Conceptual Art Director - Retail Shopper Agency
Leeds - hybrid/flexi working
£35,000 - £45,000 DOE
If you’re an Art Director with shopper retail marketing experience I'm keen to chat to you about this brilliant opportunity! Please note this is a mid-weight position (not senior). We’re not looking for a designer but a big ideas person who can scamp out their ideas.
About the company...
This prestigious BIG ideas retail shopper agency have appointed us to support with the recruitment of an Art Director to join their team working on some of the world’s biggest brands. As an agency, they specialise in retail marketing campaigns that attract, engage, and retain customers while driving sales and ensuring brands stand out in a competitive market. There work seamlessly blends creativity and strategy, delivering impactful campaigns that enhance the consumer journey from brand awareness to purchase. By leveraging innovative design, storytelling, and multi-channel execution, they create memorable experiences that strengthen brand connections and maximize business impact.
About the role...
As an Art Director you’ll be a talented and integrated conceptual thinker across shopper and digital, to retail and experiential. You’ll have honed your craft as an Art Director and not afraid to push ideas to deliver work that stands out. Whether working with existing assets or directing photographers, illustrators, and motion artists, you know how to bring a visual language to life, creating ideas that breathe life into every channel and deliver cut through to connect in today’s world while staying within budget.
About you...
To be considered for this Art Director role you will have a portfolio showing the story of a campaign, right from the start of shopper journey, if you have any FSDU examples we want to see those too! As a conceptual Art Director, you are ideas-first, never letting channel or media limit great creativity. With a keen eye for detail, you craft visual languages that fit the brief and adapt seamlessly across the consumer journey—from brand identity to point of purchase. You’ll excel in integrated and below-the-line campaigns. You create big ideas that work across shopper, on-trade, digital, and experiential channels, ensuring adaptable design for various formats.
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