Art Director

About Ink:

Ink has been in business for 30 years and is the world’s leading travel media company. We work with the largest travel media brands and airlines worldwide. In 2019 we became part of Stagwell, a Nasdaq trading company founded in 2015 by Mark Penn (ex-Microsoft). We have a collective vision as a global marketing and communications group on transforming marketing globally. Our headquarters is in London, and we have global offices in Miami, Singapore, and São Paulo.

Ink has been recognised with numerous awards including: Best Overall Editorial, Travel Magazine of the Year, Best Cover, Best Art Director and Best Photography, across industry events in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

About the role:

Ink is looking for an ambitious Art Director to help launch a new title for a leading Belgian airline. You will be central in implementing the creative vision for the project, and to help maintain/develop them across all platforms. You will also be responsible for working on design and visuals across all products— print, digital, marketing materials and commercial projects.

The role:

• Design all aspects of the magazine content including covers, pages and supplementary assets, ensuring everything is on-brand and eye-catching.
• Coordinate with editors and picture teams to develop ideas and commission content.
• Be a creative ideas machine, leading from the front in generating cool, modern, on-brand ideas the audience will love.
• Design layouts across the magazine, from 8-page long-read investigations with original art to templated regular pages.
• Work closely with the production and subs to ensure a seamless process that works to deadline, runs efficiently and minimises hiccups – from early-stage planning to finalising pages and helping send the magazine to press.
• Build and maintain a brand style guide that can be used across the brand and wider business, directing in fonts, colour palettes, visual identity, etc.
• Build a bursting contacts book of artists, illustrators, photographers and freelancers, building relationships along the way.
• Liaise and collaborate with other internal departments ranging from sales to senior leadership including the Creative Director.
• Oversee and be the main point of contact for all visuals across the entire magazine brand, across all platforms.

We're excited if you have:

• Experience designing at a senior level.
• Ability to generate visual ideas and see them through from scratch to publication.
• Ability to forge excellent working relationships with an editorial team.
• Unflappable under pressure, ability to juggle multiple projects, collaborative approach to working with multiple editorial teams.
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in graphic design & art direction, preferably in a creative agency or publishing house.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and other relevant design software.
• An obsession with visual communication and how it can be used to tell stories, transmit emotion, influence behaviour and spark action.

Desirable:

• Fluency in either French, Dutch or Flemish would be advantageous to any candidate applying for the position.

What Ink can offer you:

We know that we are nothing without our people and that they determine the journey we are going on together. We have an environment which facilitates growth and learning through curiosity and a desire to be the best we can.

In addition to a truly collaborative environment, we are pleased to offer benefits including 25 Days Annual Leave, Ink Rewards via Reward Gateway, Competitive Pension Scheme, Hybrid Working, Cycle to work Scheme, Season Ticket Loans, Free refreshments daily and regular social events! We also have two wellbeing days per year for people to use for whatever helps them to feel well, in addition to annual leave and bank holidays, plus the Thrive app.

Equal Opportunities:

Ink is committed and proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization.