Freelance Concept Designer

Cavalry Freelancing; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Cavalry Freelancing in London is seeking a concept designer to turn briefs into campaign ideas and deliver approved artwork for production teams. You’ll work with the London creative team on shows, museums and cultural brands, ensuring the central idea carries through across all formats.

You’ll collaborate with the Art Director on concept development, styling and title treatment, then adapt the art for print, digital, out-of-home, and social assets while respecting client billing and approval

Qualifications

• Proven experience in graphic design with agency work.
• Strong ideas-focused portfolio, not just polished layouts.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud and rapid turnarounds.

Responsibilities

• Develop original campaign concepts from client briefs.
• Design across print, digital, and out-of-home formats.
• Present ideas to the Art Director and iterate on feedback.
• Deliver clean, organized files to production teams.
• Participate in brainstorms and pitch work when needed.

Skills

Concept development

Graphic design

Adobe Creative Cloud

Presentation skills

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

We need a concept designer who can turn a brief into a campaign idea and see it through to approved artwork ready to give to the production team for roll out. You'll join our London creative team on a short-term contract, working on shows, museums and cultural brands.This client is one of the UK's leading creative, media and marketing agencies for culture, entertainment and destinations. Thier clients include Evita, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Paddington the Musical and the Donmar.The work. Most of our projects start with key art: the single image and title treatment that defines a show, exhibition or campaign. You'll develop routes from the brief, working with the Art Director on the idea, the styling and the title treatment. Once approved, the key art becomes the base for everything else. We adapt it into portrait and landscape layouts, then roll it out across print, out-of-home, web, email, social and ticket-agent assets. Every format needs the same idea, the same look and the right message for its audience. Producers and rights holders often set billing and approval rules, so you'll design within them.

What you'll do

• Take client briefs and develop original campaign concepts
• Design across print, digital and out-of-home
• Present ideas to the Art Director and respond to feedback
• Hand over clean, well-organised files to our artworkers
• Join brainstorms and pitch work when needed

What we're looking for

• Solid midweight experience in graphic design, ideally in an agency
• A portfolio that shows strong ideas, not just polished layouts
• Confident with the Adobe Creative Cloud
• Comfortable on fast turnarounds and tight deadlines
• Clear communicator who works well with account teams

Nice to have

• Experience in theatre, arts, culture or entertainment
• Some motion or social design skills