Art Director & Brand Story Architect

Inspired Thinking Group (Itg); England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off and holidays

Smart Working up to 40% from home

Work from abroad up to 90 days/yr

Enhanced family leave

Wedding leave extra days

Employee assistance programme

Pension scheme

Medical cash plan

Electric car salary sacrifice

Payroll giving to charities

Professional qualifications funding

Employee of the Month bonuses

Referral bonuses up to £1,500

Wellbeing workshops

Wellbeing champions & volunteer day

Perks platform discounts

Job summary

Inspired Thinking Group is seeking an Art Director with big ideas, strong visual instincts and the craft to turn those ideas into brilliant work. You’ll be hands-on, leading briefs from spark to execution across brand, social, CRM, digital and campaigns.

You’ll work with a collaborative team, articulate your thinking for diverse audiences, and apply Gen AI thoughtfully while maintaining human judgment at the core. Hybrid working is supported.

Qualifications

• Ideas are starting points; you turn briefs into compelling creative responses.
• Strong art direction and design craft demonstrated in portfolio.
• Ability to work across consumer and business audiences.
• Comfortable owning a brief and collaborating when needed.
• Articulate and defend your thinking in client presentations.
• Collaborate with copywriters from the outset for strongest ideas.
• Embrace feedback and push the work beyond the minimum.
• Apply Gen AI thoughtfully to accelerate ideation while preserving craft.

Responsibilities

• Find and push ideas, then sell them with a clear point of view.
• Own briefs from spark to execution across channels.
• Collaborate with designers, copywriters and Creative Directors.
• Define the visual expression of campaigns and brands.
• Develop layouts, decks and client-ready presentations.

Skills

Big ideas

Visual instincts

Art direction

Brand storytelling

Cross-channel thinking

Adobe CC proficiency

Gen AI savvy

Presentation skills

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Job description

Inspired Thinking Group is seeking an Art Director with big ideas, strong visual instincts and the craft to turn those ideas into brilliant work. You’ll be hands-on, leading briefs from spark to execution across brand, social, CRM, digital and campaigns.

You’ll work with a collaborative team, articulate your thinking for diverse audiences, and apply Gen AI thoughtfully while maintaining human judgment at the core. Hybrid working is supported.