Art Director - Design, Japan Marcom
Marcom is the creatively-led team that oversees Apple’s consumer facing marketing in Japan. We ensure the flawless development and execution of world-class communications across all medias and platforms. Every day, of millions of Apple customers in Japan interact with our products. We drive the strategy and creative work that provide both new and existing customers with simple, engaging and inspiring marketing experiences.
Marcom's Creative team crafts design deliverables for our marketing communications to deliver the world’s best aesthetic and visuals. We work closely with multiple groups across Apple in Japan and within Marcom to create engagement through visuals, introducing products, services & retail shopping events. We make the result beautiful, and the effort invisible. As part of the broader Creative Team, this role is responsible for crafting innovative and inspiring communications for Apple Retail, our digital platforms and for our many indirect channel partners.
The Art Director is an integral member of the creative team responsible for developing engaging communications across platforms, from in-store print deliverables to digital media and online content. The role contributes to planning and art directing retail projects from ideation through delivery of production.
Responsibilities include:
- Art Direct projects that demand both conceptual and functional thinking, and present them to teams and leadership effectively
- With a strong eye for art direction, and develop a systematic and scalable approach to deliverables
- Dive deep into the details while also steering towards big picture objectives
- Provide direction, oversight, and leadership to project teams and responds swiftly to new information, opinions, and directions to pivot strategically
- Working as part of a dedicated team, focused on excellent design in accordance with project constraints and parameters
- Crafting innovative and inspiring campaigns that align with creative briefings, while collaborating with partners and the broader creative team
- Possessing an eye for aesthetic and conveying a strong point of view on design solutions through innovative thinking
- 6+ years of work experience in a design field or design environment
- A portfolio exhibiting a thorough grasp of design principles, branding, typography and visual communication
- Experience in graphic design, branding, photography and/or art direction
- BA/BFA degree in Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, or other related discipline
- Experience working on fully integrated campaigns, with an expert ability to ideate and create innovative and visually appealing work across a broad range of media
- Resourceful, with good organization skills to file work in a manner that can be shared with the team
- Excellent communication skills and collaborates well with a team to find simple solutions to complex problems
- Experience with 3D software, such as Cinema 4D
- Ability to guide and evaluate work, and if necessary, redirect creative development
- Be curious and passionate about design — with a keen awareness of the evolving landscape of available tools, technologies, resources, and trends
- Effectively lead junior creative staff members, vendors, freelancers, and photographers as needed
- Ability to work onsite on company required days