Art Director - in London

Company:Oliver Wyman

Description:

Job Overview

We’re looking for an Art Director with experience across a range of media, including video and motion, to join Oliver Wyman’s in-house creative hub in London.

This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

As an Art Director, you’ll focus on developing bold and innovative concepts that form the foundation of impactful campaigns and projects. Working closely with Copywriters and the Creative Director, you’ll craft compelling narratives and visual ideas that push creative boundaries while staying true to our brand identity. Your expertise in conceptual thinking and storytelling will ensure campaigns resonate across editorial, motion, and digital platforms.

This role combines big-picture creative leadership with hands-on collaboration. You'll lead the conceptual development of projects, driving storytelling and partnering with designers, motion artists, and video teams to bring ideas to life. You'll work within our global creative team, influencing the creative output across regions and ensuring your concepts elevate the brand to new heights.

We will count on you to:

• Lead the development of creative concepts for global campaigns, ensuring they align with business goals.

• Collaborate with writers, designers, and motion teams to craft cohesive and compelling narratives.

• Create storyboards, mood boards, and presentations to communicate creative ideas effectively.

• Partner with the Design Director and Creative Director to ensure concepts are executed to the highest standards.

• Present creative ideas to stakeholders, articulating their strategic impact.

• Drive innovation in storytelling and visual direction across platforms.

What makes you stand out?

• You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, or a related field.

• You have 5+ years of experience in art direction or a senior creative role, with a background in agency settings or large corporate environments.

• You are native or fluent in English

• You have technical skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) and/or proficiency in Figma.

• You have a proven track record in concept development and creative leadership for global brands.

• Your portfolio showcases strong conceptual thinking and impactful storytelling.

• You have the ability to create visuals that span editorial, motion, and digital formats.

• You show strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to inspire teams and stakeholders.

• You demonstrate excellence in mentoring and developing creative talent, along with the ability to work effectively across cultures and time zones in a global team environment.

Please send us your CV in English.

 

Why join us at Oliver Wyman?

 

At Oliver Wyman, we lead with heart - we love what we do and have fun while we do it! We also strive for breakthroughs by questioning, seeking diverse perspectives, and finding powerful and sustainable solutions. If you share these values and want to work as one and own our impact at the same time, be brave and achieve the amazing with us!

• We’re individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do

• We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us

• We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion

• We believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity

• We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.

• We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other’s time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people’s personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.

Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a management consulting firm combining deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise to help clients optimize their business, improve operations and accelerate performance. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [email protected].

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.