Artwork Department Manager

• Lead and manage the artwork department, ensuring high-quality and visually appealing designs that align with our brand guidelines and client expectations.
• Collaborate closely with clients, marketing teams, and other stakeholders to understand project goals, brand identity, and target audience.
• Set creative direction for each project, providing guidance and feedback to the team to ensure that designs effectively communicate the desired message.
• Manage the entire artwork process, from concept development to final production, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, design techniques, and new software/tools, and implement them to enhance the artwork department's capabilities.
• Build and maintain relationships with external vendors and freelancers, ensuring the timely and cost-effective production of outsourced artwork projects.
• Develop and enforce artwork-related processes and standards to optimise efficiency and consistency within the department.
• Mentor and guide the artwork team, providing ongoing feedback, performance evaluations, and opportunities for growth.

• Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, or a related field. Master's degree is a plus.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in artwork development, with a proven track record in a supervisory or managerial role.
• Have an appropriate level of competence with MacOS, Adobe Creative Cloud applications and Microsoft Office.
• Strong artistic abilities, with a keen eye for detail, composition, color theory, and typography.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate and communicate ideas with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and requirements.
• A portfolio showcasing your previous artwork designs and projects.

At RECRA, we have a drive and passion to establish and build long lasting relationships.We are different to other agencies as we commit ourselves to working in and outside of office hours to ensure we are proactively finding the best talent on the market. Its our candidates that define RECRA with strong referencing provided with any candidates we represent to ensure we only work and represent the best.We work closely with our candidates and through various interviewing techniques and relationship building we can really find out what make them tick. What’s been missing from previous roles and what is really key in the next role. Our client relationships are ones that are built on honesty, transparency and dedication. We are committed to fully understanding the in’s and out’s of a business, finding out why people love working there and the type of people that will nourish in their environment. RECRA have a strong ethical approach to recruitment and really engage with candidates and clients to ensure a congenial connection.