Associate Creative Director (Art)

Overview

Associate Creative Director (Art) leading digital-first creative work across beauty and personal care brands within OLIVER's in-house creative studio embedded with a global FMCG leader.

What you'll do

• Lead art direction and conceptual development across digital, social, e-commerce, and performance channels from brief through to final delivery.
• Own the full creative lifecycle: ideation, design direction, asset development, and quality assurance of finished artwork across all platforms and formats.
• Drive creative ideation and adaptation across multiple concurrent campaigns, maintaining craft quality and brand consistency throughout.
• Lead the pitch and presentation of creative concepts in response to client briefs and marketing strategies.
• Collaborate closely with strategy, production, and client services teams to develop strong, insight-led concepts from briefing through to execution.
• Ensure all creative output reflects current digital, social, and platform-specific requirements and emerging trends.
• Manage the preparation of finished artwork files to the correct output specifications across all channels.
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level creative team members, fostering a culture of craft excellence and continuous development.
• Integrate Gen AI tools into creative workflows, setting team standards for AI-assisted art direction, ideation, and asset development.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, positively influencing creative direction while working effectively within brand frameworks.

What you'll need

• 7+ years of experience as an Associate Creative Director in the relevant industry/field.
• Advanced art direction skills with a strong digital-first portfolio spanning social media, performance marketing, e-commerce, and digital branding.
• Proven experience creating work for beauty, personal care, or FMCG brands at a senior creative level.
• Strong typographic skills and a thorough understanding of design principles, including UX, UI, and responsive design.
• Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and associated prototyping tools.
• Experience managing the creative adaptation process across diverse brand guidelines and collateral types.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire creative teams while remaining hands-on with the work.
• Confident presenting and pitching creative concepts to senior client stakeholders, with the conviction to champion bold ideas.
• Skilled at managing competing priorities across multiple live projects in a fast-moving studio environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills: able to build trust with clients and collaborators across functions and seniority levels.
• Experience integrating Gen AI tools into creative team workflows and establishing quality standards for AI-assisted output.
• Able to apply Gen AI tools to enhance art direction, ideation, and asset development with rigorous human oversight and critical evaluation of outputs.
• Experience guiding team members in responsible AI adoption, prompting best practice, and evaluating AI-generated work against craft and brand standards.
• Agentic approach to creative problem-solving: breaks complex, multi-brief challenges into clear, executable workstreams.
• Stays current with emerging AI tools and platforms relevant to digital creative production and brings new approaches to the team proactively.

Nice to have

• A background in digital-first, brand, or editorial agency environments.

Details

• Location: Mumbai, India.
• Onsite role (#LI-Onsite).
• Flexible working arrangements are supported, and the company is open to different arrangements.