Art Director (relocation to Cyprus)

With over 2,100 employees of more than 100 nationalities, Exness is the place for global teamwork, incredible leadership, a learning culture, and constant development. Unlimited by time zones, Exnessians from around the world have worked seamlessly together since 2008 to provide our traders with the best possible trading experience. Today, we stand proud with over 800,000 active traders and 5 trillion USD in monthly trading volume.

Your role at Exness:

As our Art Director, you will be responsible for developing creative campaigns and concepts together with the design team. You will work in a creative environment that requires proven leadership and vision execution to translate business and marketing objectives into ideas that are clear, compelling, and visually exciting.

The location for this position will be on-site at our HQ in Limassol, Cyprus (hybrid approach).

You will:

• Conceptualize, review and execute creative campaigns and projects
• Collaborate on the ideation and development of creative campaigns with managers, writers, and stakeholders
• Present creative concepts to the stakeholders and effectively communicate the creative vision
• Support and provide creative direction to the team of designers to bring concepts to life, encourage them to look for new creative solutions
• Participate in the execution of the entire creative process
• Organize creative workshops for designers
• Work with project managers to ensure that schedules are accurate and realistic and deadlines are met
• Collaborate with managers, writers, and stakeholders to ensure the appropriate concepts, themes, and messages are represented effectively and consistently for the business objectives and audiences
• Come up with ideas for design experiments
• Participate in the pre-production meetings for projects including photoshoots, video editing, broadcast

What makes you a great fit:

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, fine arts, or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with logo design, typography, colour, web layout design, print production, image selection, and package design
• Previous agency experience is preferred
• A well-rounded portfolio that demonstrates outstanding art direction, design, conceptual skills and system thinking, as well as a strong understanding of client objectives
• Ability to present creative work internally and to clients, as well as to articulate ideas in a clear manner, engage in healthy debate, and provide directional feedback
• Ability to collaborate with copywriters and graphic designers
• Ability to critically communicate and persuade around design concepts, as well as collect and interpret feedback
• Passion for design; non-satisfaction with the status quo and always thinking of ways to improve
• Ability to motivate and inspire top performance against assigned projects
• Dynamic, creative personality, effective at engaging and influencing a variety of audiences
• Proficiency in the latest design tools including Figma, Adobe Suite or other visual design tools
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English are a must
• Previous experience in fintech industry will be considered as an advantage

What we offer along the way:

• Competitive and attractive compensation
• Extensive learning opportunities, such as professional training and certifications, soft skills development, free English courses, and trading workshops
• Flight tickets to Cyprus, hotel or apartment accommodation for your first month, migration support, and legal help for you and your family
• Health and life insurance for employees, spouses, and children, including vaccinations, tests, mental health care, and coverage for vision and dental care
• Generous time off, including 21 days of annual leave and paid sick leave
• Education allowance for your children’s school and kindergarten fees
• Access to our very own sports club with dedicated coaches, free Sanctum Club memberships for you and your spouse, corporate SUPs, jet skis, etc.
• A branded company car with a parking space near the office
• Outstanding team-building experiences and Exness community gatherings

Your journey after applying:

• Review of Portfolio
• Interview with your Recruiter (30-40 minutes)
• Interview with the Hiring Manager (1 hour)
• Team Interview (1 hour)