Cbs - bmc - creative Services - assistant Director - senior Art Director

CBS-BMC-Creative Services -Assistant Director-Senior Art Director

Location: Kochi Other locations: Anywhere in Country Salary: Competitive Date: 29 Apr 2026

Job Description

Requisition ID: 1705325 At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. At EY Global Delivery Services (GDS), we work hand in hand with the business to build awareness of our services and solutions; to bring our purpose — building a better working world — to life for our people, clients and communities; to engage our people and build a high performing culture; and to build the commercial value and emotional resonance of the EY and the GDS brand. The opportunity EY GDS Creative Center of Excellence (CoE) is an inhouse agency that helps EY teams build a better working world by delivering high-impact, high-quality and on–brand creative solutions. People in the CoE help create experiences that are not just creatively inspiring, but also strategically precise and deeply human — across multiple media platforms. As a Senior Art Director, you will have a unique blend of creative vision and strategic thinking, to lead our team and will act as a strong creative strategist and a design thought leader. You will own the creative and visual direction and design for creative collaterals across multiple formats, ensuring that all creatives are on-brand, user-centric and aesthetically proficient. With a passion for problem-solving and creative strategy, you lead creative brainstorms with stakeholders and content and digital marketing teams to produce best-in-class creatives that intrinsically align with the EY brand and business objectives. With your impeccable aesthetic sense and design sensibility, you are a versatile and reliable leader who can elevate any creative conceptualization, storyboard or creative direction for projects across multiple channels. Your key responsibilities include:

• Understanding the power of creative ideas and having a track-record of delivering memorable ideas that shape audience perception, engagement, and participation
• Coaching and training the wider team, transforming GDS Creative Services capability from providing excellent design and execution services, to leading with brand-building and distinctive creative ideas and strategy
• Leading teams in creative agencies or in-house brand teams, championing high-visibility campaigns for top global brands (preferably B2B)
• Providing creative leadership to the design teams to deliver a range of collaterals (i.e., brochures, placemats, illustration, layouts, infographics, on-screen presentations, proposals, microsites, motion graphic content and social media collaterals)
• Producing strategically sound conceptual work and bringing it to life through rapid prototyping and storyboard creation and all the way through post-production
• Adhering to EY brand guidelines, meeting, and exceeding defined expectations in terms of aesthetics, quality, turnaround time, budget and efficiency
• Staying up-to-date with current and future designs, web standards, concepts and industry trends and advocating the same to team members and customers
• Providing creative and art direction support to the team, coordinating with team members and others to resolve issues, as necessary
• Proactively identifying opportunities to employ pop culture trends, creativity, executional approaches and techniques to create exceptional user experiences
• Communicating effectively with various customers/customer groups while understanding design briefs and sharing ideas
• Leading project discussions with customers with a customer-centric mindset
• Providing unique and innovative design solutions to customers and convincing them to make the right design choices
• Prioritizing deadlines and effectively managing multiple creative projects parallelly
• Being a part and contributing towards various organizational initiatives

Skills and attributes for success include:

• A user-centric mindset with creative, innovative and analytical approach
• Working knowledge of creating infographics and data visualization techniques
• Exceptional project management, risk management and team management
• An innovative mindset that takes a client problem and delivers compelling and inspiring creative solutions
• Excellent communication (comprehension, verbal and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and persuade
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Understanding of current and future visual trends

To qualify for the role, you must have a Bachelor's degree or college diploma (preferably in Graphic Design or related discipline) * Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign, Adobe DC and Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word and Excel) Experience across a range of digital, social, and integrated media Knowledge of social platforms (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest etc.) Strong visual design and creative thinking capability At least 12 years of overall experience in a fast-paced global environment Prior art direction experience in leading agencies Ideally, you'll also have Working knowledge of other key software and tools relevant to the industry

What we look for:

• Strong business acumen along with creative vision
• Creative problem-solving mindset with a flexible can-do attitude
• A growth mindset creative who loves to collaborate, ideate and deliver breakthrough work
• Experience in leading and managing creative teams, as well as developing junior creative talent
• Self-starter who loves challenges and makes big things happen by working together
• Experience working with global clients
• Confidence, maturity and ability to build strong client relationships
• A strong team player who is comfortable working collaboratively with others

What we offer:

EY GDS is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to creative consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We'll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career. Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.