Art Director - Retail & Trade Marketing

About the role

Publicis Global Delivery is looking for an Art Director to join an international creative team supporting global clients. The role develops retail and trade marketing experiences that bring brands to life in-store, on point-of-sale materials and at customer-facing touchpoints, combining strategic thinking with strong design execution. It suits a creative professional with conceptual thinking, retail marketing expertise and a passion for innovative solutions across physical and digital channels.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure the technical and visual quality of all creatives
• Maintain consistent brand and design standards across retail/commerce, digital, video and print
• Work closely with Art Direction, Creative and Production to realise creative concepts
• Manage and quality-assure artwork processes, and act as point of contact for technical feasibility, production standards and media-appropriate execution
• Handle colour management, proofing, print approvals and final releases
• Optimise workflows and production processes, and contribute to technical standards, templates and automated production
• Quality-check typography, image editing and final artwork; motion/video skills are highly appreciated since assets are mainly animated

Required profile

• 3+ years of experience as an Art Director, ideally in an agency
• Strong portfolio showing conceptual thinking and high-quality design execution
• Experience in retail marketing, shopper marketing and point-of-sale communications
• Solid understanding of brand implementation across retail and digital touchpoints
• Excellent presentation, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to manage several projects with attention to detail
• Fluent English

Required skills

• Advanced Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
• Figma and digital asset creation
• Nice to have: performance marketing creative development and knowledge of display advertising and banner production workflows

The company highlights working with international brands and global teams, a creative and collaborative culture, and the chance to grow within a leading marketing and communications group.