Freelance Senior Art Director

Title: Freelance Associate Creative Director/Senior Art Director

Start: Monday, 10th August

Length: Until September (likely to extend)

Work set-up: Hybrid, 3 days in-house per week (non-negotiable)

Client: AI Agency

Contract: Inside IR35 (must use an approved Umbrella, not Limited Company or Sole Trader)

Location: Farringdon, London (EC1)

Working days: Full-time (5 days a week)

Career level: Senior

Rate: £560/day

Freelance Associate Creative Director/Senior Art Director. Farringdon, London. £560 a day, inside IR35. Starts Wednesday 22 July.

A global agency is looking for a freelance ACD or Senior Art Director to lead integrated campaign work from blank page to final asset. Runs until September with a strong chance of extension.

The work is on combustible tobacco. Cigarettes. For some creatives that is a hard no, and we would rather you closed the tab now than found out in week two. If you are comfortable with it, keep reading, because the rest of this is a good job.

You own the idea and the craft. Concept through to execution across digital, print, social, retail and experiential. Proper integrated work, not one channel dressed up as five.

Hands-on art direction throughout. You present your own thinking to senior clients and stand behind it. You'll work closely with Strategy, Experience Design, Copywriting, Production and Client Services, where your creative opinion will carry weight.

A pure agency background with a portfolio of integrated brand campaigns built around strong ideas, not just beautiful execution. Strong visual storytelling, branding and art direction.

We're looking for someone with a strong client presence and proven experience developing above-the-line conceptual creative, while still being happy to stay hands-on when needed. You'll be a confident presenter, comfortable leading demanding client conversations and able to hold the room with credibility.

Ideally, you'll have worked across FMCG as well as luxury, fashion or beauty brands.

Work spanning multiple channels is essential. Broadcast and OOH are a plus, as are brand systems, experience design and digital craft. We care more about how you think than which channel you grew up in.

Expert in Adobe Creative Suite with a working knowledge of Figma. Motion, 3D or AI-assisted creative workflows are a bonus, not a requirement.

Send a link to your portfolio. We look at the work before the CV.

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements