Art Director / Head of Interactive Job Details Full time (Monday - Friday onsite) Salary - 50k - 60k Notice period - 6 weeks Reports to Creative Director Figurehead of Interactive team (DT) Works alongside Senior Art Director (Vis) at same level Roles and Responsibilities Roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to… Creative Leadership Be the creative lead in any situation, author and underwrite the ambition and vision of the project Take ownership and authority in creative responses, creating pitch materials and leading external engagements. Attend project briefing sessions, interpreting briefs from the client and shape this into a wider proposal and/or creative strategy Understand the needs and obstacles faced by clients, in order to propose effective and ambitious solutions Oversee the end to end production, taking ideas and concepts through to final presentation material Ensure all creative output meets the highest level of excellence both internally and externally Oversee a full suite of products, from films and CGIs to interactive and immersive solutions Team Management Resourcing / Assignments - working with the Resource Manager to allocate projects across the department, forecasting capacity and loading Progress / Mentoring - identify and provide opportunities to the team for development and growth Recruitment / onboarding - involvement in recruiting new members into the department and onboarding them into our culture and workflow Freelance / Outsourcing - acquiring and managing additional external resource for the department New Business/Business Development Presentations/demos and pitches specific to interactive solutions Account management (maintaining contact with key external people) and assisting with managing and building relationships with external contacts Lead new business opportunities - leading the pursuit of projects with interactive output (currently a shared loading across key members within the creative team) Create proposals/pitch decks and quotations against new business opportunities involved Assisting Creative Director on scoping new projects including innovative and unprecedented Live projects & Billing Leading live projects directly landed through new business ownership, from a delivery perspective Ensuring delivery capabilities of the team are maintained against deadlines, spec and budget Consultancy level billing - direct project involvement at a high level with time billed against advisor or management rates Act as a live operator in workshop and meeting facilitation - live driving and active engagement in sessions being sold Product & Process Product development and solution packaging work alongside Creative Director Automation and process development against how the team is operating Innovate products and services on live studio projects and through controlled R&D Technical / accuracy / process oversight - where required ensuring technical accuracy and process have been followed against the desired output Best practices - ensuring the team are operating correctly with what is available Risk management and pipeline design Essential Skills In-depth knowledge of Unreal Game Engine Strong level of visual critique based on artistic and technical fundamentals Team Leadership Strong verbal and written communication skills Exceptional idea generation Strong negotiation and client engagement skills Excellent organisational skills Benefits ️ Centrally located office in London Bridge, moments away from mainline and tube stations After-work social events BUPA Private health insurance after successful probation Free yoga sessions with More Yoga Cycle to work scheme, with secure cycle storage and showers Travel card loans after successful probation Hybrid work environment ️ Pension scheme ☮️ Access to Headspace wellbeing app Happy Hour on Fridays ️ 20 days annual leave public holidays, increasing to 23 after 5 years of service How to Apply If you are interested please send a PDF CV, portfolio and introductory email to recruitmentcityscapedigital.co.uk with the email subject “Art Director/Head of Interactive”. We will not be reviewing any applications sent through without a portfolio.