Art Director

About This Role

This Art Director role is part of 7-Eleven's in-house agency, The Corner Shop, and focuses on shaping and delivering integrated campaigns. The position involves guiding the visual side of campaign delivery from concept to final craft, working closely with a copywriter and reporting to the Creative Lead. It suits a hands-on art director with a strong point of view on how ideas translate visually across various channels.

Responsibilities

• Develop big, channel-agnostic visual creative ideas for campaigns and take them through to execution across OOH, digital, social and content
• Partner with copywriter to develop concepts, scripts and campaign platforms and territories
• Independently develop creative concepts for various briefs across the full channel suite
• Articulate creative rationale grounded in strategic thinking throughout the creative process
• Present work to clients, responding to feedback constructively
• Develop an idea clearly through visual references, scamps, mock ups throughout the creative development process
• Translate approved creative concepts into clear, actionable briefs for internal design teams and production partners
• Support delivery of photo and motion shoots, working closely with various production partners
• Work closely with account and production teams to deliver the work
• Proactively find new, aligned opportunities for 7-Eleven to actively show up in culture
• Actively participate in creative brainstorms to support idea generation across creative team

Requirements

• Proven experience in a senior art director role within an agency environment
• A strong portfolio of integrated brand campaigns that show strong ideas and excellent craft
• Experience working collaboratively in a creative team with copywriter
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across creative and marketing functions
• Proven experience working with production partners on film and stills
• A collaborative approach and the ability to manage multiple projects to deadline
• Comfortable with scamps as much as refining concepts digitally

Nice to have:

• Experience working across retail or FMCG
• AWARD School (or similar)

Benefits

• Vibrant open office in Richmond
• Remote flexibility and in-office collaboration
• Paid day off each year to volunteer
• Free 7-Eleven coffee and snacks in the office
• Up to 15 weeks of paid parental leave for the primary carer and up to 4 weeks for concurrent leave
• Social Club and Open Committee for regular events, celebrations, and fun activities