65 Art Director jobs in London

Art Director

Do you have proven experience leading art direction and visual development for photography and branded assets across multiple channels?

Can you concept, plan, and execute high-impact photo shoots, ensuring creative vision is delivered to the highest standard?

Are you able to collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain brand consistency and drive visual storytelling across packaging, ecommerce, and digital marketing?

MacGregor Black are partnering with a global market leading Consumer Electronic brand, on the search for a Art Director . This is a full-time contract position which is hybrid, based in London.

As Art Director you will be responsible for branding, packaging, and ecommerce — someone who not only knows how to bring a brand to life visually but also understands how that brand needs to be perceived across physical and digital touchpoints. In this mid–senior level role, you’ll own the visual development of branded assets, with a particular focus on art direction for photo shoots (especially food or product-centric), as well as the creation of high-impact imagery for use across packaging, ecommerce, and digital marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the visual development and art direction for product photography, lifestyle shoots, and branded assets across all channels
• Concept, plan, and execute photo shoots from idea to on-set direction and final asset delivery
• Collaborate closely with photographers and stylists to ensure the creative vision is executed to the highest standard
• Partner with packaging, digital, and marketing teams to align imagery with broader brand and business goals
• Maintain and evolve brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all content and channels
• Contribute to ideation and visual storytelling for new product launches, campaigns, and initiatives

What are we looking for?

• 5–8+ years of experience in art direction, brand design, or visual content creation
• Proven experience art directing photo shoots, with strong preference for food, lifestyle, or product photography
• Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in branding, visual storytelling, and photography-driven design
• Ability to develop and communicate clear creative direction to photographers, stylists, and creative teams
• Deep appreciation for craft, lighting, composition, and the details that elevate an image
• Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with cross-functional partners
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) and Figma or equivalent tools
• Experience with asset organization, usage rights, and creative production workflows is a plus

Competitive salary + benefits.

Please contact Lewis Millican for further information.

Art Director

Do you have proven experience leading art direction and visual development for photography and branded assets across multiple channels?

Can you concept, plan, and execute high-impact photo shoots, ensuring creative vision is delivered to the highest standard?

Are you able to collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain brand consistency and drive visual storytelling across packaging, ecommerce, and digital marketing?

MacGregor Black are partnering with a global market leading Consumer Electronic brand, on the search for a Art Director . This is a full-time contract position which is hybrid, based in London.

As Art Director you will be responsible for branding, packaging, and ecommerce — someone who not only knows how to bring a brand to life visually but also understands how that brand needs to be perceived across physical and digital touchpoints. In this mid–senior level role, you’ll own the visual development of branded assets, with a particular focus on art direction for photo shoots (especially food or product-centric), as well as the creation of high-impact imagery for use across packaging, ecommerce, and digital marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the visual development and art direction for product photography, lifestyle shoots, and branded assets across all channels
• Concept, plan, and execute photo shoots from idea to on-set direction and final asset delivery
• Collaborate closely with photographers and stylists to ensure the creative vision is executed to the highest standard
• Partner with packaging, digital, and marketing teams to align imagery with broader brand and business goals
• Maintain and evolve brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all content and channels
• Contribute to ideation and visual storytelling for new product launches, campaigns, and initiatives

What are we looking for?

• 5–8+ years of experience in art direction, brand design, or visual content creation
• Proven experience art directing photo shoots, with strong preference for food, lifestyle, or product photography
• Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in branding, visual storytelling, and photography-driven design
• Ability to develop and communicate clear creative direction to photographers, stylists, and creative teams
• Deep appreciation for craft, lighting, composition, and the details that elevate an image
• Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with cross-functional partners
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) and Figma or equivalent tools
• Experience with asset organization, usage rights, and creative production workflows is a plus

Competitive salary + benefits.

Please contact Lewis Millican for further information.

A global marketing and production agency is hiring an Art Director to shape creative concepts and visual direction across campaigns, activations, and content for leading consumer brands. You’ll bring big ideas to life through compelling design, ensuring that every output is impactful, consistent, and aligned with brand strategy.

Role: Art Director

Salary: £60,000 per annum

Location: London (Liverpool Street) – Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead creative development across integrated campaigns, influencer activations, and branded content
• Translate client briefs into strong visual concepts, ensuring alignment with brand identity and campaign goals
• Collaborate with strategists, designers, producers, and copywriters to deliver cohesive creative work
• Direct design and production teams, providing clear feedback and raising creative standards
• Develop mood boards, style guides, and visual frameworks that bring storytelling to life
• Oversee execution across multiple channels – from social content and digital to live activations and events
• Stay ahead of cultural and design trends, bringing fresh thinking into pitches and projects

What you’ll need:

• Proven experience as an Art Director or Senior Designer within an agency environment
• A strong portfolio showcasing brand campaigns, influencer-led activations, or lifestyle-driven creative work
• Ability to lead creative ideation while also guiding design execution
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, comfortable working with clients and stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
• Experience creating content across digital, social, and experiential formats

What’s on offer:

• Salary of £60,000 per annum
• Hybrid working – 3 days per week in London offices (Liverpool Street)
• The chance to work on global campaigns for leading beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and tech brands
• A collaborative, fast-paced agency culture with international scope

If you’re a creative leader who thrives on delivering bold, visually striking work and enjoys working across diverse brand campaigns, this is an excellent opportunity to make your mark.

WE NEED A MID/SENIOR ART DIRECTOR

Hello, we're Tonic. A global employer brand and experience agency based in London, working hybrid and delivering for clients all around the world. As we write this we're working across Europe, Scandinavia, The USA, India, China, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, and the UK (and that's not everywhere). Last count we'd worked on the ground in around 57 countries.

What we do is build talent brands people want to work for, and we're good at it. We're trusted to work across many sectors like Pharma, retail, hospitality, travel, professional services, military, entertainment, and technology. Creating great employer brands, EVPs, internal and external campaigns for experienced hire and early talent. Building great creative work that works because it's backed by awesome insight, excellent activation and perfect project management. We've won 157 awards in our 13 year history, along with 10 Grand Prix and we've been agency of the year 4 times. 

Now, you can't be a great integrated agency without great creative. It's why we're enhancing our team, and this is where you come in. As our New Art Director . A critical role. Reporting into Mark, our Chief Creative Officer and Founder, you’ll know how to build, develop and evolve our creative excellence. Working as one with the insight, strategy & social teams, you'll have huge opportunities to develop employer brands, campaigns and content for some of the world’s biggest brands.

Before we tell you what you'll be doing, let's start with what you get:

• Autonomy - lots of it! You’ll be trusted to work with some of the world's best known brands
• Responsibility - grow the team, the capability. Stay on trend and be in front of it
• Culture - A great work environment surrounded by some of the best minds in the industry
• Growth - The opportunity to grow your career in a supportive environment
• Place - A great office in Central London (just by London Bridge Station) for when you want to come in
• Learning - 6 learning days a year with a £300 budget to learn something new
• Flexibility - It's not where you work it's how. We want you to do your best work
• Benefits - 25 days leave, your birthday off, no one likes to work on their birthday
• Wellness - 4 wellness days a year. No email, no work chat, just you and the sound of wind chimes or anything else that makes you feel good.
• Salary - It's a good one, but depends on your experience

This is what you'll be doing:

• Work and own the creative relationship with our clients across employer brand, recruitment marketing, and employee advocacy
• Build on our creative track record
• Work with the wider team to develop inspiring & exciting creative work
• Create the kind of work you'd show your mum
• Love our clients. After all, you'll be seeing a lot of them
• WIN AWARDS - and lots of them

And this is what we're looking for:

• Someone who knows a great idea 
• Someone who never lets go of a great idea
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Ability to translate creative briefs into outstanding creative executions
• A clear understanding and experience in Employer Brand development

• So there you have it. If you want to join us as an Art Director, speak to Mark. Start talking about Motorbikes, bad golf and sharks, and you'll have him hooked (pun intended).

Art Director – Location Dubai

Looking for a conceptual thinker — not just a designer for a leading creative comms agency.

Someone who can craft ideas that disrupt, connect culturally and tell stories that stick.

This isn’t just about layouts and logos. It’s about leading projects, shaping ideas, and collaborating with a seriously talented team who believe in doing bold, brave work.

What you’ll be doing:

Developing original, insight-led ideas with minimal oversight

Presenting work with confidence and clarity

Managing multiple creative projects end-to-end

Bringing campaigns to life from concept through production

Working alongside strategy, social, and account teams to deliver true creative excellence

You:

Big agency background

Strong conceptual chops and presentation skills

Fluent in English (Arabic a plus, not essential)

Calm under pressure, curious by nature, and collaborative by default

We’re open to international candidates looking to relocate to Dubai and join one of the region’s most exciting creative environments.

WE NEED A MID/SENIOR ART DIRECTOR

Hello, we're Tonic. A global employer brand and experience agency based in London, working hybrid and delivering for clients all around the world. As we write this we're working across Europe, Scandinavia, The USA, India, China, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, and the UK (and that's not everywhere). Last count we'd worked on the ground in around 57 countries.

What we do is build talent brands people want to work for, and we're good at it. We're trusted to work across many sectors like Pharma, retail, hospitality, travel, professional services, military, entertainment, and technology. Creating great employer brands, EVPs, internal and external campaigns for experienced hire and early talent. Building great creative work that works because it's backed by awesome insight, excellent activation and perfect project management. We've won 157 awards in our 13 year history, along with 10 Grand Prix and we've been agency of the year 4 times. 

Now, you can't be a great integrated agency without great creative. It's why we're enhancing our team, and this is where you come in. As our New Art Director . A critical role. Reporting into Mark, our Chief Creative Officer and Founder, you’ll know how to build, develop and evolve our creative excellence. Working as one with the insight, strategy & social teams, you'll have huge opportunities to develop employer brands, campaigns and content for some of the world’s biggest brands.

Before we tell you what you'll be doing, let's start with what you get:

• Autonomy - lots of it! You’ll be trusted to work with some of the world's best known brands
• Responsibility - grow the team, the capability. Stay on trend and be in front of it
• Culture - A great work environment surrounded by some of the best minds in the industry
• Growth - The opportunity to grow your career in a supportive environment
• Place - A great office in Central London (just by London Bridge Station) for when you want to come in
• Learning - 6 learning days a year with a £300 budget to learn something new
• Flexibility - It's not where you work it's how. We want you to do your best work
• Benefits - 25 days leave, your birthday off, no one likes to work on their birthday
• Wellness - 4 wellness days a year. No email, no work chat, just you and the sound of wind chimes or anything else that makes you feel good.
• Salary - It's a good one, but depends on your experience

This is what you'll be doing:

• Work and own the creative relationship with our clients across employer brand, recruitment marketing, and employee advocacy
• Build on our creative track record
• Work with the wider team to develop inspiring & exciting creative work
• Create the kind of work you'd show your mum
• Love our clients. After all, you'll be seeing a lot of them
• WIN AWARDS - and lots of them

And this is what we're looking for:

• Someone who knows a great idea 
• Someone who never lets go of a great idea
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Ability to translate creative briefs into outstanding creative executions
• A clear understanding and experience in Employer Brand development

• So there you have it. If you want to join us as an Art Director, speak to Mark. Start talking about Motorbikes, bad golf and sharks, and you'll have him hooked (pun intended).

Art Director – Location Dubai

Looking for a conceptual thinker — not just a designer for a leading creative comms agency.

Someone who can craft ideas that disrupt, connect culturally and tell stories that stick.

This isn’t just about layouts and logos. It’s about leading projects, shaping ideas, and collaborating with a seriously talented team who believe in doing bold, brave work.

What you’ll be doing:

Developing original, insight-led ideas with minimal oversight

Presenting work with confidence and clarity

Managing multiple creative projects end-to-end

Bringing campaigns to life from concept through production

Working alongside strategy, social, and account teams to deliver true creative excellence

You:

Big agency background

Strong conceptual chops and presentation skills

Fluent in English (Arabic a plus, not essential)

Calm under pressure, curious by nature, and collaborative by default

We’re open to international candidates looking to relocate to Dubai and join one of the region’s most exciting creative environments.

International, intelligent and influential, Wallpaper* is the world’s most important design and lifestyle magazine, leading the way in architecture, design, art, entertaining, beauty & grooming, transport, technology, fashion, and watches & jewellery.

We're now looking for an Art Director to oversee the creative direction across all Wallpaper* platforms.

What you’ll be doing…

As the Art Director for Wallpaper* you'll innovate and push forward the relationship across platforms, ensuring content works harder, identify new creative talent for illustration, photography and typography and manage a designer across print and online, assigning their day-to-day responsibilities and liaising with all the section editors on the magazine.

You'll represent Wallpaper* at key meetings and industry events, design covers and layouts in the print edition, work directly with Limited Edition cover artists and art direct photoshoots and come up with and oversee all ideas and concepts.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve…

• Be analytical, highly literate and numerate, with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Be computer literate with excellent attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines. Intermediate excel skills will be a distinct advantage.
• Good, clear communication in written and verbal form.
• Strong attention to detail and a tenacity to push activity through.
• Highly organised, able to prioritise and work to tight time-tables.

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

Internal Job Family E5.

The expected range for this role is £29,000 - £41,000.

This is a Hybrid role from our London Office, working three days from the office, two from home

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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