Art Supervisor

BGB Group

Art Supervisor

Our Agency

BGB Group is a healthcare communications agency that offers a wide range of services including traditional pharmaceutical advertising promotional medical education payer marketing and consulting services. Known for excellence and professionalism were hired as strategic and creative partners by our biopharmaceutical clients to drive category/brand awareness and growth.

Position Overview

The Art Supervisor is responsible for providing direct support to the Creative Director particularly in the areas of creative presentation client relations and team creative oversight. The Art Supervisor must possess superior visual conceptual skills and knowledge of pharmaceutical requirements/terminology and vendor requirements/capabilities. The depth of the position demands qualifications developed over a minimum of 4 years of related graphic and supervisory experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish credibility with clients at all levels through advanced thinking via clear communication

• Helps establish and maintain the highest possible standards of reproduction for all digital print audio/visual and collateral materials produced by the agency

• Monitors the quality of finished mechanical/digital art and conceptual materials produced by internal and freelance artists

• Provides direction and guidance to department subordinates

• Informs and advises the Creative Director on the status of departmental affairs including all design-related computer hardware/software needs (upgrades equipment needs/problems training etc.)

• Encourages the professional development of department staff

• Ensures the efficient visual execution of creative concepts according to a prime account responsibility list or by managements assignment

• Consults with the Creative Director as well as account service traffic and other agency team members as necessary to achieve agency objectives

• Observes agency consensus in the production of client presentation materials either conceptual or finished art

• Examines and approves finished art and conceptual material and supervises the alteration or correction of such material

• Maintains a current list of available freelance artists web designers art and photography stock houses photographers and other contributory talent and vendors

• Recommends and directs freelance contributors

• Engages in any personal development necessary to stay current in advertising techniques and standards and research activity required to become more familiar with clients businesses

• Meets established deadlines or provides reasonable notice to the Creative Director of special circumstances requiring deadline extension

• Liaises with the Creative Director in assigning necessary vendor overtime needed to meet any overload demand

• Consults with Creative Director and agency services manager regarding staffing needs

• Performs occasional additional duties as deemed appropriate by the Creative Director

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a minimum of 4 years of related medical education pharmaceutical advertising experience

• Fantastic presentation and communication skills

• Excellent supervisory and management skills

• Demonstrated organizational analytical and interpersonal communication skills

• Excellent judgment and decision-making skills

• Excellent design skills including a highly developed overall design aptitude as well as typography color photography and art
  
  
• Strong proficiency with Figma and with general AI tools
  
• Excellent computer skills especially as they apply to desktop design including advanced proficiency in the following Adobe applications: Acrobat InDesign Photoshop Illustrator; as well as an understanding of Flash HTML and Aftereffects. Proficient in Microsoft Word PowerPoint and Outlook.
  
  
• Ability to prioritize workflow and redirect agency projects to meet competing and changing deadlines

• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills

Salary Range: $110000 - $150000 CAD

BGB Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without regard to race color religion sex age national origin citizenship status sexual orientation disability veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law.