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Principal Consultant (Freelance Creative) at Salt
Looking for a talented Designer/Art Director based in the UK to join the brand creative division for a global social platform for a 6/7 month contract.
This role is inside IR35 and will require the candidate to go via an Umbrella company.
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 the brand 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 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 the brand’s unique 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 Creative Suite (but mostly Figma).
Nice to have software: 3D Modelling, Rendering, SketchUp, Blender and AutoCAD.
Location: Remote/London
* This is predominantly a remote role, but with access to the office in London.
* Attendance at the office for team collaboration may be required on occasion, up to once per week. There may also be a requirement to attend on‑site for events in the UK and Europe.
Must have Portfolio and CV.
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level.
Employment type: Contract.
Job function: Art/Creative and Design; Industries: Social Networking Platforms.
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