Senior Art Director

Senior Art Director - Leeds

When strolling through the city, do you ever stop in front of OOH ads thinking: “I would crop that image differently?”

Are you a passionate creative with a love for food? And do you want to grow your skills in an agency that fosters an entrepreneurial spirit and is part of a mature global organisation?

Then come join us at Arla Foods’ digital in-house agency as Senior Art Director.

How you will make an impact

You’ll have a central role in the development of the shopper creative team, where you’ll take lead on crafting creative concepts from brief and concept to execution and production – keeping your eyes on the ball throughout the creative process. Our clients include global Arla brands such as Lurpak, Castello and Arla Protein, but also highly strategic UK brands like Anchor Butter, and Arla Cravendale.

1. Transforming strategic planning into sharp concepts, campaigns and ideas.
2. Be part of driving client presentations and building argumentations for each creative idea.
3. Taking lead on creative consistency on brands and striving for the most intriguing creative solution while leading creative workshops to develop new ideas and concepts with the team.
4. Following creative direction from the creative studio manager, and developing brand campaigns, product campaigns, and activation ideas for shopper.
5. Supporting creatives within the team and collaborating with colleagues to deliver campaigns of the highest quality for all touchpoints.

What will make you successful

You bring proven experience from a creative shopper agency or department, demonstrating leadership in creative development as both a motivator and a problem solver. You adeptly infuse brand and category strategies into creative ideas and excel at crafting presentations that communicate your concepts through visuals and copy. With a solid understanding of shopper touchpoints, you ensure impactful campaign deployment. Your collaboration and communication skills facilitate effective teamwork with creative artworkers and account managers to deliver optimal project solutions. You possess unparalleled skills in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly in Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, along with knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and interactive PDFs. Expertise in print processes and a strong grasp of typography, space, and layout allow you to produce print and digital-ready artwork. Additionally, you have a genuine interest in food, enjoying cooking and culinary experiences.

What do we offer?

1. Competitive salary (Salary discussed at application stage)
2. Flexible Hybrid Working (3 days per week in the office)
3. Bonus Scheme (Up to 20%)
4. 26 days holiday + Bank Holidays
5. Employer pension matched up to 6%
6. X4 annual salary life assurance cover
7. Flexible Benefits - Option to purchase additional holidays, reward gateway scheme - discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
8. Strong career development & training (internal and external training)

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for, we’d love to hear from you! We process applications continuously and close the job opening once the right candidate has been found.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Oliver Hickson-Burr, Talent Acquisition Partner.

The closing date for this position is the 22nd of December.

Please note we are not partnered with any recruitment agencies for this role. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies do not submit speculative CVs on behalf of candidates, as these CVs will not be considered under the agency ownership and will be accepted as a gift. We encourage interested individuals to apply directly through our official channels.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

Job Info

Job Title: Senior Art Director

Company: CV-Library

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire

Posted: Competitive

Closes: Jan 10th 2025

Sector: Marketing

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time