Total 3 art design job vacancies in Art / Design / Entertainment category in ITE-CC (College Central)

We Are Social is a global socially-led creative agency with unrivalled social media expertise. With more than 1000 people in 19 offices spanning four continents and over 80 people here in our Singapore office, we deliver world-class creative campaigns and strategies based on social insights, for forward-thinking brands. 

What does the role involve?

Great ideas can come from anywhere across the agency. It will be your job to inspire, spot and develop great ideas and then turn them into great executions. You are also able to have good craft, understand strategy, and most importantly, able to bring out the best in others. The candidate will work with the Account Management and Creative disciplines to design creative solutions that address needs, developing enhanced and interactive user-experiences, and demonstrating prototypes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the generation of beautifully crafted, innovative, fresh, and engaging visual concepts that effectively communicate the client's message
• Collaborate with the Executive Creative Director in setting creative standards and unlock exceptional creative work. 
• Lead and collaborate in the brainstorms with creatives, account management and planning teams to expand the range of creative solutions for existing clients, and prospective ones.
• Demonstrate a sharp understanding of strategy project briefs and creative platforms to facilitate discussions with teams and craft exceptional presentations.
• Provide clear and constructive feedback to team members to refine and enhance creative ideas and craft.
• Take a leading position in managing the agency's client relationships, which involves presenting creative ideas, strategies and proposals, and engage in client discussions. 
• Think laterally and design innovation solutions with a good handle on what’s new in the digital space and social space, and inspires the agency surrounding creative technology
• Champions We Are Social as a forward-thinking challenger brand leveraging new social media, social gaming and augmented reality, etc.
• Work with the creatives, developers and others to turn ideas into top class executions
• Keeping abreast with advancements in application design and new technologies.

• You have a passion for creativity, innovation and have your finger on the pulse of the latest trends and technology
• Extensive experience in designing, producing and optimising assets and technical solutions.
• As one of the agency’s leaders, you will be confident, inspiring, motivating and smart as hell. 
• You will be teaching by doing, nurturing and showing people the big opportunities. 
• Superb collaboration and communication skills.
• Familiar with the principles of human-centered design methods, information architecture, usability, and interface and interaction design

Key Areas of Competence

You should also be confident in all of the areas laid out below:

• Leadership. This isn’t all about you coming up with the idea every time. It’s about teaching people how to do it themselves and bringing out those qualities in them.
• Industry knowledge and expertise. You won’t just love creative work, you will live it. In fact, you are probably obsessed with it and want to talk to others about it.
• Presentation. You will be comfortable standing in front of a room with everyone’s eyes on you. You will be able to present work with fully thought through argument. You will be eloquent and able to articulate your thoughts and capable of adapting your presentation style to suit the situation.
• Persuasion. You will be good at winning people around to your thinking. Especially if they’re clients.
• Pitching In. You will not be above lending a hand to others and doing things that fall outside the remit of a traditional creative. We are all in this together.

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd (“Activate”) is a leading technology consultancy headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia and Indonesia. Our clients are empowered with quality, cost-effective, and impactful end-to-end application development, like mobile and web applications, and cloud technology that remove technology roadblocks and increase their business efficiency.

We believe in positively impacting the lives of people around us and the environment we live in through the use of technology. Hence, we are committed to providing a conducive environment for all employees to realise their full potential, who in turn have the opportunity to continuously drive innovation.

We have opportunities for you to grow your career path and are looking for talented professionals to join our team.

What will you do?

• Participate and execute in the design process, including: brainstorming, wire framing, prototyping and validating the implementation
• Work in a dynamic team that include Product Managers and Engineers to gain insight into project goals and feasibility
• Create and work with Creative Director and mobile developers to create highly detailed design specifications
• Design and validate new experiences via mock-ups, wireframes, flow diagrams, sketches, and other UX artifacts
• Implement responsive design for devices and mobile platforms
• Design product focused eCommerce layouts
• Revise and update designs and documentation through user testing and customer feedback
• Involve in graphic design tasks such as corporate communications and marketing collaterals, and social media posts

What are we looking for?

• Deep understanding of UX patterns, Visual Design, Information Architecture and its impact on front-end development
• Knowledge in wireframing/prototyping for quick concepts
• Knowledge in HTML/CSS markups
• Familiarity with usability guidelines and W3C AAA accessibility standards
• Effective verbal and written communication skills

What do we offer?

• Nurturing environment
• Fun and open culture
• Employee Wellness Programme

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.