Creative Art Director

Lifted, an Upwork Company™; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted, an Upwork Company™, is seeking a Senior Creative Leader to drive visual direction and brand storytelling across enterprise campaigns in the UK. You will lead multidisciplinary teams of designers, copy, motion, and production from concept to final delivery, ensuring consistency with our brand standards.

In this role, you will translate business goals into compelling creative platforms, mentor talent, and make decisive calls on visual tone and identity evolution for global campaigns.

Qualifications

• Experience leading top-tier creative teams and delivering brand campaigns.
• Ability to translate insights into compelling platforms.
• Proven track record directing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong brand orientation and visual storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative vision, concept development, and brand expression across campaigns and channels.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams through concepting to execution.
• Review and approve creative work for consistency, quality, and brand standards.
• Partner with marketing, product, global/regional creative, and leadership on strategy and direction.
• Manage creative presentations, storytelling, and pitch development.
• Mentor and elevate talent; set craft standards and culture expectations.
• Make final decisions on visual tone and brand identity evolution.
• Develop visual concepts, storyboards, and creative territories for campaigns.
• Guide designers, photographers, videographers, and copy partners in executing visual direction.
• Oversee typography, color, layout, and brand identity application.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency.
• Present creative work internally and incorporate feedback.
• Ensure assets meet brand style guidelines and quality standards.

Skills

Creative leadership

Art direction

Brand strategy

Mentorship

Pitch development

Storyboarding

Team collaboration

Job description

Lifted partners with enterprise companies to help them scale smarter. We offer a single solution designed to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent. For talent in our network, Lifted provides access to enterprise-level projects while handling engagement setup, contracting, compliance, and payments in the background, so you can focus on delivering high-quality work.

Job Description

Why We’re Building a Talent Pool

We’re continuously building our network of experienced talent across Creative Art Directors who are interested in being considered for full or part-time employment engagements with assignments to work with our enterprise partners. While this is not tied to one specific project, selected candidates may be matched to future employment opportunities based on experience, availability, and alignment with project needs.

Qualifications

What We Look For

• Lead creative vision, concept development, and brand expression across campaigns and channels
• Translate business strategies and consumer insights into compelling creative platforms
• Direct multidisciplinary creative teams (design, copy, motion, production) through concepting to execution
• Review and approve creative work to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to brand standards
• Partner with marketing, product, global/regional creative, and leadership to align on strategy and creative direction
• Manage creative presentations, storytelling, narrative frameworks, and pitch development
• Mentor and elevate talent; set craft standards and creative culture expectations
• Make final decisions on creative concepts, visual tone, and brand identity evolution
• Develop visual concepts, storyboards, and creative territories for campaigns and content
• Guide designers, photographers, videographers, and copy partners in executing visual direction
• Oversee composition, typography, color, layout, and brand visual identity application
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency across deliverables
• Present creative work internally and incorporate feedback
• Ensure all assets meet brand style guidelines and quality standards

Additional Qualifications (if relevant)

• Background in Senior creative leadership overseeing visual direction & concept development.

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