Join EY and embark on a career journey as unique as you are. Leverage our global scale, supportive culture, and cutting-edge technology to become your best self. Your distinct perspective is crucial in helping EY achieve even greater heights and build an exceptional experience for yourself while contributing to a better working world for everyone.

EY GDS Creative Center of Excellence (CoE) operates as an in-house agency, empowering EY teams to foster a better working world through high-impact, quality, and on-brand creative solutions. Our CoE professionals craft experiences that are not only creatively inspiring but also strategically precise and deeply human, spanning across diverse media platforms.

As a Supervising Associate – Art Director, you will spearhead the creative and visual direction for a variety of collaterals, ensuring all designs align with brand standards, user needs, and aesthetic excellence. You will lead creative brainstorming sessions with stakeholders and marketing teams to develop best-in-class creatives that directly support EY’s brand and business objectives. Your impeccable aesthetic sense and design acumen will be instrumental in elevating creative concepts, storyboards, and overall art direction for multi-channel projects.

Key responsibilities include: Providing creative leadership to design teams for a range of collaterals such as brochures, presentations, infographics, and social media assets. Producing strategically sound conceptual work, from rapid prototyping through post-production. Maintaining adherence to EY brand guidelines while exceeding expectations for quality, turnaround time, and efficiency. Staying abreast of design trends and sharing insights with team members. Offering creative and art direction support, resolving issues collaboratively. Proactively identifying opportunities to leverage trends for exceptional user experiences. Communicating effectively with clients to understand briefs and share ideas. Leading client discussions with a customer-centric approach. Delivering unique design solutions and guiding clients on design choices. Mentoring junior team members. Prioritizing deadlines and managing multiple projects concurrently. Contributing to organizational initiatives.

To excel in this role, a user-centric mindset coupled with creative, innovative, and analytical skills is essential. You should possess working knowledge of infographic creation and data visualization techniques. Exceptional project management, risk management, and team management abilities are required, alongside a proven history of delivering high-quality output on time and within budget. An innovative approach to client problems, delivering compelling and inspiring solutions, is key. Excellent communication (comprehension, verbal, and written) and interpersonal skills are necessary for effective persuasion. Sharp attention to detail and a solid understanding of current and future visual trends are also vital.

To qualify, you must hold a Bachelor’s degree or college diploma (preferably in Graphic Design or a related field). Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe DC, and Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel) is mandatory. Experience across a range of digital, social, and integrated media is expected. Familiarity with social platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and Pinterest is beneficial. Strong visual design and creative thinking capabilities are crucial. A minimum of 10 years of overall experience in a fast-paced global environment, with mandatory team management experience, is required. Ideally, knowledge of Adobe After Effects, Premier Pro, and motion graphics skills would be advantageous.