Overview

　　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 skills

　　The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

　　118,500 - $152,500Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.

　　Company Wildtype Category Art & Design Location US-NY-New York Job ID 2024-42260 LI #LI-CP1