Middleweight Art Director

Are you a talented art director, hungry to develop your skills and career in a busy creative department within an award-winning marketing and advertising agency? Then we definitely want to hear from you.

Role overview

Within this role, you’ll be reporting to the Creative Director / Deputy Creative Director, working alongside a copywriter to deliver award-winning, ideas-led advertising and creative comms. You’ll be tasked with producing visual concepts for on and offline campaigns, on brief, on time and on budget.

A strong communicator, you’ll also work collaboratively with the Account Handling team to take briefs, interrogate them when required, sense checking for a deeper understanding of the task as well as remaining up to date and informed of changes to deadlines and handling revisions. As a Middleweight Art Director, you will be expected to present your ideas internally and to clients when needed.

Hard skills

• Adept in Creative Cloud, specifically Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
• Display solid knowledge of print and digital platforms
• A sound commercial approach to commissioning any outsourced work, e.g. illustrators, photographers, animators, directors and TV production companies, so that contribution to agency profitability is maintained

Soft skills

• A motivated self-starter, multi-tasker and good manager of time 
• Passionate and enthusiastic about all things creative – popular culture, design and innovation – and willing to share that passion with colleagues
• An appetite to grow and develop
• A strong communicator and good listener

Experience

The successful candidate will have experience in a similar role within a marketing agency environment, developing creative concepts for advertising campaigns.

Employee package and benefits

• Competitive salary
• 31 days holiday (increasing with length of service)
• Regular training and development opportunities
• Salary sacrifice scheme to purchase a new electric car
• As much coffee as you can drink (in the office)
• Payday drinks on the last Friday of the month

After 3 months:

• Matched pension (up to 5%)

After one year:

• Performance related bonus
• Subsidised Private health care
• Life insurance cover
• Cycle to work scheme