Mid Weight Art Director

Location: Turbigo

About Us
We’re a global creative agency, with more than 1000 people in 16 offices around the world, 150+ here in our Milan office. We deliver world‑class creative campaigns and strategies based on social insights, for best‑in‑class brands. At We Are Social we believe that teamwork and respect for everyone’s contribution can lead to great results. We believe that flexibility and the ability to adapt to change by taking advantage of opportunities is a fundamental characteristic for achieving success.

And we also believe that always looking for new challenges and going beyond what is due is the right attitude to always do better.
Role Purpose
Reporting to Creative Supervisor / Head of Art / Creative Director, he/she is responsible for supporting the Design and Creative team in creating content across all media channels. The role is a very “hands‑on”, because he/she creates visual concepts in response to clients’ briefs and relays them to Senior Designers or Art Directors. His/her work is mainly focused on specific campaigns or activations, while also working on editorial and digital projects.

Responsible for design executions and creating visual responses to briefs under the supervision of senior designers or art directors. He/she is also asked to get things done to a high standard and to make it easy for others to do the same. Junior art directors need to be natural visual thinkers, ready to expand on their skills and learn from senior art directors in order to flourish.

Key Responsibilities

Definition of creative concepts, their execution, and detailed crafting
Art direction for ongoing content, formats and activations for the clients’ editorial plan
Execution and quality control of output during the creative production phase
Study and development of visual identity and brand for reference clients
Participation in defining and developing editorial strategy in terms of languages and visual formats
Constant alignment with Creative and Client Service references

Requirements

Degree in art direction, graphic design, or equivalent fields
6 years experience in creative agencies is really appreciated
Excellent knowledge and experience with Adobe Creative Suite
Ability to work in extended and complex teams
Competence and mastery across different media, formats, tools, and techniques of visual communication
High affinity and passion for social media
Intuition for current trends and developments
A good knowledge of English is a nice to have

Benefits

Career Path Design – quarterly check‑in moments and annual evaluations that will allow us to discuss your professional growth within WAS.
WAS Passport – opportunity to work for two weeks per year in all offices of our global network.
Bottom Up & Top Down professional training.
Mental Health CSR and Diversity & Inclusion activities.
Smart working up to 2 days a week.
You will experience a young, creative, and dynamic environment with an average age of 30.

We Are Social is an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. We promote the inclusion and work integration of people belonging to protected categories – as regulated by Law 68/99. This job opportunity is addressed to both sexes, in accordance with Laws 903/77.
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