Art Director

Grounded in a talent-centric mindset, Maker Lab is a marketing agency designed to build decentralised technology-led agency teams, rooted in collaboration with clients from the ground up. Maker Lab’s cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary specialists are embedded into client teams across digital marketing competencies — from measurement & analytics to content production.

Job summary:

As an Art Director, you'll partner across a wide range of departments, ideating and executing visually compelling campaigns that connect with our diverse audience. You're a creative problem solver, a brand visionary, and a master of end-to-end execution, ensuring our visual identity shines across multiple touchpoints.

You thrive in a collaborative environment, bringing fresh and innovative ideas based on the latest trends, and working closely with fellow creatives and cross-functional teams.

*Please share your creative portfolio to be considered for the position.

Role:

• Partner with creatives to brainstorm and drive dynamic campaign ideation, developing innovative communication strategies.
• Bring campaign concepts to life with clear, compelling visuals and creatives, ensuring alignment with brand design and visual identity, while pushing creative boundaries.
• Collaborate with marketing and other teams to shape and maintain brand visual identity, ensuring consistency across multiple touchpoints.
• Develop and execute campaign ideation of projects according to marketing plans.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand campaign objectives and requirements.
• Execute internally led projects, including the development of key visuals, mastheads, artwork, and video supers, adapting them for various mediums.
• Assist agencies with the execution and development of key campaign visuals and mastheads.
• Execute creative for digital and offline mediums, including swag.
• Assist with quality control of partner brand work to ensure adherence to visual identity guidelines.
• Manage project timelines and deliverables independently, gathering feedback from cross-functional teams.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks to ensure successful campaign execution.
• Ideate and execute ideas from beginning to end in a fast-paced working environment.

You: 

• At least 6+ years of experience in developing and executing impactful visual campaigns, ideally within a hyper-growth environment.
• A sharp-eyed, detail-oriented portfolio showcasing your ability to create compelling visuals and integrate them with clear, engaging visuals.
• A keen understanding of brand visual identity and the ability to maintain consistency while pushing creative boundaries, acting as a true brand ambassador.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate creative concepts clearly and persuasively.
• A collaborative spirit, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and external agencies.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage timelines and deliverables independently.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, bringing fresh and innovative ideas.
• Experience in both digital and offline creative execution across multiple touchpoints.
• Your commitment will be to delivering work of the highest quality while working with team members to constantly develop new ideas and ensure consistency by building frameworks and guidelines. 
• Exceptional verbal and written English communication and presentation skills.

Please note: due to the high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted with a follow-up introduction email. If you do not receive an email from Maker Lab, your application has been unsuccessful this time around. Look out for future roles! By submitting your application, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your data by the Maker Lab team for the purposes of your application. Where your application contains personal data of third parties, you confirm that you have obtained all necessary consents to provide the Maker Lab team with such personal data and that we may collect, use and/or disclose such data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012.