XTN-7E0D851 | ART DIRECTOR
KMC Solutions Inc
Job Description
<p>The Retail Creative team are responsible for art direction and execution for our retail work across all channels. Working to brand and seasonal styleguides, templated layouts and approved campaign/brand creative supplied by the Brand Experience team, the RC is responsible for bringing each delivery brief to life creatively.</p><p>The role collaborates closely with project management, photography, digital arts and finished art to delivery to tight, project-based deadlines and is tech-enabled to ensure that human skill and craft is applied at the most appropriate points in the process.</p><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>300,000 Maximum Benefit Limit HMO Benefit with one free dependent on day one.</li><li>Group life insurance</li><li>Overtime, holiday, and night differential pay.</li><li>Up to 20 leave credits.</li><li>Birthday leave credit.</li><li>Carry-over of unused leave credits.</li><li>Remote work arrangement with available pro-working space at any KMC site.</li></ul><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Excellent concepting and art direction skills, particularly in lifestyle product photography (or digitally created imagery) and layout design.</li><li>Creative agency or in-house creative/brand team experience on fast-paced retail, telco, banking or similar accounts and able to work to tight deadlines.</li><li>Enthusiastic and knowledgeable about using AI and tech-enabled workflows to enhance creative execution.</li><li>Strong time management and prioritising skills</li><li>Commercially oriented and able to work creatively within a set process and inflexible deadlines.</li><li>Clear and effective communication with both internal teams and clients as required.</li><li>Advanced knowledge of Adobe </li><li>Creative Cloud suite with particular strength in InDesign as well as a working knowledge of Figma.</li><li>Experience with image creation tools such as Higgsfield, Krea and/or other open AI plugins to create reference images for photography or digital image creation.</li><li>Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 suite and Google suite (docs, sheets, slides)Understanding of the digital marketing landscape and able to execute a creative idea across multiple channels.</li></ul><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>5 years in creative; 2 years in art direction</li><li>Experience in creative agency, in-house brand teams, telco, banking, or similar accounts</li><li>Strong design and art direction skills across photography, digital image creation, and design layouts</li><li>Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, especially InDesign</li><li>Working knowledge of Figma - intermediate</li><li>Experience using AI‑driven image creation tools (Higgsfield, Krea, or similar plugins) - any would suffice</li><li>Ability to work creatively within strict processes, templates, and brand style guides</li><li>Ability to collaborate with photographers, digital artists, retouchers, and project management teams</li><li>Strong time‑managemen