Art Director - Assistant Director - EY Global Delivery Services

The opportunity

EY GDS Creative Center of Excellence (CoE) is an inhouse agency that helps EY teams build a better working world by delivering high-impact, high-quality and on–brand creative solutions. People in the CoE help create experiences that are not just creatively inspiring, but also strategically precise and deeply human — across multiple media platforms.

As an Art Director, you will have a unique blend of creative vision and strategic thinking, to lead our team and will act as a strong creative strategist and a design thought leader.

You will own the creative and visual direction and design for creative collaterals across multiple formats, ensuring that all creatives are on-brand, user-centric and aesthetically proficient. With a passion for problem-solving and creative strategy, you will lead creative brainstorms with stakeholders and content and digital marketing teams to produce best-in-class creatives that intrinsically align with the EY brand and business objectives. With your impeccable aesthetic sense and design sensibility, you are a versatile and reliable leader who can elevate any creative conceptualization, storyboard or creative direction for projects across multiple channels.

Your key responsibilities

• You understand the power of creative ideas and have a track-record of delivering memorable ideas that shape audience perception, engagement, and participation
• You help coach and train the wider team, transforming GDS Creative Services capability from providing excellent design and execution services, to leading with brand-building and distinctive creative ideas and strategy
• Have experience leading teams in creative agencies or in-house brand teams, championing high-visibility campaigns for top global brands (preferably B2B)
• Provide creative leadership to the design teams to deliver a range of collaterals (i.e., brochures, placemats, illustration, layouts, infographics, on-screen presentations, proposals, microsites, motion graphic content and social media collaterals)
• Produce strategically sound conceptual work and bring it to life through rapid prototyping and storyboard creation and all the way through post-production
• Adhere to EY brand guidelines, meet, and exceed defined expectations in terms of aesthetics, quality, turnaround time, budget and efficiency
• Stay up-to-date with current and future designs, web standards, concepts and industry trends and advocate the same to team members and customers
• Provide creative and art direction support to the team, coordinate with team members and others to resolve issues, as necessary
• Proactively identify opportunities to employ pop culture trends, creativity, executional approaches and techniques to create exceptional user experiences
• Communicate effectively with various customers/customer groups while understanding design briefs and sharing ideas
• Lead project discussions with customers with a customer-centric mindset
• Provide unique and innovative design solutions to customers and convince them to make the right design choices
• Prioritize deadlines and effectively manage multiple creative projects parallelly
• Be a part and contribute towards various organizational initiatives

Skills and attributes for success

• A user-centric mindset with creative, innovative and analytical approach
• Working knowledge of creating infographics and data visualization techniques
• Exceptional project management, risk management and team management
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality output on time and within budget
• An innovative mindset that takes a client problem and delivers compelling and inspiring creative solutions
• Excellent communication (comprehension, verbal and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and persuade
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Understanding of current and future visual trends

To qualify for the role, you must have

• +12 years of overall experience in a fast-paced global environment
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign, Adobe DC and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word and Excel)
• Experience across a range of digital, social, and integrated media
• Knowledge of social platforms (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest etc.)
• Strong visual design and creative thinking capability
• Prior art direction experience in leading agencies

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Working knowledge of other key software and tools relevant to the industry

What we look for 

• Strong business acumen along with creative vision
• Creative problem-solving mindset with a flexible can-do attitude
• A growth mindset creative who loves to collaborate, ideate and deliver breakthrough work
• Experience in leading and managing creative teams, as well as developing junior creative talent
• Self-starter who loves challenges and makes big things happen by working together
• Experience working with global clients
• Confidence, maturity and ability to build strong client relationships
• A strong team player who is comfortable working collaboratively with others

What we offer

EY GDS is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to creative consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

EY | Building a better working world