# Senior Art Director

**Company**: Target
**Location**: Bangalore, India
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

As a Senior Art Director at Target, you will lead the development of high-impact creative for SEM campaigns, translating marketing objectives into visually compelling, performance-minded design solutions.

You will partner closely with marketing, strategy, and copy teams to create work that is brand-right, strategically grounded, and optimised for in-store marketing (ISM) environments, ensuring strong execution across print-based retail touchpoints and production-ready deliverables.

This role requires strong conceptual thinking, advanced design craft, and the ability to guide work from idea through execution across multiple versions and formats.

**Core Responsibilities:**

- Lead SEM creative development across campaigns, ensuring strong brand alignment, creative consistency, and high-quality execution.

- Translate marketing objectives, audience insights, and performance goals into compelling creative concepts.

- Ensure all deliverables uphold Target’s brand standards, design systems, and quality, while identifying opportunities to elevate the work.

- Own the creative process from brief interpretation through final production delivery.

- Develop effective creative solutions across multiple formats and versions, with strong attention to detail and relevance.

- Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to drive alignment and strong outcomes.

- Present work confidently, articulate design rationale clearly, and incorporate feedback effectively.

- Apply sound production knowledge to ensure technical accuracy and visual excellence.

- Leverage AI tools and emerging technologies thoughtfully to support ideation, exploration, and efficiency while maintaining human-centred creativity and brand integrity.

- Support onboarding and peer development, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture.

- Continuously invest in learning, experimentation, and industry awareness to strengthen craft and creative leadership.

**Requirements:**

- 8+ years of experience in graphic design, art direction, or a related creative role.

- Strong portfolio demonstrating advanced design craft, typography, layout, presentation design, and digital-first creative thinking.

- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

- Motion graphics and Adobe After Effects experience preferred.

- Experience supporting SEM, paid media, or performance marketing creative is a strong plus.

- Bachelor’s degree in design, graphic design, visual communication, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

**Personal Attributes:**

- Highly motivated, self-driven, and capable of working independently while collaborating effectively within a team environment.

- Strong brand sensibility with excellence in typography, colour, composition, and visual storytelling.

- Detail-oriented with a commitment to maintaining and elevating design standards.

- Strategic thinker who can operate confidently in ambiguity and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

- Passionate about design, innovation, and cultural trends, with a global perspective and inclusive mindset.

- Effective communicator with strong presentation and organisational skills.

- Open to feedback, adaptable to change, and energised by working in a fast-paced environment.

## Skills

### Required
- Adobe Illustrator
- Photoshop
- InDesign
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Graphic Design
- Art Direction

### Nice to have
- Motion Graphics
- Adobe After Effects
- SEM
- Paid Media
- Performance Marketing

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