Senior Art Director, Shiseido Global Brand Unit

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Job Description

This position will be a key driver of creative excellence, responsible for building and developing the brand equity. 
The Art Director will support Global Executive Creative Director in high-level concept strategy and execution of marketing campaigns and programs,

helping to move the needle towards disruptive brand-building executions. 
Key responsibilities also include managing, planning, directing photo shoots and evolving the brand image, templates and processes.

Location: Shiodome

Division: SHISEIDO Global Brand Unit

Job level: Group Manager

Reports to: VP

Contract type: Full-time

Responsibilities

Brand Builder

• Partners with Global Executive Creative Director to develop and build strong brand core identity.
• Supports in brand management and execution to ensure consistency across brand through all channels (including social, retail & packaging).

Strategic Thinker

• Partners with Global Executive Creative Director to develop strategic marketing campaign concepts. 
• Understands both marketing and creative needs to provide creative solutions that meet business objectives. 
• Supports in integration of art direction and design across all channels including (but not limited to): social media, e-commerce, window animations, print collateral, newsletters and event materials.

Creative Collaborator

• Partners closely with Social, Digital, Packaging and Visual Merchandising teams to develop robust 360 client experience and to streamline content creation.
• Partners with Creative Operations to align on appropriate talent to ensure accurate execution of creative vision.
• Including (but not limited to) photography, retouching, illustration. Oversees and provides feedback to relevant outside agency partners

Skilled Presenter

• Represents creative team in a variety of settings: large & small groups, direct reports, managers, top-management, formal presentations.

ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION

Newly created Creative Department at SHISEIDO.

Join dedicated and passionate teams creating the best possible elevated omni-channel consumer experience.

Work alongside individuals who are curious and confident, disrupting the status quo of beauty and taking chances with its innovation.

This is a fast-paced environment, where there's room for fun, and the passion is real!

Qualifications

Skills/Experience

• 10+ years of creative experience.
• Excellent understanding of photography and advertising culture.
• Solid organizational skills, detail-oriented, time management skills, ability to juggle priorities.
• Understanding of current industry related trends.
• English is mandatory, mastery of Japanese is a plus
• An international work experience is a plus
• Proficient knowledge of Adobe programs Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign.
• Knowledge in motion design is a plus.
• Ability to work in a very fast paced environment and meet tight deadlines.
• A great portfolio showing high-end design work 

Soft Skills

• Unlimited passion for beauty and luxury.
• A strategic mind, capable to imagine, express and articulate a campaign idea from conception to execution.
• Impeccable taste for design, typography and layout principles.
• Self-responsible, proactive and autonomous is essential.
• Team player & strong relationship-building skills: ability to work with a variety of people in various disciplines and enjoys collaborating with positive attitude.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• The drive to excel and succeed, self-motivated and animated with PASSION.

About the Company

Shiseido is one of the top cosmetics companies in the world, with a rich portfolio of international brands in 120 countries and regions.

Among others, Shiseido owns the following prominent cosmetics, skincare and fragrance brands: SHISEIDO, NARS, Clé de Peau Beauté, BENEFIQUE, ELIXIR, IPSA, MAQUILLAGE, INTEGRATE, AUPRES, ANESSA and ISSEY MIYAKE.

Our mission―BEAUTY INNOVATIONS FOR A BETTER WORLD―is to offer solutions to social problems and achieve a sustainable society, helping people find happiness through our mainstay beauty business. We strive to create a better world through beauty innovations, as we perceive and respond to each person's profound need for betterment in an ever-changing global environment.

For more than 150 years our history and tradition have been built on distinctive innovations in each era. Today, we are taking on new challenges and making a concerted effort across the entire Group to pursue innovations that break the status quo and meet the diverse beauty values and needs of people around the world.

As a global beauty company of Japanese origin, we not only develop cosmetics, but introduce and create unprecedented products and new value that go beyond. Through these activities, we realize “beauty innovations” leading to new lifestyles for consumers around the world.