Senior Art Director

Job Description

The role of Art Director at monopo includes leading art direction on projects, overseing internal team members as well as the client to ensure smooth and successful project execution.

Job Responsibilities

• Work as an art director and designer on small to medium-sized projects
• Collaborate with designers on large projects and provide appropriate support
• Act as a mentor for younger members of the creative team and contribute to their overall growth and successes
• Lead direction for creative proposals including during the sales and production phases
• Propose creative ideation, reflecting budget and schedule parameters
• Be well-versed in new technologies, design topics, and other inputs, and proactively update information internally and externally

Mandatory Requirements

• Experience as a designer/art director in a creative agency or production house or related industry (3-5+ years as a designer)
• Multiple of the following skills: website design/graphic design/still planning (comps production)/shooting direction & retouching direction/logo design/motion design/3D CG design/package design
• Ability to lead presentations in Japanese (or English for English speakers)
• Ability to produce documents/proposals in Japanese (or English for English speakers)
• Have a love for design
• Possess communication skills to engage with people regardless of age or values
• Ambitious and proactive
• Positive team player

Nice-to Haves

• Possess a solid network of relationships with other creators in the industry, those who may be called upon as a potential collaborator or partner for projects
• Dedication to produce high quality design (including mockups, prototyping, reference collection)
• Ability to multi-task across more than one project at the same time, without sacrificing time nor quality
• Bilingual (English) or endeavors to be bilingual
• Native-level Japanese and business-level English. Or native-level English and business-level Japanese
• Ability to commute and work at the office (located in Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku)
• Minimum 3 days a week in office