We are looking for a talented and dynamic Contract Designer + Art Director based in the United Kingdom (UK) to join Clients brand creative team ‘House of Creative’ for a 6-month period. This contract role requires a passionate creative with strong design skills and experience creating unforgettable in-person brand experiences. You’ll collaborate with talented, multi-disciplined, creative project teams, and be a hands-on maker who will actively shape how Client comes to life across owned and industry brand experiences + events for Advertisers in multiple EMEA markets.
What You’ll Do
Design and help conceptualize compelling, memorable brand experiences — from promo materials to the experience itself. Apply best-in-class art direction across mediums: digital,print, environmental, experiential, and branded content. Support photo curation and event styling, ensuring every visual detail is thoughtfully chosen and beautifully executed. Partner closely with creatives, strategists, producers, and marketing across the creative process. Translate creative briefs and abstract ideas into compelling stories, moodboards, photo selects, sketches, and fi nal assets. Compellingly represent the thinking behind the team’s work to key stakeholders, creative directors and team members. Provide and receive feedback to internal and external collaborators across disciplines. Be a source of inspiration through your collaboration with writers, designers, animators, producers and marketing across the creative process. Translate creative briefs and abstract ideas into compelling stories, moodboards, photo selects, sketches, and final assets. Compellingly represent the thinking behind the team’s work to key stakeholders, creative directors and team members. Provide and receive feedback to internal and external collaborators across disciplines. Be a source of inspiration through your collaboration with writers, designers, animators, producers and marketing managers in creating work that has deep cultural resonance. Uphold visual standards, ensuring all creative outputs embody Clients unique brand identity and values.
Skills and Experience Requirements
5+ years of experience as a designer / art director. Impeccable sense of taste and style, with a portfolio that highlights strong design, art direction and event styling. A book of work with examples of outstanding creative across a variety of brands and mediums.
A hands-on maker, with the skills to effectively communicate concepts, direction and decisions with the team and with external partners Excellent interpersonal skills, with a track record of collaborating with creative teams to achieve their best work. Strong grasp of design and art direction craft across a wide variety of formats. Strong presentation skills, with an ability to convey complex concepts in compellingly simple terms. A paragon of craft, composition, typography, color and imagery. Your attention to design and photo art direction details is legendary.
Experiential art direction and design experience. Experience art directing on-site and working with production partners / external creative agencies. An accomplished creative who can bring out the best work in others and produce exceptionally high quality work individually. Full proficiency in Figma and Adobe.