Art Director

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.

Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.

Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the bran­d is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

About the role

We are looking for a dynamic and creative Art Director to join our in-house Creative Agency. 

We believe in disruption, innovation and the application of art and commerce to create compelling creative ideas and high-quality content across all channels. You will have a strong understanding of brand purpose, beauty, makeup, colour, texture and product, with the ability to translate these into visually engaging assets that support 360 campaigns. The ideal candidate will have experience creating digital marketing campaigns and delivering creative work across a range of channels. 

Reporting to the Head of Creative, 360 Campaigns, whilst working alongside the Creative Director of Image, you will play a key role in developing and delivering visual concepts across campaigns and always-on content. Working under senior creative direction, you will take ownership of executional excellence from concept through to final delivery, ensuring creative work is delivered to a consistently high standard across all channels. 

You will act as a key creative contact across production, post-production, casting, video and motion graphics, colour, design and digital design teams throughout the delivery of your projects, helping to ensure creative intent is maintained at every stage of the process. 

You will also be responsible for developing visual routes, mood boards, storyboards and creative presentations that help bring concepts to life and communicate creative thinking throughout the development process. 

With a collaborative and solutions-oriented approach, you will work alongside creatives, marketing, digital, PR and social teams, whilst supporting creative delivery across local markets where required. 

As an Art Director you will

• Collaborate with the Creative Director, Director of Art, Director of Copy and Head of Creative on key campaign projects and shoots. 

• Contribute to the development of creative briefs and campaign responses, working with Creative Directors, Marketing and cross-functional partners to ensure alignment with brand objectives. 
• Develop ideas across existing and emerging digital platforms, with an understanding of how creative should adapt across social and digital environments. 
• Develop visual territories, mood boards, storyboards and presentation materials that support concept development and campaign execution. 
• Present creative work and visual thinking to senior creative stakeholders, responding positively to feedback and refining work throughout the creative development process. 
• Lead the creative development of smaller-scale campaigns and campaign extensions where appropriate, whilst supporting senior creative leadership on larger campaign initiatives.
• Lead the day-to-day art direction of assigned always-on campaigns, working closely with retouching and post-production teams to ensure assets are delivered to a high visual standard. 
• Support campaign development from concept through to delivery, including visual ideation, shoot execution, art direction on set and post-production across web, email, paid and organic social, video content, TVC and OOH. 
• Oversee the creative development of digital marketing assets, working closely with creative, design and marketing teams to ensure consistency across outputs. 
• Partner with NPD and Pro Artists to build a strong understanding of new product launches and the core range, ensuring creative work reflects product strategy and storytelling. 
• Deliver high-quality creative work, applying both creative judgement and performance insights to support effective campaign execution. 
• Explore the use of Generative AI within concept development, campaign extension and creative production workflows where appropriate. 
• Stay informed on developments across beauty, photography, design and post-production, applying relevant learnings to creative work and ways of working. 
• Support the successful delivery of projects by proactively managing creative actions and maintaining strong communication with relevant teams and stakeholders. 

About you

• Experience working as an Art Director within the beauty or luxury fashion sector, with strong attention to detail and visual craft. 
• Experience art directing model and still-life shoots across both stills and moving image, with confidence on set and an understanding of lighting, composition and visual storytelling. 
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and After Effects. 
• Good understanding of typography, colour, layout and image-making, alongside an appreciation of film and motion content. 
• Experience developing creative ideas across integrated 360 campaigns, spanning hero campaign assets, digital marketing, social content, e-commerce, CRM, retail and in-store touchpoints, from brief through to delivery.
• Experience creating digital marketing campaigns, with an understanding of evolving digital trends and platform requirements. 
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams throughout campaign development and delivery. 
• Experience working with post-production teams, including retouchers, editors, grade, flame and VFX artists, providing clear and constructive creative feedback. 
• Experience using, or a willingness to learn, Generative AI tools to support ideation, creative development and production workflows. 
• Strong visual research skills, with the ability to draw inspiration from beauty, fashion, photography, film and culture to inform concept development and creative execution. 
• Experience using project management and asset management tools, with strong organisational skills and attention to detail. 

Charlotte Tilbury is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where nimble mindsets, striving to deliver the best and wanting to be part of a global #dreaamteam are key. Even though we have requirements, our experience and background are just a guide, we still love to welcome applicants with more or less experience stated, provided necessary skills can be demonstrated.

Why join us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
• We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Bring your fury friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

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