Lead Art Director

Pinterest; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest in London is seeking an experienced Art Director to lead concepting and art direction across consumer and B2B campaigns. You will shape global, culturally resonant creative, partnering with US and EMEA teams to tell our story with impact and originality.

You will direct film, photography, and 360-degree campaigns, mentor a diverse creative team, and thoughtfully integrate generative AI tools to accelerate ideas while upholding high craft and brand integrity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as an art director with film, commercials and 360 campaigns.
• Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communications, Design, Advertising, or equivalent.
• Strong leadership and ability to inspire creative teams.
• Proven ability to craft cultural, brand-forward concepts.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize end-to-end 360 campaigns for global brands.
• Direct art direction on shoots, treatments and mood boards.
• Collaborate with US team to adapt flagship campaigns for EMEA.
• Lead and mentor a cross-disciplinary creative team.
• Integrate AI tools thoughtfully while maintaining craft.

Skills

Art Direction

Campaign Leadership

Brand Campaigns

Storytelling

Leadership & Mentorship

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Generative AI in design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Visual Communications/Design/Advertising

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities and celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we're looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we'll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here .

This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to help build Pinterest's EMEA creative department from the start, as part of House of Creative. As an Art Director, you'll play an integral role in shaping the next iteration of the Pinterest brand - launching global, culturally relevant, award-winning campaigns with a particular emphasis on concepting and art direction. Working across both consumer and B2B marketing, you'll partner with Creative Leaders across the company to tell our story in the most impactful and inspiring way to Consumers, Creators, and Advertisers.

What you'll do:

• Conceptualize and develop compelling campaign creative from end to end - taking embryonic ideas towards their strongest possible 360 degree creative execution.
• Create memorable films, commercials, and 360° campaigns, including brand partnership work.
• Art direct photography and video shoots, from treatments and mood boards through to final selects.
• Uplevel creative quality of work across the team in partnership with marketing - delivering both business results and international recognition for the Pinterest brand in the industry
• Provide meaningful feedback to in-house art directors and designers (across a breadth of disciplines, like graphic, motion, digital, video, editing, etc) across a variety of formats
• Compellingly represent the thinking behind your team's work to key stakeholders, creative directors and team members Compellingly represent the thinking behind your work to key stakeholders, creative directors and team members, including partnering with the US creative team to adapt flagship campaigns for EMEA markets when needed.
• Bring depth to conceptual creative direction, art direction, and design
• Use AI tools thoughtfully to explore more ideas faster and bring concepts to life, while owning the craft and quality of the final work

What we're looking for:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience as an art director with an emphasis on producing film, commercials, and 360 campaigns (with 3+ of those years in a creative leadership role)
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Visual Communications, Design, Advertising, or equivalent experience
• A book of work with examples of outstanding creative across a variety of brands
• Excellent leadership, mentorship, and interpersonal skills, with a track record of inspiring creative teams to achieve their best work
• Strong grasp of art direction and design craft across a wide variety of formats
• Proven ability to craft a story or concept that shapes culture, rather than reacting to it
• Strong presentation skills, with an ability to convey complex concepts in compellingly simple terms
• Proven experience art directing on set and managing production partners, from treatments and mood boards through to final selects.
• An accomplished creative leader who can bring out the best work in others and produce exceptionally high quality work individually
• An expert collaborator: a creative with deep experience working with writing partners to develop concepts, through to execution
• Hands-on experience using generative AI tools in your art direction process (e.g. concepting, mood boards, pre-visualisation), with strong judgement on originality, brand consistency, rights and representation
• Full proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma

Why this role is compelling for a strong candidate:

• A ground-floor opportunity to help build and shape Pinterest's EMEA creative department from scratch, within House of Creative - a globally recognized, award-winning in-house team.
• Close partnership with Pinterest's US creative team, with exposure to global brand strategy and campaigns.
• Based in London, creating high-impact work for one of the world's most visually iconic platforms.
• Relocation Statement: This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page t