare presentation boards, visual mockups, moodboards, and design references that clearly communicate creative direction.
- Maintain consistency and quality control across all design deliverables throughout the execution process.
4. Design Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop Designers and Design Interns through regular feedback, coaching, and creative guidance.
- Allocate resources and optimize the team's Design capacity across both pitching and execution projects.
5. Industry Excellence
- Stay up to date with emerging trends across branding, advertising, social content, digital experiences, AI-powered creative tools, production techniques, and visual culture.
- Continuously seek new creative approaches, technologies, and best practices that elevate the agency's creative output.
ABOUT YOU
- Minimum 2 years of experience as an Art Director within a creative or integrated agency.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in campaign art direction, integrated marketing campaigns, events, and production projects.
- Strong understanding of production workflows across print, digital, video, and content creation.
- Proven ability to think conceptually and develop visual ideas that solve business and marketing challenges.
- High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma. Experience with motion or AI-assisted creative tools is a plus.
- Highly responsible, proactive, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong written and spoken English.
ABOUT VERO
Vero is an award-winning strategic communications consultancy advising leading brands, corporations, and non-profits across Southeast Asia. With 250+ consultants in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, we combine expertise across PR, digital, influence, creative, events, and government relations. We are B Corp certified, a Clean Creatives pledge signatory, and committed to work that creates real impact. Recent expansions include Vero IQ (data-driven insights), VeroXperience (brand events), and Vero Advocacy (government relations).
