Digital Art Director - Maternity Cover

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**Attention Applicants: This position is a maternity cover for 8 months, beginning in May, 2021**

The New York Times Advertising Department is looking to hire a Digital Art Director to be based in Paris within T Brand International. This position is an 8-month maternity cover beginning in May, 2021.

Inspired by the journalism and innovation of The New York Times, T Brand crafts stories that help brands make an impact in the world. T Brand International is the custom content studio based outside of the US, which partners with global brands to make meaningful content for New York Times audiences.

As Art Director, you are committed to delivering high-quality design work for digital programs, advertising units, social media units and client presentations. Occasionally you will be asked to develop design work for print advertisements. Your work may include, but is not limited to, responsive designs, moodboards, visual and typography art direction, photography briefs and storytelling ideas.

You will communicate and collaborate effectively with your colleagues across sales, strategy and other creative disciplines. You are enthusiastic about design craft and proactive in helping the team communicate their ideas to a client on a pitch. You often take a lead creative role during the team’s brainstorming sessions, suggesting outside-of-the-box ideas that solve a client’s challenge and meet their strategic goals.

As a manager, you will lead one designer based in London and will mentor other junior staff across the team. You are a self-starter who is happy to get hands-on with your work, and also contributes fresh ideas for clients pitches and projects.

Successful candidates will have an extensive digital design portfolio, excellent art direction and ideation skills, along with presentation skills and management experience.

Responsibilities:

Art direct and design engaging creative work for brands to advertise on The New York Times, including digital programs, advertising units, social media units and the occasional print advertisement.

Serve as the design lead on multiple programs for different clients at once.

Actively participate in the team’s brainstorming sessions providing ideas and recommendations that meet the client’s goals and strategy.

Deliver creative work that follows T Brand quality standards with a meticulous attention to detail.

Lead design projects from start to finish, collaborating effectively with sales leaders, strategists, project managers and other creative colleagues across different time zones.

Confidently pitch your creative ideas to clients and provide them with realistic solutions to their challenges.

Articulate abstract ideas clearly, and walk clients, sellers and strategists through your creative ideas, in a high-pressure sales environment.

Take a lead role in identifying the best visual execution for the client’s goals, objectives and KPIs.

Proactively define new processes or ways of working across the design team.

Inspire the team with design ideas or references from our competitors or the wider advertising industry.

Manage one designer based in London and serve as a mentor for other junior staff. Oversee design work for the design team.

Collaborate on team management, workflow processes and design inspiration with the Art Director in Hong Kong.

Work closely with the Executive Director of T Brand International on operations, workflow processes, client deals and creative recommendations for the international team.

Requirements:

Fluent in English and French

Strong presentation and communication skills, verbal and written

Management experience in an agency, media or studio environment

Extensive experience in Adobe Creative Suite and Sketch

An impressive digital portfolio of work for global brands

Understanding of UI/UX and responsive solutions for multiple digital devices

A meticulous attention to detail and desire to constantly learn

Experience working with clients, creative agencies and account managers / sellers

Experience in print, photoshoots and filmmaking, preferred

Up to speed on emerging interactive design trends

Knowledge of HTML/CSS, preferred

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local "Fair Chance" laws.