Senior Art Director

Ogilvy • Montreal, QC

7d

About The Position

The Senior Art Directors at Ogilvy Health own their brands. They manage the evolution of brand identity through the execution of layouts and conceptual development required for their projects. They will collaborate within a cross-functional team – including medical or copywriters and account services – to achieve the best outcome, including collaborating with Art Directors to ensure brand consistency.
Be part of a brilliant, collaborative team that pushes boundaries to show that health advertising can be fresh and exciting even in a highly regulated industry. The challenges are many and varied, with brands in Canada and globally, as well as communications for healthcare professionals, patients, consumers, and more.

Requirements

• Team player eager to collaborate.
• Strong conceptual skills.
• Solution-oriented and resourceful.
• Responsible, independent, and mindful of others.
• Interest in science, health, and marketing, with a desire to continue learning.
• Meticulous – attention to detail is essential.
• Passionate listener, learner, and contributor.
• Ability to present work and ideas internally and to clients.
• 5+ years of experience in an agency or similar environment.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere as a bonus).
• Proficient in Figma/Sketch.
• Strong background in developing digital work and campaigns, and experience creating work for print.
• Competence in conceptual development, bringing ideas to life in a way that speaks to the target audience.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Premiere (as a bonus)

Responsibilities

• Work in a collaborative environment on diverse projects and campaigns.
• Execute layouts to meet project brief objectives; updates as needed.
• Oversee consistency between pieces, regulatory compliance, and manage the evolution of your brands from a creative perspective.
• Demonstrate conceptual development skills when new creative is needed.
• Review layouts before release and support Art Directors on their brands.
• Present work to clients.
• Make updates to ongoing projects and communicate with account services to relay creative changes.
• Attend project briefings and provide input as needed.
• Collaborate with copywriters to achieve creative execution objectives and find solutions to creative challenges.
• Deliver layouts according to agreed-upon timelines and provide creative rationale for pieces.
• Ensure consistency between pieces and brand evolution.
• Review and approve final layouts before release.

Benefits

• Ogilvy Health celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unapologetically. We will give you the tools you need to succeed. We will give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We will support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we will offer you opportunities to do work you are proud of, with people you are proud to call your teammates.
• Ogilvy Health Canada employees are encouraged to bring their ideas, experiences, and perspectives, drawn from their varied backgrounds, to work. We strive to create an environment where all employees can feel comfortable contributing to their fullest potential, regardless of race, colour, belief, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
• At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.
• We believe in building powerful teams with purpose - and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.
• Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.
• Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
• If you need any assistance seeking a job opportunity, or if you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. Please note that this contact is only for candidates who are requesting accommodation. Emails for other purposes, including application status requests, will not receive a response.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed