Senior Key Art Designer

Salt; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working environment

Work with major brands

Creative ownership & influence

Mentor and develop designers

Excellent career progression

Job summary

Salt in London is seeking a Senior Key Art Designer with strong Home Entertainment experience to lead the development of high-impact art for film and TV campaigns. You'll take concepts from brief to final artwork, collaborating with senior stakeholders across divisions.

The role offers hybrid working, mentoring of junior designers, and exposure to major brands. You will craft key art for theatrical, streaming, and home entertainment releases, and help drive creative excellence across the studio.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Senior Designer or Key Art Designer in entertainment/creative agencies.
• Strong Home Entertainment campaign experience and a standout art portfolio.
• Advanced Adobe Photoshop skills, especially compositing and retouching.
• Excellent conceptual thinking and visual communication skills.
• Strong typography, composition, colour, and visual hierarchy understanding.
• Experience developing original campaign concepts, not just adapting existing work.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop original and compelling key art concepts for film, TV and entertainment campaigns.
• Lead projects from creative brief through to final artwork delivery.
• Create high-impact visuals using photography, typography, compositing and image manipulation.
• Produce creative across theatrical, streaming, Home Entertainment, digital, social and print channels.
• Present and articulate creative ideas confidently during reviews.
• Collaborate with Creative Directors, Producers, Account Teams and Production teams.
• Mentor and support junior and midweight designers.
• Drive creative excellence across the wider studio.

Skills

Adobe Photoshop

Concept development

Typography

Composition

Image manipulation

Stakeholder management

Presentation

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

InDesign

After Effects

Job description

Ready to lead the creative development of high-profile entertainment campaigns? We're looking for a Senior Key Art Designer with strong Home Entertainment experience to create standout work for some of the world's biggest film and television brands.

Job Title: Senior Key Art Designer Salary: Competitive Location: London Work Pattern: Hybrid

About the Company

Our client is an award-winning entertainment marketing and creative agency delivering campaigns across film, television, streaming, gaming and consumer brands. Working with globally recognised studios and platforms, they create world-class creative that connects audiences with the content they love.

The Role

This is a senior creative position for an experienced Key Art Designer who thrives on developing original campaign concepts and delivering exceptional visual execution. You'll take projects from brief through to final artwork, collaborate with senior stakeholders and help mentor and develop more junior members of the creative team.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop original and compelling key art concepts for film, television and entertainment campaigns
• Lead projects from creative brief through to final artwork delivery
• Create high-impact campaign visuals using photography, typography, compositing and image manipulation
• Produce creative across theatrical, streaming, Home Entertainment, digital, social, print and OOH channels
• Present and articulate creative ideas confidently during internal reviews
• Collaborate with Creative Directors, Producers, Account Teams and Production teams
• Mentor and support junior and midweight designers
• Help drive creative excellence across the wider studio

About You

• Significant experience as a Senior Designer, Key Art Designer or similar within an entertainment, creative or advertising agency
• Strong Home Entertainment campaign experience is essential
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional entertainment key art and campaign creative
• Advanced Adobe Photoshop skills, particularly within compositing, retouching and image manipulation
• Excellent conceptual thinking and visual communication skills
• Strong understanding of typography, composition, colour and visual hierarchy
• Experience developing campaign concepts rather than solely adapting existing creative
• Ability to manage multiple projects within a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills

Nice to Haves

• Experience working with major film studios, broadcasters or streaming platforms
• Experience delivering global entertainment campaigns
• Knowledge of entertainment finishing and production workflows
• Adobe Illustrator and InDesign skills
• Illustration experience
• Experience using AI-assisted creative tools
• Understanding of After Effects or motion design

Benefits

• Work on high-profile global entertainment campaigns
• Join a highly respected and collaborative creative team
• Significant creative ownership and influence
• Opportunity to mentor and develop other designers
• Exposure to major film, television and streaming brands
• Hybrid working environment
• Excellent long-term career progression opportunities

Why would you want to join/do the job?

This is an opportunity to play a leading creative role on campaigns seen by audiences around the world. You'll have the freedom to develop original ideas, work with some of the most recognisable entertainment brands in the industry and help shape the creative direction of major releases while continuing to grow your own career.

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements