Junior Art Director

About the position

Our creative team is made up of fearless thinkers who hone their craft with brutal simplicity of thought. As a Junior Art Director – you’ll be right in the middle of the action.

About M&C Saatchi Group

M&C Saatchi Group is a creative federation of companies who navigate, create, and lead meaningful change for clients across five specialist divisions connected through people, culture, data, technology and creativity, M&C Saatchi Group aims to unlock new value for clients and leave a positive impact on the world.

M&C Saatchi Group’s work is informed by two core principles - Brutal Simplicity of Thought and Diversity of Thought. Together they guide how problems are solved and integrated specialist teams are built. Headquartered in London, M&C Saatchi Group have circa 2,500 employees globally of which 720 employees are UK based. Our operations span 23 countries with major hubs in the UK, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia and Australia.

About Us

We were born out of the need for strategic and brutally effective creativity in the region. With every successful campaign, we have grown, and cherry-picked the best professionals to work with us from all over the region and the world. In 2012, we opened our Abu Dhabi office and expanded the team with our Dubai office in 2016. From these offices we manage a number of local and global brands in Europe, GCC and of course the UAE. Brutal Simplicity of Thought is the creative philosophy of M&C Saatchi. It defines the way we work and the work we produce. We believe: "It’s easier to complicate than simplify. Simple ideas enter the brain quicker and stay there longer. Brutal Simplicity of Thought is therefore a painful necessity."

About the Role

We push our creative teams to make the best work of their career.

Below is a snapshot of what they’ll be working on:

1. Challenge creative briefs while understanding project requirements to create change-making work.
2. Be fluent in creating fearless campaign ideas and building presentations that are thought provoking and show how the ideas work across different channels.
3. Produce clear, consistently fresh and surprising ideas and compelling visuals.
4. Work in a close-knit creative partnership with a Copywriter and Creative Lead to generate campaign ideas and see them through from concepts to completion.
5. Amend, revise, or redevelop campaigns in response to feedback from the senior creatives, CDs or clients.
6. Show strong commercial awareness, ensuring work is of great quality, while not smashing the client’s budget to pieces.
7. Be comfortable creating hard-working, tactical visuals from time to time.

Requirements:

1. A fearless thinker.
2. 2-3+ years of agency experience.
3. A good portfolio with the potential to become a creative titan. With 2-3 examples of great work
4. A rockstar art director with genuine passion for art direction while maintaining high standards for executions and attention to tone
5. Strong interpersonal skills; a team player, persuasive negotiator, positive and innovative thinker.

Bonus:

1. 1. Recent award wins at regional or global award shows.

1. 2. Have examples of change-making work for F&B 

What We Offer

For the right team member, we will offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

• Great holidays: 23 days annual holiday, plus birthday day off.
• Great flexibility: Half work from home & 10 days of working from anywhere in the world.
• Great benefits: private healthcare plan and perks.
• Great professional development: a mentoring progamme at global level and generous training budgets to support your career pathway, and
• Great fun: a blended working culture and celebration days to socialise, bond and learn together.