21 Freelance Art Directors jobs in London

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Position: Graphic Design Intern (STATIC / MOTION)

Job Location: London, UK

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist in creating a mixture of static and motion graphics for various digital media platforms.
• Learn to adapt and optimize motion graphics for different screen sizes and resolutions to ensure seamless playback on various devices.
• Demonstrate attention to design aesthetics and detail, ensuring high-quality static and motion graphics that align with brand standards.
• Contribute to the creative process by bringing innovative ideas and solutions.
• Help manage multiple projects simultaneously, adhering to project timelines and ensuring timely delivery of high-standard projects.
• Work closely with other departments (sales, e-commerce, and retail) to ensure consistency and effectiveness of all design projects.
• Stay updated with industry trends and best practices, continuously refining skills and exploring new techniques to push the boundaries of motion graphics design.

Key Requirements:

• Graduated with a degree in design or a related field.
• Strong design portfolio demonstrating previous experience or personal work.
• Knowledge of content creation and design, with the ability to work in a team environment.
• Proficiency in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), and Figma with foundational knowledge in videography, editing, and motion design.
• Understanding of After Effects, Adobe Premiere, and Cinema 4D (optional).
• Good communication skills, able to share and present ideas to the team.
• Interest in creating work that meets high creative standards while delivering real business results.
• Strong creative and strategic awareness, with a good visual sense and understanding of commercial objectives.
• Understanding of designing for digital formats across various screen sizes and devices.

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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.

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.