Sr. Art Director Design-2

3 Months ago • 8 Years + • Graphic Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Art Director at Target's Brand Design Lab, you'll design world-class creative for Target's owned brands, developing brand identities and packaging designs across multiple categories. You'll collaborate with teams, lead projects, and ensure brand consistency. Responsibilities include overseeing design execution, managing print production details, making timely decisions for fast-paced projects, presenting to leadership, and staying current with design trends. You'll need strong graphic design, typography, and photo art direction skills, as well as experience in brand building and design systems. The role requires excellent communication and presentation skills, the ability to work independently and collaboratively, and a passion for design.
Must have:
  • 8+ years design agency experience
  • Developed sense of design & Brand Building
  • Excellent eye for detail & brand consistency
  • Strong communication & presentation skills
  • Ability to lead & mentor design teams
  • Packaging design expertise
  • Proficient in design tools
Good to have:
  • Global culture understanding
  • Knowledge of printing & prepress
  • Design degree or equivalent

Job Details

About the job

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy and that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from diverse backgrounds come together at Target to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. That winning formula is especially apparent in Bengaluru, where Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target’s global team and has more than 4,000 team members supporting the company’s global strategy and operations.

Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect and striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values diverse backgrounds. We believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful. At Target, inclusion is part of the core value. We aim to create equitable experiences for all, regardless of their dimensions of difference. As an equal opportunity employer, Target provides diverse opportunities for everyone to grow and win.

Team Overview

Target Creative’s Brand Design Lab is the in-house creative team dedicated to bringing one of the world’s most beloved and recognizable owned brands to life. Our mission is to inspire a sense of joy, wonder and excitement, and to take our guests—and ourselves—somewhere new. We tell a compelling and cohesive brand story. Some of the brands we have built are Good & Gather, Favorite Day, Ever Spring, Hearth & Hand, Cat & Jack, Goodfellow & Co. Operating as one fully integrated team in both the U.S. and India, the team comprises the best and brightest talent to execute market-leading creative strategy, packaging design & brand building. We are proud to say that we have not just one or two, but eleven brands with sales above a billion dollars each. Our owned brands have grown by 18% YOY and contributed to USD 30 billion in sales last year.

About This Opportunity

As a Senior Art Director, you will design world-class creative for Target’s owned brands portfolio, create Brand Identities and bring Packaging Designs to life, across multiple categories while working collaboratively with your team and leaders. You will be a motivated designer and strategic systems thinker who can operate in ambiguity on multiple projects. You will need to demonstrate excellent graphic design and typography skills with photo art direction experience and expert knowledge of design tools. You will oversee and execute various projects by designing and also check the print production details. You will be responsible for making timely decisions for fast-paced projects to meet deadlines. You will create presentations and present to Leadership and Marketing teams. Critical to the role is staying current with the latest style, graphic, industry, and technology trends and demonstrate application to projects. Creatively—you’ll create work that celebrates, resonates, and helps build and maintain meaningful connections with our guest. You’ll represent Target’s brand (voice and culture) to infuse the work with an unmistakable Target approach, seamlessly integrating a multicultural lens. You understand cultural trends and think strategically about how to show up for different audiences.

If you’re passionate about design and eager to learn more, we’d like to meet you. We will support you along the way with onboarding, as well as personal and career development, to help you grow as a strong Senior Art Director.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Roles And Responsibilities

  • Having a developed sense of design, a strong understanding of Brand Building, Packaging Design, and Design systems. Being meticulous and have an excellent eye for detail and brand consistency. Understanding /awareness of the global culture. Keeps abreast of current design trends
  • Collaborate with Design teams in Target HQ to understand business requirements and translate them into design solutions that serve the needs of our guests
  • Be capable of leading an internal team toward optimal design solutions. Ability to contribute, mentor designers and work well within the team. Inspire & motivate the team to maintain and improve design standards
  • Be able to lead projects along with copywriters, photographers, illustrators, art directors, and creative managers
  • Excellent ability to communicate design thinking and effective presentation skills. Communicate design strategy to various audiences in a strategic manner
  • Helps with project planning and organization. Organize and plan details for multiple projects and make timely and quick decisions to meet project deadlines
  • The ability to see projects through from inception to production. Having strong printing & prepress knowledge
  • Plan and conduct design research

Personal Attributes

  • Strong communication, planning and organizational skills
  • Capable of working within a fast-paced work environment and work on multiple projects at one time
  • Highly motivated, self-driven, and able to work independently as well as follow creative direction
  • Open to feedback with ability to take direction
  • Interpersonally savvy with strong listening skills
  • Action oriented with ability to prioritize and drive results
  • Having a worldview & global exposure

Preferred Experience & Educational Profile

  • Minimum 8+ years at a Design agency experience
  • Design degree or equivalent

Useful Links-

Life at Target- https://india.target.com/

Benefits- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/workplace/benefits

Culture- https://india.target.com/life-at-target/diversity-and-inclusion

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