Maker Lab

Grounded in a talent-centric mindset, Maker Lab is a marketing agency designed to build decentralised technology-led agency teams, rooted in collaboration with clients from the ground up. Maker Lab’s cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary specialists are embedded into client teams across digital marketing competencies — from measurement & analytics to content production.

Senior Art Director

12 Months Fixed Term Contract

We are looking for a Senior Art Director to work with our leading technology client as we support the growth of their product by working closely with their brand and creative team across APAC.  We’re looking for a seasoned, creative professional who understands how to bring surprise and delight to a customer’s experience that drives both interest and advocacy. This person has great ideas, a strong sense of graphic style, a deep ability with multi-touch direct marketing and a talent for telling powerful visual stories. 

As an experienced creative professional, you will play a pivotal role in shaping visually stunning experiences that captivate and engage the client’s audience. From the initial concept to the final delivery, your creativity will be infused into every customer journey touchpoint.

*Please share with us your portfolio to be considered for the role.

Role: 

• Spearhead world-class creative thinking and art direction across various customer experience projects.
• Develop visually impactful and scalable experiences for client prospects, bringing the brand's personality to life.
• Possess a robust understanding of B2B technology and communication dynamics within large-scale organisations.
• Combine insights from consumer brand marketing with an understanding of emotional drivers influencing purchase decisions.
• Demonstrate empathy and creative adaptability to cater to regional cultural nuances within a global audience.
• Translate marketing objectives into compelling visual communication and experiences, ensuring flawless execution.
• Conduct creative reviews (with internal marketers and creative agency partners), troubleshoot, and adeptly manage feedback from stakeholders across the organisation.
• Embrace data-driven insights and metrics to gauge creative efficacy, refining communication strategies accordingly.
• Collaborate closely with the client Brand team to oversee projects from concept to production delivery.

You:

• 8+ years of experience creating awesome work for top brands, preferably with a mix of in-house and agency creative production experience
• Demonstrate a proven track record with award-winning creative contributions, ideally recognised by prestigious entities such as DMA, Effie, D&AD, or similar effectiveness awards.
• Showcase extensive experience working with tech and B2B brands. Bonus points for exposure to lifestyle or experience-focused brands.
• Manage multiple projects from concept through to completion, working with both in-house resources and third-party vendors
• You’re a graphic design enthusiast and interactive media advocate and, not tied to specific creative and execution formats, able to execute design work across all mediums.
• A multi-faceted designer who knows your Adobe Creative Suite well, and you’re happy to bounce between all kinds of software (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere), depending on the occasion. 
• Deep understanding and appreciation of visual storytelling, direct marketing, and concept-driven high-touch experiences.
• Exhibit comfort and proficiency in both short-form (social, print, OOH) and long-form (film) visual storytelling.
• You don’t just consider yourself a great designer but also an amazing creative. You love coming up with ideas as much as you love spending time crafting them!

• A sharp-eyed, detail-oriented and good design ambassador. You have a strong sense of layout, colour, composition and type

• Exceptional verbal and written English communication and presentation skills and, ideally, fluent in another Asian language to support the projects spanning APAC.

Please note: due to the high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted with a follow-up introduction email.  If you do not receive an email from Maker Lab, your application has been unsuccessful this time around. Look out for future roles! By submitting your application, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your data by the Maker Lab team for the purposes of your application. Where your application contains personal data of third parties, you confirm that you have obtained all necessary consents to provide the Maker Lab team with such personal data and that we may collect, use and/or disclose such data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012.