Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 pa
Location: London/ Hybrid (min 2 days in office per week)
We’re looking for an Art Director who sees every brief as a chance to make something memorable. Someone who can think boldly, design beautifully, and lead others to do their best work. You bring ideas to life with craft, curiosity and taste, and you know how to turn creative ambition into something that truly connects.
As Art Director, you’ll partner with the Creative Director to set the creative vision for social and digital campaigns that define what fans talk about. You’ll guide a talented team of designers and motion artists - inspiring, challenging, and collaborating to produce exceptional visual work for some of the world’s biggest entertainment brands.
A natural leader who thrives on collaboration and creative problem-solving.
A conceptual thinker who loves jumping into brainstorms and shaping ideas.
Obsessed with design craft, typography, and visual storytelling.
Fluent in the tools of the trade (Adobe Creative Suite including motion skills).
Be both an Art Director and a hands-on Motion Designer, capable of concepting at a high level while also rolling up your sleeves to design, animate, and experiment directly.
Excited by entertainment, pop culture, and what’s next in digital creativity.
Confident presenting to clients and selling the power of a strong visual idea.
Lead the ideation and visual direction of digital and social campaigns
Develop look-and-feel guidelines, art boards, and treatments that set the creative tone.
Oversee design and motion across all campaign assets, ensuring quality, consistency, and boldness.
work closely with designers, editors, and motion designers to bring ideas to life.
Be both an Art Director and a hands-on Motion Designer, capable of concepting at a high level while also rolling up your sleeves to design, animate, and experiment directly.
Get hands-on when needed, designing, animating, and pushing creative boundaries.
Help refine studio workflows and elevate creative standards across the board.
Collaborate with clients and internal teams to make great ideas real.
You’ll have a few solid years behind you in a creative or digital agency, with a portfolio that shows both taste and ambition.
You’ve led projects, mentored designers, and shaped campaigns that made an impact, visually, emotionally, or culturally.
You’re fluent in design and motion, confident presenting ideas to clients, and comfortable switching between hands-on creation and big-picture direction.
Most importantly, you care deeply about the craft, and about pushing it somewhere new every time.
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