About the Role
Orchestrate visionary concepts and redefine the boundaries of modern campaign development with your experience and creative excellence to create lasting impressions.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of conceptually strong, surprising campaign ideas that resonate across all channels, driven by fresh ideas and a genuine desire to make an impact.
- Strategically define and boldly shape outstanding looks for pioneering brand presences and their long-term development.
- Translate complex strategies into emotional visual languages while also being hands-on.
- Conceive future-oriented visual concepts and independently manage creative direction, director selection, and oversight of demanding audio, photo, and film productions.
- Provide technical leadership, motivation, and development for junior and mid-level creatives within your team.
- Present design concepts and campaigns compellingly to clients and provide strategic advice at eye level.
Requirements
- Several years of experience (senior level) as an Art Director in a dynamic creative agency, ideally with project leadership experience.
- A strong, internationally or nationally awarded portfolio showcasing pioneering design sense, strategic depth, and award-winning campaigns.
- The ability to strategically penetrate brands, develop strong visual concepts, and create bold, unseen worlds.
- You are quick-witted, have strong communication skills (in German and English), and successfully sell your ideas internally and externally.
- Absolute confidence in using the Adobe Creative Suite and experience with modern collaboration and prototyping tools.
- An excellent sense for aesthetics and global trends, combined with a proactive hands-on mentality to continuously push creative boundaries within the team.
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Modern collaboration tools
- Prototyping tools
- Art Direction
- Campaign Development
- Brand Strategy
- Visual Concept Development
- Audio Production
- Photo Production
- Film Production
- Team Leadership
- Client Presentation
- Strategic Consulting
- German
- English
- Aesthetics
- Global Trends
- Hands-on Mentality
- AI Expertise
Location
- Remote (EU)
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Mobile Office
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Level
Benefits
- Hybrid work within our mobile office policy & flexible working hours
- Work from EU countries | up to 45 days/year
- Discounts at service providers and fitness studios near our locations
- Discounted package price from "Wellhub" for sports, leisure, wellness, or app offers
- Mental Health Support in cooperation with Telus Health
- Free further training for a healthy work-life balance with voiio
- Scholz & Friends Academy: Open further training offers on various specialist topics, inspiring impulses, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (D.E.I.B.)
- Regular further training and best practices to continuously expand your AI expertise and shape the future of communication together with us
- Extensive opportunities to use technology directly in daily business with our AI tool "WPP Open"
- Cross-location mentoring programs for women at different career levels
- Reverse mentoring programs between young professionals and managers
- Opportunity to help shape agency culture through round tables and employee initiatives, such as our &Queer* community
About the Company
- We are a crew that sticks together, inspires each other, and celebrates successes – like true friends.
- We are not just about technology and innovation; communication is a business of people and for people. Diversity, equality, and inclusion are deeply embedded in our DNA and shape everything we do.
- Our culture emphasizes mental health, work-life balance, and a strong commitment to diversity. We actively work to make our work environment more inclusive and equitable through Unconscious Bias workshops, lectures, and internal employee networks (ERGs).
Equal Opportunity
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (D.E.I.B.)
- Diversity
- Equality
- Inclusion
- Mental Health
- Work-Life Balance
- Diversity
- Unconscious Bias Workshops
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
