Art Director

Bastion is a fully integrated creative, advertising and marketing agency founded in 2009, built with the goal of bringing together world-class independent marketing communication agencies and experts, with complimentary skillsets, to deliver work that truly makes a difference.

Our culture is built on integration, collaboration, diversity, curiosity, creativity, and fun. We ask our team to be all in, to relentlessly think, pursue and discover imaginative ways to advance our client’s business, challenge norms, reject mediocrity and dare to be different (because the same is, well, just the same). We are never afraid to go against the grain in order to do work that moves people.

Role Overview

As Art Director in the Bastion Creative team, you’re a creative hybrid who can ideate, design, and produce art direction for campaigns. Working on a mix of brands across fashion, beauty and behaviour change. You will be responsible for the creative and production standard for client assets.

You will work alongside the Creative Director, copywriter, strategist and a broader support group of content makers, designers, producers and client service. Although you will be located in Melbourne and reporting to a Melb Creative Director you will be expected to work across briefs at a national level.

Responsibilities

• Developing and executing a variety of digital media campaigns, building assets to help clients meet their vision through owned media and paid channels
• Day-to-day management of art direction and implementation of campaign assets.
• Execution of cross-platform social marketing campaigns to help increase client social media presence and brand
• Collaborating and supporting the Creative Director to deliver social media/digital content from briefing to ideation, concepting to execution.
• Identifying and sharing more efficient ways of doing things that benefit the client and team.

What You Bring

• Strong folio of work.
• Strong creative concepts across campaigns.
• The ability to conceptualise across all channels and has a deep understanding of visual elements (eg. Layout and typography)
• Experience in working with creative teams - managing digital executions from start to finish.
• Proficient skills in Adobe Software (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Strong experience in pre-production and post-production to include image editing/re-touching management
• Ability to produce social & digital assets using design tools to deliver static images, video edits, banners, GIFs.
• A strong understanding of eDM best practices, social media channels, digital ad formats and user behaviour.
• Highly articulate and clear in all communications internally and externally
• Strong time management skills and ability to juggle and meet tight deadlines
• Can adhere to strict client design guidelines and safeguard the brand tone of voice and always look/feel
• Possesses a broad range of work and experience to share with us (please supply portfolio with CV)
• Strong understanding of asset creation for all channels and best practices
• Has a proactive and enquiring nature, always wanting to do better and help others
• Is a true team player, not afraid to get your hands dirty on a variety of tasks.
• Contributes to the development of our culture by being involved and engaged in team activity.
• Significant amount of industry experience.

What We Offer

• Flexible work in a hybrid work environment with mental wellbeing initiatives.
• A supportive culture focused on collaboration and personal growth
• A truly integrated agency network that includes research, data, insights, creative, digital, experiential, reputation management, content production, performance, earned media, etc.
• The opportunity to lead fully integrated campaigns that expand your experience in the marketing and communications landscape
• Robust G&D program training throughout the year
• Happy Days
• Inclusive parental leave that offers 12 weeks paid to the primary carer
• Culture Club: a calendar of events that connects our team in creative and fun ways
• The Bastion Bridge mentoring program
• CSR leave
• International Exchange Program